JMU Falls to Hofstra in CAA Championship

Sunday, November 18

Charleston, S.C.

1 PM

James Madison University

22-7

Hofstra

25-7

James Madison

Hofstra

11/18/2018 6:48:00 PM | Volleyball

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – James Madison volleyball fell in five sets (24-26, 25-20, 25-11. 21-25, 15-10) to Hofstra in the 2018 Colonial Athletic Association championship match on Sunday afternoon.

The Dukes (22-7) fought for the first set victory but dropped the next two to the Pride (25-7) before taking the fourth set to force a fifth. The two squads tied for the regular-season CAA title after both going 13-3 in conference action.

Junior Briley Brind'Amour led the Dukes with her 15 kills while junior Sarah Martin posted a team-leading 38 assists. Junior Sarah Driscoll and freshman Savannah Marshall notched 17 digs apiece to lead the day and senior Taylor Gail topped the match with six blocks.

MATCH NOTES
- M'Kaela White also notched double-digit kills with 12 on the match.
- Both White and Brind'Amour hit over .300 with .476 and .389 clips, respectively.
- Bryn Recker (9) and Kelly Vahos (8) also contributed significantly offensively.
- Recker was one kill off her 16th double-double of the season as she added 10 digs.
- A new career high was set with Marshall's 17 digs.
- Martin and Tilbe Yaglioglu each tallied nine digs.
- White served up three aces to lead the match while Yaglioglu, Driscoll and Marshall had one apiece.
- Including her six blocks today, Gail places second all-time for her 414 career block assists and fourth all-time for her 451 total career blocks.
- The Dukes hit .367 in the second set and .417 in the fourth set.
- JMU posted nine blocks to Hofstra's five.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- It was a close first set until the Dukes jumped ahead with a 6-0 run with kills from Vahos and Brind'Amour, two Pride attack errors and a Brind'Amour/Gail block. Hofstra caught back up and it was neck-and-neck until back-to-back Recker kills sealed the first set for JMU.
- The Pride used multiple small runs to cushion their advantage and, though the Dukes picked up points here and there, Hofstra tied the match at a set apiece.
- Hofstra utilized a 13-1 run to take a huge 21-9 lead from which JMU couldn't recover.
- The squads spent the fourth set trading points until the very end when two Hofstra errors helped JMU force a fifth set.
- Hofstra began the fifth frame with seven consecutive points. The Dukes thwarted two match points thanks to a White kill and a crucial block from White and Martin, but it wasn't enough and the Pride prevailed.

CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS
- Leading the Dukes with 32 kills on the weekend, Briley Brind'Amour was added to the All-Tournament team. She hit .338 over two matches and notched four total blocks.
- M'Kaela White also earned a spot on the All-Tournament team. She recorded 26 kills and hit .382. She amassed 14 total blocks, including three solo blocks, and had three service aces.