By Katherine Jamtgaard. BOONE, N.C. – The App State volleyball team capped the weekend with its second 3-0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-20) sweep of Marshall on Oct. 22. The afternoon match marked the Mountaineers’ sixth consecutive win, now 13-8 (6-4 om SBC) on the season.
“We played really good volleyball this weekend and we played as a unit,” said head coach Sarah Rumely Noble. “We were locked in and we get better every time we put the uniform on. I love coaching this team.”
Match Details
Sophomore Lulu Ambrose led the Mountaineers once again in kills, recording 12 on the afternoon and was followed by senior McCall Denny, who posted 10. Denny, junior Sophie Cain and freshman Alyssa McBean each served up two aces. McBean led the team in digs with 12, and senior Sam Bickley recorded 18 assists. In the blocks category, senior Sarah Missroon, junior Madison Baldridge, and freshman Maya Winterhoff totaled two blocks each.
App State outpaced Marshall in points (50-38), kills (38-30), aces (8-2), assists (34-28), and digs (38-31).
App State took an early 3-1 lead in the first set after back-to-back kills from Denny and a kill from Dombrowski. The Mountaineers went on a 4-0 scoring run, building off kills from Dombrowski and Missroon and two Marshall errors to lead 7-2. Another kill from Missroon, a kill from Ambrose and three errors from the Herd put App State up 12-5. The Mountaineers kept a steady lead through the remainder of the set, despite the Herd finding momentum. Late in the set, Marshall recorded a five-point run to cut App State’s lead to one (22-21). After two errors from Marshall, Ambrose took the set for App State, 25-21, with a kill.
App State jumped to an early 4-1 lead to start the second set before Marshall caught up to tie things up at 4-4. A kill from Denny broke the tie and was followed by a Marshall error and ace from Cain to push the score to 7-4, in favor of App State. The Mountaineers built off a 3-0 run that included back-to-back kills from Ambrose and an ace from McBean to lead 11-6. The Mountaineers found momentum with a 4-0 run that included kills from Winterhoff, junior Meghan Dombrowski, and Denny to put App State up 18-9. Marshall mustered one last kill before the Black and Gold capped the set with a 7-0 run, taking the second set 25-10.
In the third and final set, App State came back from a 2-0 deficit with a 4-0 run that included a kill and ace from Winterhoff and a kill from Denny. After going point-for-point, App State broke a 9-9 tie with a kill from Ambrose, which was promptly followed by a kill from Winterhoff, error from Marshall, and block from Dombrowski and Winterhoff to extend the home team’s lead to 13-9. The Mountaineers built off another 4-0 run to take an 18-11 lead. Kills from Ambrose and Dombrowski put App State up 23-18, and a kill from Winterhoff put the Mountaineers within reach of set and match point (24-19). App State took the third and final set, 25-20, and the match, 3-0.
Up Next
The Mountaineers will set out on their final regular season road trip as they travel to Norfolk, Va. to take on Old Dominion on Oct. 28 and 29. Friday’s match is set for 6:30 p.m. and Saturday’s match will be at 1 p.m.
