TOWSON, Md. – The William & Mary volleyball team was unable to slow down the offensive attack of Colonial Athletic Association third-ranked Towson in a 3-0 (17-25, 16-25, 14-25) final on Sunday afternoon in SECU Arena. The Tigers (21-3, 7-3 CAA) hit .347 to best the Tribe (4-20, 1-9 CAA) in the 38^th all-time meeting between the programs.
 
Sophomore Casey Foote led the Tribe early after spiking four kills in the opening set. The Tigers scored the first three points of the period, before a Foote hammer evened the frame at 5-all. TU responded quickly with a run of five straight points to go up 10-5. At the mid-point, Foote sparked a 6-1 rally with a trio of kills to close the gap to 16-15. After a Dedrick swing kept it a one-point margin, 17-16, Towson sparked a 4-0 run to pull away in the set.
 
The Tigers went on to claim the next two sets on the strength of its high-octane offense. TU continued to hit over .300 and totaled just nine attack errors in the final two periods.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Freshman Julia Brown scored a team-high 8.5 points behind six kills and five block assists. She has collected at least five blocks in six consecutive matches.
- Senior Sydney Biniak hammered a team-best seven kills. The bulk of her production occurred in the third set as five of her swings hit their mark.
- Foote finished the match with five kills and recorded a .267 attack percentage.
- A pair of Towson players in Julymar Otero and Silvia Grassini distributed 20 assists each. Otero also led all players with 12 kills. 

Notes
Biniak need four more kills to rank ninth all-time in school history – her career total was brought to 1,017 following today's contest…Towson improves its tight all-time series lead to 21-17, including an 8-7 mark in its home gym…Brown ranks ninth in program history in the current scoring system with 83 blocks this year…Sophomore Autumn Brenner's service ace moves her to 10^th all-time in the 25-point era with a career total of 40.

Quotable
"Today we played a very talented Towson team and played at a high level at times. We need to continue to work on being consistent with our determination and execution. I'm proud of the steps that we are taking forward and looking forward to getting back to work on Tuesday." – head coach Melissa Ferris 
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to Kaplan Arena to host CAA foe Elon on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 7 pm. The broadcast will be available on Tribe Athletics TV via Stretch Internet.