WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary volleyball team opened its home schedule with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-21) sweep of Savannah State in the Colonial Classic on Friday evening. The Tribe (3-4) hit a season-high .320 and served 10 aces to cruise past the Tigers (0-6) for its third straight win.
The Green and Gold raced out to an 11-4 lead in the opening set, forcing a SSU timeout. However, the break didn't slow down the Tribe as sophomore
Julia Brown highlighted an 8-3 run with back-to-back kills and an ace. Senior
Katie Primatic and freshman
Claire Farrell both hammered kills, before combining on a block to reach set-point, 24-10. Rookie
Macy Cummings followed up the block with a deep-shot kill to end game one.
In the second set, back-to-back spikes by sophomore
Kate Dedrick lifted the Tribe to a 10-4 lead. Senior
Heather Pippus crushed a kill to push the margin to double-digits, 21-11, before eventually capping the period with an ace.
W&M owned a 20-11 advantage in the third set after senior
Katie Kemp found Farrell for a kill. A combination block from Dedrick and rookie
Madeleine Bertz followed by back-to-back aces from junior
Autumn Brenner led to match-point, 24-13. However, SSU scored eight consecutive points, before freshman
Anne Louise Seekford could crush the match-winning kill.
Inside the Numbers
- The Tribe generated a .320-plus attack percentage in the first two sets.
- 41 of W&M's 58 points were via kills.
- A duo of Pippus and Dedrick led all player with eight kills.
- Junior
Casey Foote scooped a match-high 11 digs.
- Brenner (19) and Kemp (16) combined for 35 assists.
Notes
Kemp moved to 11
th in all-time assists (1,251) at W&M…Brenner served a career-high four aces...Cummings recorded season-bests in kills (7), digs (7) and blocks (2), Primatic made her first start of 2018, collecting four kills and blocks apiece…W&M served double-digit aces for the second time this year, previously against Marist (8/24)…It's the first time W&M has won in straight sets…The Tribe improves to 2-0 in all-time series history with Savannah State.
Up Next
W&M concludes the Colonial Classic tomorrow against Eastern Michigan (1pm) and Norfolk State (7 pm).
