WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — William & Mary took second-place Hofstra to four sets before falling on Thursday night at Kaplan Arena.
W&M (6-12, 2-7 CAA) opened the first set by winning seven of the first eight rallies, building an 8-1 lead with three
Katherine Arnason kills and an
Ava Crabtree service ace in that stretch.
The Tribe added a four-point run on
Shylah Swope's serve from 14-5 to 18-5, including kills by Arnason and
Sophia Van Name. W&M closed the set 25-13 on back-to-back Hostra (15-4, 10-1) attack errors, the last blocked by
Teagan Pocius and Van Name.
W&M's main push in the second set came after the Pride moved ahead 22-16, as Van Name's kill, an
Olivia Westfort block and consecutive
Audrey Brcka kills brought the margin to 22-20.
Brcka added another kill to make it 23-21, and the Tribe later got within 24-23 on Hofstra errors. The Pride answered with the final point to take the set 25-23.
The Tribe battled back to 19-19 on Van Name's kill from
Cate Hatfield, but Hofstra answered with four straight points and went on to take the third set 25-20. Earlier, W&M moved from an 8-8 tie to an 11-8 lead with a Brcka kill, a Westfort block and a Van Name kill.
In set four, W&M erased a 23-20 deficit and moved ahead 25-24 on Hatfield's service ace after Brcka's ace helped pull the set even at 23-23. Pocius later put the Tribe back in front 26-25, but the Pride answered and scored the final two points to take the set 28-26.
STAT NUGGETS
- Brcka had 11 kills to lead the Green and Gold.
- Swope recorded 23 assists and 14 digs for a double-double.
- Westfort had six total block, including four solo which tied a career-high. She added seven kills.
- Pocius had six kills with no errors on 14 attempts, hitting .429.
- W&M out-hit Hofstra .213 to .151.
- The Tribe had 10 blocks to Hofstra's nine.
UP NEXT
W&M returns to Kaplan Arena on Friday to rematch Hofstra at 4 p.m.
