Volleyball Wraps Up Army Invitational vs. UTSA

Saturday, August 25

West Point, N.Y.

2:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-3, 0-0MAAC

Texas-San Antonio

2-0, 0-0CUSA

UTSA

Quinnipiac

8/25/2018 5:07:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Bobcats Fall to Roadrunners, 3-0, While Jones Leads Team with Seven Kills

By: QU Athletic Communications

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Lydia Jones (Glenn Dale, Maryland) had an impressive performance at the net for the Quinnipiac volleyball team Saturday afternoon but the Bobcats fell to the
Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners, 3-0, on the final day of the Army Invitational.

SCORE
Texas-San Antonio 3 | Quinnipiac 0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-10)

LOCATION
Gillis Field House | West Point, N.Y.

RECORDS
Texas-San Antonio (2-0) | Quinnipiac (0-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Quinnipiac and UTSA exchanged the first two points of the match before the Roadrunners won five straight points to take a 7-2 lead
The Bobcats kept it within five, capped by a Jones kill before seven straight points gave the Roadrunners a 20-8 edge
UTSA extended its lead to 23-9 but Quinnipiac got four points, including a Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) service ace, before UTSA ended set with a kill at 25-13
Quinnipiac and UTSA battled early in the second set and took a 5-4 lead on another Miller service ace and kills from Jones and Kaleigh Oates (Downingtown, Pennsylvania)
The Roadrunners rattled off five straight points before Quinnipiac head coach Kris Czaplinski called a perfectly timed timeout.
The Bobcats benefitted from a couple Roadrunner errors and a kill from Miller to tie it back up
Both teams remained even but UTSA took a 22-17 lead after picked up seven of eight points following a 16-15 Quinnipiac lead.
The Bobcats attempted to comeback from the deficit, pulling within 23-21, but the Roadrunners put away the set with back-to-back kills
UTSA dominated the third and final set, starting off with 18 of the first 22 points, before the two teams traded points until the close

NOTES

Jones played her best match of the weekend, leading the team with seven kills and two block assists, to go with her impressive .700 hitting percentage
Miller tallied six kills and eight digs for the Bobcats
Maggie Baker (Huntington Beach, California) had three kills and five digs while Maria Pansari (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) totaled 18 assists, five kills and added an assist
All-Tournament Team: Kara Teal (UTSA) - Tournament MVP, Brianna McCulloch (UTSA), Emmy Barnhorst (Army), Camille Araujo (USF), Lydia Jones (QU)

QUINNIPIAC MATCH LEADERS

Kills: Jones (7)
Aces: K. Miller (2)
Blocks: K. Miller/Jones (2)
Assists: Pansari (18)
Digs: K. Miller (8)

UPCOMING MATCHES

Quinnipiac volleyball has a few days off before returning to action against the UConn Huskies on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn.