Howard Sports Information
LYNCHBURG, VA. - The Lady Bison volleyball team finished 0-2 on the final day of the Liberty Invitational Saturday afternoon. Howard was downed by Evansville 3-0 (30-10, 30-15, 30-19) in its first match and was later shut out 3-0 (30-23, 30-14, 30-18) by Duquesne in its second decision of the day.
In the contest against the Purple Aces, Howard dropped the first two games before playing even with Evansville in the third stanza. The Bison took advantage of several Purple Ace miscues and tied the score at 18 before Evansville closed the game and the match on an 11-1 run.
Howard's Elyssa Lee had a match-high eight kills while Morgan Maxwell served up a match-high 16 assists to go along with eight digs.
Emily Wandersee and Megan Spurlock paced the Purple Aces with six kills apiece.
The Lady Bison opened up a 5-0 lead in the first game against the Dukes and held a 16-10 advantage midway through the contest before Duquesne pounded out nine consecutive points to take a 19-16 lead.
The Dukes capitalized on three straight Bison attack errors and took a five point lead at 23-18. Howard would get no closer than three points after that.
Keri Partridge led the Bison with six kills while Maxwell finished with 18 set-assists.
Dana McLaughlin had 11 kills for the Dukes. Kristin Garnett added a match-high 22 assists.
Howard returns to action on Tuesday, August 28 with a non-conference match against American University at 7 pm.
LYNCHBURG, VA. - The Lady Bison volleyball team finished 0-2 on the final day of the Liberty Invitational Saturday afternoon. Howard was downed by Evansville 3-0 (30-10, 30-15, 30-19) in its first match and was later shut out 3-0 (30-23, 30-14, 30-18) by Duquesne in its second decision of the day.
In the contest against the Purple Aces, Howard dropped the first two games before playing even with Evansville in the third stanza. The Bison took advantage of several Purple Ace miscues and tied the score at 18 before Evansville closed the game and the match on an 11-1 run.
Howard's Elyssa Lee had a match-high eight kills while Morgan Maxwell served up a match-high 16 assists to go along with eight digs.
Emily Wandersee and Megan Spurlock paced the Purple Aces with six kills apiece.
The Lady Bison opened up a 5-0 lead in the first game against the Dukes and held a 16-10 advantage midway through the contest before Duquesne pounded out nine consecutive points to take a 19-16 lead.
The Dukes capitalized on three straight Bison attack errors and took a five point lead at 23-18. Howard would get no closer than three points after that.
Keri Partridge led the Bison with six kills while Maxwell finished with 18 set-assists.
Dana McLaughlin had 11 kills for the Dukes. Kristin Garnett added a match-high 22 assists.
Howard returns to action on Tuesday, August 28 with a non-conference match against American University at 7 pm.
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