Stephen F. Austin
4-2
Colgate
2-4
Daron and Coleman Help Ladyjacks Take Down Colgate in Four
9/1/2018 8:03:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Daron pounds down career-high 16 kills as SFA snaps two-match skid
HAMILTON, N.Y. - Fueled by a career-high 16 kills from junior middle blocker Danae Daron and an 12-kill, 13-dig double-double by senior outside hitter Haley Coleman, the SFA volleyball team put an end to a two-match skid by topping host Colgate 3-1 in the final match of the Ellis Rowland Memorial Invitational Saturday night.
Junior setter Ann Hollas also turned in a double-double with 32 assists and 13 digs for SFA who improved to 3-0 all-time against the Raiders.
SET ONE | SFA 25, Colgate 20
• Showing off their prowess from the service line early on, the Ladyjacks took control of the opening set with a 9-4 run that featured two aces from senior McKenzie Brewer and another rom Hollas.
• Though the Ladyjacks never trailed in the frame, Colgate did manage to make things interesting midway through the frame with a sizable run of its own. Alex Stein punched down a pair of kills during a 6-1 surge by the Raiders that cut SFA's lead to 14-13.
• The Raiders continued to press the issue, eventually tying things up at 18-all when Coleman committed an attack error.
• SFA, however, made all the right moves down the stretch to win their second consecutive opening set. Three unforced errors by Colgate, a combination block by Corin Evans and Anyia Williams and kills off the hands of Daron, Hollas and Brewer made up a 7-2 run by the visitors to claim the set.
• Both teams hit below .200, but SFA edged Colgate by attacking at a clip of .171 compared to the Raiders' percentage of .146.
SET TWO | Colgate 25, SFA 19
• Things continued to hum along at a good pace for the Ladyjacks early on as Daron and Makenzee Hanna shot down back-to-back kills to start the set before the Raiders took control.
• Colgate embarked on an 11-2 run powered by six kills and a pair of blocks to open up an 11-4 advantage.
• The Raiders employed another spurt, this one of the 5-0 variety, to go up 16-7. Though SFA responded with a 7-1 surge of its own to cut the Raiders' lead to 17-14 the deficit was just too much to overcome
• SFA hit .190 in the set while Colgate operated at a rate of .262 on offense in order to knot things at one set apiece.
SET THREE | SFA 27, Colgate 25
• Perhaps the most dramatic frame of the battle, SFA found itself forced to stave off a set point try by the Raiders in order to open up a 2-1 lead.
• Four players - Coleman, Daron, Hanna and Anyia Williams - smashed down kills during the Ladyjacks' 9-5 run to start the frame.
• SFA maintained its lead through the majority of the set and found itself leading 21-16 following a Coleman termination that capped a 3-0 run before Colgate made a bid for its first lead of the match.
• Four players turned in kill and Peighton McRobie ended an 8-2 Colgate run with one of her three service aces in order to put the home team ahead 24-23.
• Staring at a 2-1 deficit, the Ladyjacks went back to Coleman and Daron who combined for three kills during the Ladyjacks' 4-1 run to end the frame. A bad set by Colgate proved to be the final point SFA needed to regain the lead for good.
• The Ladyjacks countered a 17-kill attack by Colgate with 18 terminations of their own.
SET FOUR | SFA 25, Colgate 22
• Just 25 points from victory, the Ladyjacks' offense peaked in the fourth set by generating 18 kills on a .288 attack percentage to finish off the Raiders.
• SFA broke a 4-4 tie by string together four straight points. Two of those tallies were kills from Hollas while Anyia Williams added a termination of her own that upped the Ladyjacks' lead to 8-4.
• Another 4-0 Ladyjack run, this one finished off with a Peyton Redmond service ace, made matters 15-9 and SFA would need every points of that cushion in order to hold off the Raiders.
• Colgate won five of six points late, trimming the SFA advantage to 20-19 after a termination from Stein. The lead remained at one after the teams swapped points before Daron asserted herself and pushed SFA to the finish line.
• The junior keyed a 4-2 run to finish the match by pounding down two kills while Hanna and Coleman each added one of their own to end things.
KEY PERFORMERS | STATS OF NOTE
• While Coleman and Daron led the Ladyjacks on offense, Anyia Williams and Redmond were SFA's two most effective attackers. Willams hit .533 and totaled eight kills and Redmond added nine terminations while attacking at a clip of .400.
• Brewer showed off her service abilities in the match, firing in three of SFA's six aces in the four-set battle. The senior complimented her service game with 20 assists, seven digs and a kill while helping the Ladyjacks hit .232 as a club.
• The Ladyjacks withstood the powerful one-two offensive punch of Alli Lowe and Alex Stein in order to pick up the win. Both Lowe and Stein racked up 19 kills but Lowe was the more effective performer on offense by hitting a team-best .372. Stein, meanwhile, completed an impressive double-double with 20 digs.
• Jaelah Hutchison was the other Colgate player with double-digit kills, finishing with 12 in addition to her match-best seven blocks (two solo, five assisted). Ashley Chow scooped up a match-high 21 digs and was one of five Raiders who racked up 12 or more.
• Julia Kurowski passed out 49 digs for a Raider attack that hit .233. In terms of front-row defense, Colgate held a 9-5 advantage in blocks over the Ladyjacks.
• Freshman Sabrina Monaco earned a spot on the Ellis Rowland Memorial Invitational All-Tournament Team thanks to an 18-dig performance for the Ladyjacks in their finale. During the three-match tournament, Monaco averaged 4.36 digs per set.
COMING UP NEXT
• After spending the first two weeks of the 2018 campaign on the road, the Ladyjacks return to their home court of Shelton Gym for six consecutive matches. That lengthy homestand begins Tuesday evening when Sun Belt foe Louisiana-Monroe comes to town for a 5:00 p.m. showdown.
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