WILLIAMSBURG, VA.-American came back from a 2-1 set deficit to
claim a 3-2 (12-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-25, 6-15) win over Campbell at
the Colonial Challenge inside Kaplan Arena Saturday morning.
AU moves to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in the tournament, while the
Camels fall to 0-6.
Junior middle blocker Annie
Kobeski led the Camels in the match, filling the stat sheet
with a season-high 11 kills, eight digs and five blocks. The junior
from Palm Beach, Fla. also posted five blocks against Duke earlier
in the week.
Emily
Werner, a senior outside hitter, tallied her 21st
career double-double and the first of the season with 10 kills and
13 digs while getting in on three block assists. Freshman middle
Lindset Coats added nine kills and three blocks in her first career
start, while senior setter Paige
Tortorello tallied a season-best 25 assists to go along with
six digs. Freshman setter Heather
Wilson added 18 assists, four digs, blocks and kills.
Magdalena Tekiel registered 20 kills, 12 digs and six blocks,
totaling 23.0 points for American.
The Eagles snagged the opening set, 25-12, hitting .333 (12-4-24),
compared to Campbell's -.038 (7-8-26). Magdalena Tekiel and
Angelina Waterman led AU with four kills apiece. Jordan
Reaves and Allyson
Goldbach both posted a pair of kills for the Camels.
After trailing 16-11 in the second, the Camels responded with six
straight points, taking the lead on a Heather
Wilson ace, 17-16. The CU run continued, extending the lead to
three on a Lindsey
Coats kill at 23-20, capping the 12-4 Camel spurt. Annie
Kobeski fueled Campbell in the set with six kills and a
block.
Tied at 14 in set number three, Campbell outscored the Eagles with
an 11-5 clip the rest of the way, taking a 25-19 win. The Camels
hit .261 (16-4-46) in the frame, holding American to a .178
(14-6-45) rate.
Leading by as many as 10 in the fourth frame, American evened the
match at 2-all with a 25-15 win. The Eagles claimed a .342
(17-4-38) attack percentage in the set, while the Camels posted
eight kills on 34 swings. Tekiel paced the Eagles with seven kills
on 13 attempts without an error.
American completed the comeback with a 15-6 victory in the fifth
and deciding set, hitting .667 with 11 kills on 15 attempts,
recording only one misfire in the frame.
The Camels will round out Colonial Challenge play with Hampton at 4
p.m. Campbell will make its home debut on Tuesday, Sept. 7 inside
the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center.
