{"id":5390,"date":"2013-09-30T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/ualbany-shuts-out-reigning-league-champ-binghamton\/"},"modified":"2013-09-30T11:53:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:53:13","slug":"ualbany-shuts-out-reigning-league-champ-binghamton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/ualbany-shuts-out-reigning-league-champ-binghamton\/","title":{"rendered":"UAlbany Shuts Out Reigning League Champ Binghamton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UAlbany Shuts Out Reigning League Champ Binghamton<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Box Score<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ALBANY, N.Y. \u2013<\/strong> Starting America East play, UAlbany swept the reigning league champion Binghamton in three sets (25-22, 25-14, 25-18) at the University Gym home opener on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have said all season long that this young team just needed to build its confidence,\u201d says coach MJ Engstrom<\/a>. \u201cHopefully, this will be the ignition they need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Capped by a couple of Shannon Kirkpatrick kills, Binghamton (2-12, 0-1 AE) took an early 6-2 lead in the first set.\u00a0 UAlbany (1-12, 1-0 AE) pulled to within two at 9-7, but Megan Burgess served Binghamton to a 5-0 run for a 14-7 lead.\u00a0 Down 15-8, Samantha Brostrom<\/a><\/strong> earned a kill, and Viktoriia Stroilo<\/a><\/strong> served UAlbany through a 6-0 run to pull the Great Danes back in the set down one.\u00a0 At 17-15 Binghamton, a Bearcats service error and Brostrom\u2019s serving paced UAlbany on a 6-0 run to take a 21-17 lead.\u00a0 Binghamton got two points late to make it 23-21, but Engstrom called timeout.\u00a0 Amanda Dolan<\/a><\/strong> earned a kill to make it set point, and after a Kristin Hovie kill, an Allison Hovie service error gave the set to UAlbany 25-22.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDespite a tentative start, our team started to believe they could win when Vik Stroilo went back in the first set and served five points,\u201d says Engstrom. \u201cOur passing is also much better with Stroilo returning to libero.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

UAlbany\u2019s momentum continued into the second set as the team earned an Amy Hunter<\/a><\/strong> kill, Dolan block, Dolan kill and Brostrom kill to win the opening four points.\u00a0 The Bearcats got back to within one by taking five of the next seven points.\u00a0 A 3-0 UAlbany run built the lead back to four at 9-5.\u00a0 At 11-8, a Mikala McCauley<\/a><\/strong> dump kill sparked a 5-0 run to push UAlbany\u2019s lead to 16-8.\u00a0 To cap it, a late 3-0 run on Rebecca Rivera<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s serving to make it 22-12 UAlbany.\u00a0 The Great Danes won the set 25-14 to go up 2-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set three started the same way as the previous game: UAlbany won the first four points.\u00a0 After the Bearcats won the next two, a Binghamton service error, Dolan kill and McCauley kill pushed the Great Danes up 7-2.\u00a0 At 11-7 UAlbany, Hunter and Dolan kills plus a Binghamton attack error made it 14-7 home team.\u00a0 Binghamton made a late run to pull within five at 17-12, but UAlbany countered with its own 3-0 run off Stroilo\u2019s serving to lead 20-12.\u00a0 Ending on a Sofia Furlong<\/a><\/strong> and Dolan combo block, UAlbany took the set 25-18 to sweep the Bearcats and open America East play with its first win of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMcCauley did well in only her third start as a setter, and the middies, Dolan and Jungsten, did a great job scoring when we needed points,\u201d says Engstrom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two middies, Dolan and Jungsten, tied for the team-lead in kills with eight, with the latter hitting .500.\u00a0 Brostrom earned six kills, 11 digs and two solo blocks.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the Bearcats, Allison Hovie finished with 13 kills and eight digs.\u00a0 Grace Vickers got six kill, five digs and two blocks in the match.<\/span><\/p>\n

UAlbany will play its next two matches on the road, starting with Hartford on Friday, October 4th<\/sup> at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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