Box Score QUEENS, N.Y. – The Bryant women's volleyball team dropped their final match of the Kaiser Classic to #16 Arkansas in a 3-0 sweep. The Bulldogs finish the tournament 1-2 and are now 8-7 on the season. Bryant's Arianna Ugolini was also named to the All-Tournament team.
GAME INFORMATION
Bryant , Arkansas (19-25, 11-25, 19-25 )
Records: Bryant (8-7), Arkansas (10-2)
Location: Carnesecca Arena (Queens, N.Y.)
COACH GARLACY'S COMMENTS
"Today showed us that we can compete with the big dogs. Such a great opportunity to develop our young team as we prepare to start conference play."
HOW IT HAPPENED (vs Arkansas)
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Set 1- The Bulldogs got off to a good start against the Razorbacks and held an early three-point lead. While Bryant would stay competitive for the remainder of the set, Arkansas would edge them out down the stretch and win 25-19. Ugolini recorded 4 kills in the set and Madison Koeller and Morgan Smith each had service aces.
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Set 2- After opening the second with an Arianna Ugolini kill, Arkansas would go on a 9-0 run and take control of the set. Bryant would try to battle back but the deficit would prove too large as Arkansas would win 25-11. Carolina Camacho recorded 4 assists in the set and Ugolini would tack on another 3 kills.
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Set 3- Down 0-2, Bryant played well against Arkansas but was unable to get within striking distance. The Razorbacks would ride to victory thanks a strong attack that featured 5 Taylor Head kills in the set. Arkansas would hold on and win the set once again by a score of 25-19.Miranda Jantzen had 2 kills and London Hunt and Nadine Abdat each had block assists for the Bulldogs.
STATS
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Arianna Ugolini led Bryant with 8 kills in the match.
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Carolina Camacho led the defense with 7 digs.
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Taylor Head (13), Jillian Gillen (13), and Hailey Schneider (12) all had double-digit kills for the Razorbacks.
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Carrina Barron recorded a service ace in each match of the tournament
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This is the first match of the season where the Bulldogs lost in three sets.
MATCH NOTES
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will travel to North Andover this Wednesday where they will take on their former Northeast Conference rival Merrimack.
