Sept. 8, 2010

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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Marist volleyball team suffered a 3-0 (16-25, 13-25, 21-25) defeat to Army on Wednesday night in a non-conference match. The loss snapped a four-match winning streak for the Red Foxes, who received a match-high 11 kills from freshman Grace Hill (Portage, Mich.).

Army (3-5) stormed out of the gates in the first set, building an 8-2 lead on five Marist errors. The Red Foxes would close the gap to three points, 14-11, on two kills by Hill and one by senior Lindsey Schmid (Austin, Texas), but the Black Knights held onto the lead for the rest of the set to claim a 25-16 victory.

Marist (5-4) found itself trailing 6-2 to start the second set, and after a timeout by head coach Tom Hanna, the Red Foxes closed to within two points, 7-5, on a kill by Hill and two Black Knight attack errors. From there, Army scored 11 of the next 12 points to take a commanding 17-7 lead en route to capturing the second set 25-13.

The Red Foxes would not go quietly, however, as the third set featured 10 ties and four lead changes. Trailing 10-9, a kill by Hill and two Hanna Stoiberg (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) service aces gave Marist a 12-10 lead. The Red Foxes took a 15-13 lead on a kill by freshman Gabby Lutjen (Smithtown, N.Y.) and two by Schmid, but the Black Knights would regain the lead 16-15. A kill by junior Kayla Burton (Kissimmee, Fla.) evened up the score at 16-16, but Army would respond with a 7-2 run to take a 23-18 lead before closing out the match with a 25-21 third set victory.

Sophomore Emily Brosky (Whitehall, Pa.) finished with six. Army outhit Marist .342 to .068 in the match en route to snapping a five-match losing streak.

Marist will travel to Kingston, R.I. this weekend to take part in the Art Carmichael URI Volleyball Invitational. The Red Foxes will face Maryland Eastern Shore in their first match of the tournament on Friday at 11 a.m. before taking on New Hampshire at 3 p.m. Marist will conclude the tournament with a match against Rhode Island on Saturday at 3 p.m.