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VB
David Wilson, FLC Athletics
2
Fort Lewis FLC 6-11,6-7 RMAC
3
Winner Westminster (UT) WC-UT 5-18,3-10 RMAC
Fort Lewis FLC
6-11,6-7 RMAC
2
Final
3
Westminster (UT) WC-UT
5-18,3-10 RMAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Fort Lewis FLC 25 17 25 22 9 (2)
Westminster (UT) WC-UT 19 25 19 25 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Angela Roberts, Athletic Communications Assistant

Skyhawks Fall in Five to Griffins on the Road

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Playing in its fourth-straight five-set match, the Fort Lewis College volleyball team fell to Westminster College in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play on Friday evening.

The loss moves Fort Lewis to 6-11 overall and 6-7 in the RMAC while Westminster improves to 5-18 on the year and 3-11 in the league.

The teams were evenly matched offensively with Westminster hitting .288 to FLC's .286 efficiency. Service aces plagued the Skyhawks with the team totaling 12 for the match. On the flip side, FLC was superior at the net, picking up eight total blocks versus just five for the Griffins.

Freshman Alexis Hobie led the team with 21 kills for a .327 efficiency. Freshman Natalia Lambos followed with 18 kills and sophomore Chay Swenson rounded out the double-digit kill leaders with 13 on the night. Junior Payton Harmann dished out 48 assists to go along with 10 digs. Junior Kamryn Lopez anchored the backrow with 20 digs.   

Set One (25-19)
The lead switched sides through the early points with kills from Swenson and Hobie seeing the lead to 7-6. Swenson had three more kills through the middle of the set to bring the lead to 15-10. Westminster battled to trail by two points, but a four-point run had FLC ahead 23-17. Lambos earned a kill to bring on set point, and an ace by Lopez closed it out in 25-19 fashion.

Set Two (17-25)
The Griffins began set two with a narrow lead with a cross court shot from Hobie bringing the score to 7-6. Westminster began to pull away with an error leading to an 11-7 score. Serve receive miscues plagued the Skyhawks through the midway point of the set, but a kill from Lambos found a side out point at 15-9. The lead continued to 20-13 to force an FLC timeout. The Griffins found set point with a right side kill down the line and snagged the set with a block.

Set Three (25-19)
Fort Lewis saw a lead to begin the third, capped off by a kill off the block from Swenson to end a long rally at 6-4. Westminster clawed its way back to tie it up at nines before a kill on the right side by Hobie gave FLC the lead. The lead was short-lived as Westminster came back to lead 13-11, forcing an FLC timeout. A kill from Lambos and solo stuff by La Rose brought the score to 13-13, and an attacking error by the home squad had the Skyhawks soaring ahead. The Skyhawks found some separation at 19-16 with a crafty shot from Hobie finding the floor and forcing a timeout. FLC found set point and capitalized with Hobie's 13th kills of the match to take the set.

Set Four (22-25)
The teams traded points in the fourth with a Lambos kill giving FLC a narrow 7-6 lead. The Griffins scored two in a row to go ahead 11-9 before a slide by La Rose had the lead at just one point. Westminster came charging back into the set to go up 19-15 en route to an FLC timeout. The Griffins stayed ahead 23-20, but back-to-back points from FLC had the Skyhawks down by just one point. Despite the late pressure, a kill off the block gave the home team the win to push the match to five sets.

Set Five (9-15)
Tied scores highlighted the early points with ties coming at one, two, and three. The Griffins had enough of the back-and-forth, going on a three-point run to bring on an FLC timeout. Cameron Callahan put away a kill out of the break to see the score at 6-4. A service ace found the home team ahead 10-6. The home squad continued to press, going up 12-8 on an overpass put back. Another kill from Hobie kept the set going, but a tip over the block closed things out at 15-9.

Up Next
Fort Lewis will be back in action tomorrow for a 4:00 p.m. first serve against (RV) Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. 
 
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