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VB
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3
Winner Fort Lewis FLC 1-0,0-0 RMAC
0
Western N.M. WNMU 0-2,0-0 Lone Star
Winner
Fort Lewis FLC
1-0,0-0 RMAC
3
Final
0
Western N.M. WNMU
0-2,0-0 Lone Star
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Fort Lewis FLC 25 25 25 (3)
Western N.M. WNMU 17 21 13 (0)
3
Winner Wis.-Parkside UWP 2-0,0-0 GLIAC
2
Fort Lewis FLC 1-1,0-0 RMAC
Winner
Wis.-Parkside UWP
2-0,0-0 GLIAC
3
Final
2
Fort Lewis FLC
1-1,0-0 RMAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Wis.-Parkside UWP 25 22 16 25 16 (3)
Fort Lewis FLC 12 25 25 21 14 (2)

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

Skyhawks split opening day at Western New Mexico Tournament

SILVER CITY, N.M. – The Fort Lewis College women's volleyball team split the opening day of the Western New Mexico Tournament, sweeping Western New Mexico University before dropping a heartbreaking five-setter to UW Parkside in the nightcap.

Game One: Fort Lewis 3, Western New Mexico 0
Fort Lewis hit at a .344 clip as a team, the most efficient outing since a sweep over Jarvis Christian on September 1, 2017, where the Skyhawks posted a .387 efficiency. The team put up seven service aces compared to just three for WNMU. Returning All-RMAC player Alexis Hobie led all players with 15 kills on 23 attempts (.522) to go along with a pair of aces.

 Senior Rylee Johnson was welcomed back to the middle blocker position after missing the majority of the 2021 season due to injury. Johnson wasted no time making her presence known, knocking down nine kills on 12 errorless swings (.750). Sophomore Natalia Lambos took the reigns as the starting setter in a 5-1 and distributed 29 assists to five players throughout the match. Lambos led the squad with eight digs, followed by seven from senior libero Kamryn Lopez.

Set One (25-17)
The Skyhawks held a narrow lead through the early portion of the opening set, but a pair of double contacts and a kill from Hobie created a sizable lead at 10-4. WNMU rattled off a pair coming out of the set's first timeout, but an authoritative back row rip from senior Joviana Romero allowed for a side out. FLC was the first to 15 points, taking advantage of the home team's second service error of the set to go ahead 15-10. Johnson got the middles involved at 18-14 with a signature slide that landed ahead of the right back defender. The Skyhawks found set point with an ace from Hobie and junior Lauren Shea put it away with a kill through the block.

Set Two (25-21)
The Mustangs turned the table in set two, going ahead early before back-to-back kills from Shea had the teams even at four apiece. Fort Lewis earned its first lead of the set at 8-7 off a dipping serve from Romero and continued to grow the lead thanks to errors from the purple and gold. Fort Lewis built the lead to five points, getting ahead 14-9, but a three-point push had the home team within two. The Mustangs continued to nip at the heels of the Skyhawks throughout the later part of the set, but poised control from the veteran leaders and a monstrous block from sophomore Ruthie Ridderhoff and Shea ended things in a 25-21 final score.

Set Three (25-13)
Lambos continued to run her offense through the middle, connecting with Ridderhoff on a quick for an early third-set lead. The teams traded points from there was an aggressive kill off the block from Romero had the score at 5-4. WNMU managed to knot the score ahead, this time at eights before a pair of sliced shots from Hobie found the hardwood. Fort Lewis continued to press for points as the match neared its end, tallying a Hobie kill and Ridderhoff ace to go ahead 17-10. Errors continued to pile up for WNMU as a 20-12 score pushed the teams into a late timeout. Johnson picked up her eighth and ninth kills of the match in sequence on the slide to pull her team within three points of the sweep.

Quotes from Coach G
"We have been putting a lot of pressure on our ball control so we can take advantage of our middle attack. We are a threat for any team when we make a connection with our middle hitters, and it gives us a lot of options offensively while putting pressure on the opposing defense."

"Offense is expected to shine when it is in-system, so the difference making plays happen when we are out-of-system. We have been pushing our pin hitters in versatility and confidence to create opportunities in tough situations and it's paying off."
 

Game Two: UW Parkside 3, Fort Lewis 2
Fort Lewis his .168 as a team compared to a .180 clip for Parkside. The Skyhawks held an advantage in the digs category, coming away with 63 versus 58 for the Rangers. Hobie led the team with 12 kills to go along with seven digs. Freshman Ella Butler came off the bench for eight kills and three blocks. Lopez was the defensive leader with 17 digs. Lambos dished out 39 assists for the match.

Set One (12-25)
Fort Lewis fell into an early hole with a double block from the Rangers pushing the score to 5-0 and forcing an early timeout. Parkside continued rolling out of the break, tallying three aces and a block to jump ahead 9-0. The Skyhawks finally broke through with a kill off the hand of Shea, but the momentum was quickly halted as Parkside extended the lead to 13-1 to force the set's second timeout. The Skyhawks picked up a trio of points, but the lead was maintained as the score moved to 18-7. Unforced errors littered the final points of the set as Fort Lewis fell by a final score of 25-12.

Set Two (25-22)
The pace of play was different in the second set when a handful of Ranger errors had the Skyhawks ahead 10-5. The lead extended with a soft, savvy shot over the block from Romero to bring on a timeout. Parkside rallied to pull within a pair, but another kill from Shea gave Fort Lewis a cushion. Parkside committed another trio of errors to bring it to 19-15 in favor of the blue and gold as another timeout was called. The Rangers went back-to-back with kills out of the breather, followed by another service ace to pull within one. Fort Lewis was the first to 20, but the teams traded points as the set neared its end. Freshman Sarah Wilkey earned the first kill of her Fort Lewis career to close out the set with a 25-22 score.

Set Three (25-16)
Tough serving from the opposition opened set three as aces and out-of-system passes allowed for a 5-1 lead before an authoritative swing from Butler found the floor. Butler made her presence known after coming off the bench, earning two more unanswered kills to pull Fort Lewis within one. The Skyhawks saw their first lead of the set moments later with a combined force of Butler and Romero denied an attempt from the team in white. Fort Lewis started to energize as kills from Hobie and Butler pushed the score to 22-13. The offensive connection was maintained through the final points of the set with a pair of kills leading the Skyhawks to a set advantage.

Set Four (21-25)  
It was back and forth to begin the fourth with a Parkside kill off the block knotting it at sixes. Romero started to heat up with cross-court shots to extend the team's lead to 13-8. Despite the sizable lead, Parkside would not go down gently, though, stringing together points to take an eventual lead at 19-18 off a solo block. Butler emerged as the match leader again, putting away her eighth kill to tie the score at 20-20. Parkside would reach set point on a scoring run and put the set away with a kill down the line.

Set Five (14-16)
In the decisive set, Hobie put the Skyhawks ahead 4-2 with a powerful kill of the imposing block. The Rangers roared ahead to bring on a Fort Lewis timeout with the score moving to 8-5. The Skyhawks came back to tie it up 8-8 and again at 9-9 with a kill from Shea. The score knotted again at 10's before a service error gave the edge to the Rangers. Parkside took a two-point lead with a kill off the block before a laser shot from Hobie pulled the team within one at 13-12. Hobie did it again at match point Rangers before a block from Shea knotted it at 14-14 to send the set to extras. Parkside saw set point again with a clutch solo stuff and followed it up with a kill to claim the match.

Comments from Coach G
"We trained hard in order to prepare for competition and to take on a team outside of our practice gym. We have been wanting to test ourselves for a while, so getting a win against a tournament host who competes in the LSC in such a dominant way is a confidence boost."

Up Next
Fort Lewis (1-1) will close out the Western New Mexico Tournament tomorrow morning with a 10:00 a.m. match versus Cal State East Bay.
 
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