WASHINGTON & LEE
The Basics 
• Score: #14 Johns Hopkins - 3, Washington & Lee – 1 (25-20, 27-25, 21-25, 25-18)
• Records: JHU (9-0) • Washington & Lee (5-7)
• Location: St. Davids, PA
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins volleyball team extended its winning streak to nine with a four-set victory over Washington & Lee on Saturday afternoon at the Eastern Quad Meet.

How it Happened

SET 1
• The Generals opened the match on a 3-0 run, but the Blue Jays put together a 3-0 run of their own to pull even at five.
• The two teams went back-and-forth with seven ties until, with the score 14 all, JHU scored the next two points to take a 16-14 lead and force a W&L timeout.
• Out of the timeout, the Generals tied the match at 16 and went onto take an 18-16 lead. A kill from Simone Bliss stopped the rally and started a JHU run which put the Blue Jays up 20-18.
• Back-to-back aces from Bliss sealed the set one victory for Hopkins, 25-20.

SET 2
•The Blue Jays pulled ahead 7-4 in the second set which forced the Generals to use an early timeout. Out of the timeout, Hopkins got kills from Bliss and Eleni Panagopoulos to take a 10-5 lead.
• W&L began to chip away at the Blue Jay lead and a 4-0 run put W&L ahead, 17-16.
• A kill from Bliss off a set from Nicole Hada tied the set and an attacking error by Washington & Lee put the Blue Jays up 18-17.
• The Generals once again regained the lead thanks to three straight points to go up 20-18, but the Blue Jays tied the match at 21 on a service ace from Hada.
• Hopkins got to set point at 24-22, but the Generals tied the match at 24 and then at 25. The Blue Jays scored the set's final two points to claim the 27-25 win.

SET 3
•The Generals got off to a hot start in the third set, taking a 10-4 lead to force a JHU timeout. Out of the break, the Blue Jays scored the next five points to pull to within one and force W&L to use a timeout.
• Washington & Lee responded with a 7-0 run to take a 17-9 advantage and eventually got its lead to 10 at 20-10.
• Johns Hopkins chipped away and got to within two at 23-21, but the Generals scored the next two points to win the third set, 25-21. 

SET 4
• After falling behind 5-3 early in the set, JHU scored the next two points to tie the match at five.
• Tied at seven, Hopkins scored seven of the next 10 points to go up 14-10.
• After an attacking error on the Blue Jays to make the score 14-11, JHU went on a 4-2 run to pull ahead 18-13.
• W&L chipped away, but back-to-back kills from Panagopoulos gave Hopkins the 25-18 set win.

What it Means
• The Blue Jays improve to 6-1 against the Generals and have won the last five matches.

Inside the Box Score
• Louisa Kishton recorded a double-double as she led the team with 11 kills and 25 digs.
• Hada led the Blue Jays with 45 assists in the match.
• Bliss finished the match with 10 kills while Esther Hong added 12 digs.

 
WIDENER
The Basics 
• Score: #14 Johns Hopkins - 3, Widener – 0  (25-17, 25-20, 22-20)
• Records: JHU (10-0) • Widener (9-8)
• Location: St. Davids, PA
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins volleyball team capped a perfect Eastern Quad meet with a 3-0 victory over Widener on Saturday afternoon. Hopkins went 3-0 during the tournament, dropping only three sets.

How it Happened

SET 1
• JHU got out to a 13-4 lead in the opening set thanks to a 7-0 run on the serve of Lauren Anthony.
• The Pride stopped the Hopkins run with a kill from Nicole Dorman and eventually pulled to within seven points at 17-10.
• An ace from Sarah Khan followed by a kill from Michelle Abt gave the Blue Jays set point at 24-15, but the Pride scored back-to-back points to make the score 24-17. Abt then recorded a kill for the set one victory.

SET 2
•The two teams stayed close in the second set with neither team being able to pull ahead by more than two points before JHU went on a 3-0 run to go up 12-8.
• The Pride got back to within two at 12-10, however, Hopkins scored seven of the next nine points to take a 19-12 lead.
• Hopkins continued to hold onto the lead and a kill from Abt gave JHU the 25-20 set two win.

SET 3
•Trailing 10-7, the Pride went on a 4-1 run to tie the set at 11. The teams went back-and-forth for the remainder of the set, but W&L was able to take a 22-20 lead, making JHU take a timeout.
• Out of the timeout, the Blue Jays scored the sets final five points as a kill from Bliss capped the 25-22 victory giving Hopkins the 3-0 match win.

What it Means
• This was the first meeting between JHU and the Pride since 2008 and Johns Hopkins leads the all-time series 6-2 having won the last two matches.

Inside the Box Score
• Hada finished with 43 assists, giving her 88 on the day.
• Panagopoulos led Hopkins with 15 kills while Bliss finished with 13.
• Kishton led the way with 10 digs in the match followed by Bliss and Hada who both had seven.   

Up Next
•The Blue Jays will play their first home match of the season as they welcome Washington College to Goldfarb Gym on Wednesday, September 26^th at 7 pm.


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