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Winner Mount Union MTU 12-2,0-0 OAC
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12-2,0-0 OAC
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Johns Hopkins JHU
9-3,0-0 Centennial
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Mount Union MTU 14 25 25 25 (3)
Johns Hopkins JHU 25 21 21 16 (1)
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Scranton SCR 4-7,0-0 Landmark
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Winner Johns Hopkins JHU 10-3,0-0 Centennial
Scranton SCR
4-7,0-0 Landmark
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Johns Hopkins JHU
10-3,0-0 Centennial
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Scranton SCR 16 23 18 (0)
Johns Hopkins JHU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Conner Gilson - Athletic Communications Assistant

Volleyball Splits Day 2 of Hopkins Invitational

Carlsen Sets Career-Highs in Kills and Digs

BALTIMORE, MD – The Johns Hopkins volleyball team went 1-1 on the final day of the Hopkins Invitational Saturday night, falling 3-1 (25-14, 21-25, 21-25, 16-25) to a red-hot Mount Union team before bouncing back with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-18) sweep of Scranton to finish the weekend 2-1.
 
Game 1: Johns Hopkins 1, Mount Union 3
 
Errors plagued the home side in Saturday's opener, as the Blue Jays (10-3) committed 25 faults for the third time this season, including 12 in the final set. Carlsen had a career day on the attacking side, finishing with a game-high 21 kills to set a new high-water mark for herself, with Simone Adam (18) and Chidinma Onukwugha (10) also reaching double figures. Helena Swaak tallied 50 assists — her second game with at least 50 assists this season — while Carlsen also paced the team in digs with 20 to secure her first career 20-20 match.
 
The Jays were in complete control early in Saturday's match, jumping out to a 4-2 lead on kills from Adam, Alice Yu and Carlsen. The lead stayed at two until the score read 8-6 and a Swaak kill ignited another 5-1 run to put Hopkins ahead 13-7. Play once again evened out before Carlsen kicked off a decisive 7-0 run with her sixth kill of the set — she would finish with nine — to give the Jays a 23-12 lead, with final kills from Onukwugha and Adam winning the first set 25-14. Hopkins ended the frame hitting .559 and holding Mount Union to a hitting percentage of .083.
 
Set 2 was more tightly contested, as the Jays and Purple Raiders (12-2) hit nearly identical percentages (.229 vs. .219) with the lead never reaching more than four. A trio of errors to open the set saw Mount Union go up 5-1 before a pair of kills from Pamela Chiakpo and one by Yu made it a two-point set. The game was tied at eight, 10 and 11 before the Jays took their first lead at 12-11, but a 5-0 burst from the Raiders gave them back a lead they would not relinquish. Hopkins cut the lead to three on two occasions, but a kill from Alexis Meyer gave Mount Union to 25-21 win and evened the sets at one apiece.
 
The Jays appeared to retake momentum in the third set, taking an 8-5 lead highlighted by a trio of kills from Carlsen. Hopkins maintained the lead until it was 17-14 and the Purple Raiders began their climb back. A 3-0 run from Mount Union knotted the game at 17, with the Jays tying it once again at 20 before a 5-1 run closed out the set and put the Purple Raiders up 2-1.
 
Errors overtook Hopkins in the final set, as the Jays were held to a negative hitting percentage (-.024) for just the second time all season, committing 12 errors to just 11 kills. Mount Union took its first lead at 3-2, going up 7-4 before a 3-0 run with kills coming from Adam and Carlsen leveled the score at seven. The Jays stayed close, never trailing by more than four points until a 9-2 run from the visitors put the set and match out of reach. Adam registered her 18th kill to make it 24-16 before Meyer once again close the set and won Mount Union its 12th straight match.
 
Game 2: Johns Hopkins 3, Scranton 0
 
The Blue Jays got help from across the roster en route to the sweep over Scranton in Saturday's finale. Carlsen and Adam combined for 34 kills while Swaak tallied another 42 assists to bring her weekend average up to 12 per set. Swaak and Carlsen shared the team-lead in digs at 17 apiece, with the game's X-factor being Onukwugha, who after serving just three aces all season, matched her career-best with five in the win.
 
The Royals (4-7) went point-for-point with Hopkins at the start of the first set until a 7-1 run by the hosts put the Jays ahead 13-7. Scranton chipped away at the deficit, getting as close at 16-19 before Hopkins rattled off the next six points with kills coming from Carlsen, Adam and Yu to close out the set 25-16.
 
As was the case in the Jays' first game of the day, the second set was more closely contested with the Royals hitting .234 compared to Hopkins' .227. Newly entered Brooklyn Pater started the show to give the Jays a 2-1 lead, but it was Scranton slowly pulling away from there, holding a 15-11 advantage just over halfway through the set. Down four Hopkins turned to Carlsen, who tallied two aces and five kills — including the last four of the set — to reclaim the lead and win the second set 25-23.
 
Capitalizing on a few errors, the Royals took a 4-0 lead to start Saturday's final set that did not last long, as a 5-1 response from the Jays knotted things at five. The sides continued to trade runs until the score read 10-10 and Hopkins began to pull away. Onukwugha and Adam got things started with a block that began a 6-2 run to put the Jays up 16-12. Scranton once again cut the lead down, but a game-closing 4-0 run that ended with Onukwugha's fifth ace clinched the set and match victory in sweeping fashion.
 
Next up for the Jays is a matchup with Ursinus Saturday, Sept. 30, with first serve of Hopkins' conference-opener set for 1 p.m.
 
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