Gabriella Karman - Bryant 2023
Brent Warzocha/UAlbany Athletics
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Winner LIU LIU 8-17,6-4 NEC
1
UAlbany ANY 7-16,2-6 America East
Winner
LIU LIU
8-17,6-4 NEC
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Final
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UAlbany ANY
7-16,2-6 America East
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LIU LIU 25 20 26 27 (3)
UAlbany ANY 23 25 24 25 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Close Battle Goes to LIU

SCORE: LIU 3, UAlbany 1
 
LOCATION: Robison Gym at the Kahl Campus Center - Albany, N.Y.
 
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-16, 2-6 AE | LIU 8-17, 6-4 NEC
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes battled in four close sets, including two that went into extra points, but it was the visiting Sharks taking the match win, Tuesday night.
 
COACH JOSH PICKARD: "Very close match tonight. We are finding ourselves on the wrong end of two-point sets lately. I appreciate Anna [Myhal] stepping into the libero role and Gabi [Karman] for her career high in kills."
 
KEY STATS
  • Redshirt-freshman Gabriella Karman and redshirt-sophomore Kendall Harris led the team with 13 kills each. 
  • The redshirt-freshman made it into the double-digits for the first time in her collegiate career with a team-high .571 hitting percentage.
  • Serving as the libero for the first time, sophomore Anna Myhal totaled a career-high 20 digs.
  • Junior setter notched 40 assists while following Myhal with 15 digs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Great Danes gained an 8-3 lead with two three-point scoring runs. 
  • After LIU closed the point gap to just one, 9-8, UAlbany furthered its advantage with a 5-1 scoring run.
  • The Sharks took a 19-18 lead after a 7-1 scoring run. 
  • Battling back and forth, the set finished in LIU's favor, 25-23.
  • In a close second set, the first three-point lead came after four unanswered Great Dane points with UAlbany holding an 18-13 advantage.
  • LIU closed the point gap but the Great Danes were able to gain back a multi-point lead before taking the set, 25-20. UAlbany's one winning set had the largest point differential of the night.
  • Returning to back-and-forth action, the Great Danes once again held the first three-point lead of the third set, 14-11.
  • The Sharks took the lead, 17-16, with three straight points but UAlbany answered with a mini scoring run of their own, 21-19.
  • After trading points to get to 24-23, UAlbany, LIU grabbed three unanswered points to take the set, 26-24.
  • In what proved to be the final set, the Great Danes gained a significant advantage, 14-9, with a 7-1 scoring run.
  • Trading points for much of the remainder of the set, UAlbany continued with the lead up until its 24th point, 24-21, when the Sharks answered with three straight points to tie the set at 24.
  • Despite one last point from the Great Danes, LIU closed out the set, and the match, with another three-point scoring run.
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue at home with their final home match of the 2023 season - New Hampshire (Nov. 5).
 
For more information on the University at Albany volleyball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanyvb
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