COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (August 24) – The Armstrong Atlantic Statevolleyball squad opened up the 2006 season with a 3-1 loss to Fort Lewisin the first match of the AmeriSuites Mountain Lion Invitational, hostedby Colorado - Colorado Springs, on Thursday evening. Game scores were30-21, 24-30, 15-30, 31-33.
Despite a long travel day that began at 1:00 a.m. Eastern time inSavannah, the Pirates opened up the match strong against the Skyhawks,hitting .303 in game one to take a 30-21 win. Fort Lewis then turned totheir blocking to win the next two games easily, then AASU had two chancesto send it to a game five as the Pirates served up 29-28 and 31-30, but could not close out the contest.
Fort Lewis recorded 13 blocks on the night as a team and was ledoffensively by Nicole Schwab's 17 kills. Armstrong Atlantic got 13 killsapiece from seniors Traci Knuth and Christine Flores. Carly Lacey notched44 assists to pace Fort Lewis, while Margaret Thornton tallied 27 to leadAASU. The Pirates will play two matches on Friday in the AmeriSuitesMountain Lion Invitational, facing Georgian Court at 9:00 a.m. and thentaking on host Colorado - Colorado Springs at 8:15 p.m.
Source: Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Information
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