Pirates End West Coast Trip With Two Five-Game Losses
PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Armstrong Atlantic volleyball squad wrapped up its season-opening 11-game road swing with two heartbreaking five-game losses to Colorado - Colorado Springs and Northwest Nazarene on Saturday in the Grand Canyon Classic in Phoenix, Ariz.
The Pirates (4-7) have now dropped five matches in a row for only thesecond time in head coach Alan Segal's tenure at AASU. Against Colorado -Colorado Springs, AASU rallied from a 2-1 deficit to force game five, but the Mountain Lions exacted revenge for an earlier loss handed to them by the Pirates in Colorado by taking the win, 26-30, 30-19, 30-27, 26-30,15-13. Senior Adriana Miller led the Pirates with 12 kills and 19 digs in the game.
In the second match of the day, the Pirates had a 2-1 lead on Northwest Nazarene, but could not hold it as the Crusaders rallied for a 30-22, 22-30, 27-30, 30-20, 17-15. Traci Knuth tallied 17 kills to lead AASU offensively, while Miller again led the Pirates defensively with 21 digs. Margaret Thornton tallied 30 assists in both of Saturday's matches.
AASU flies home on Labor Day to prepare for the 2006 AASU Chatham Orthopaedics Volleyball Classic, which begins on Friday, September 8. AASU faces Presbyterian at 1:00 p.m. in its home opener.
Source: Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Information
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