Volleyball Comes From Behind to Defeat Fordham in Five Sets in Home Opener

NEWARK, Del. - University of Delaware volleyball earned a come-from-behind five-set victory over Fordham (25-15, 17-25, 16-25, 25-23, 15-12) in its home opener to improve its record to 2-2 on the season. The Fightin' Blue Hens were down 23-19 in the fourth set while trailing 2-1 before scoring the final six points to force a decisive fifth set before forcing a decisive fifth set.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Thalia Yancey had 14 kills and nine digs.
Anna Logan Gillens tallied 12 kills.
Asia Murray had 10 kills with five blocks while hitting .368.
Morgan Campbell had nine kills and hit .353 with two aces.
Kennedi Inman had 40 assists.
Emily Zgonc had 11 digs.
Jayda Gray had 10 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

With the score tied at six in the first set, Delaware rattled off five straight points and nine of the next 10 to take the lead at 15-7. Yancey had three kills in the run.
Delaware responded to a 3-0 Fordham run by scoring three points in a row, holding a 19-11 lead before finishing off the set at 25-15.
Delaware held Fordham to a -.029 hitting percentage, its best in any set this season. Yancey had a team-best four kills, Inman had 12 assists, and Zgonc had three digs.

SECOND SET

Fordham took a 14-8 lead during the second set.
Delaware cut the lead down to 18-14, but Fordham scored the next four points to go ahead 22-14 before winning 25-17.
Zgonc had three more digs in the set.

THIRD SET

Fordham went up 11-6 early in the set, but Delaware got three straight points and then a kill by Gillens and an ace by Zgonc to trim the Rams' lead to 13-11.
Fordham went on a 7-1 run to take a 21-13 lead to finish off the set 25-16.

FOURTH SET

Fordham quickly went up 5-0, and held a 15-8 lead in the fourth set.
Delaware trimmed the lead down to four, before Fordham extended its lead to 18-12. UD scored six of the next seven points, bringing the score to 19-18.
After another run by Fordham put them up 23-19, Delaware scored the final six points of the set. Blocks by Inman and Campbell and a kill by Gillens capped the run. Overall, Delaware ended the fourth set on a 13-5 run to force a fifth set.
Yancey and Gillens each had four kills in the set.

FIFTH SET

There were nine ties and four lead changes in the final set, the most in any set in the match.
The set was tied at 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, and 12-12. Fordham's largest lead of the set was 9-7. UD scored the final three points of the set with Gray recording an ace and Murray ending the match with a kill.
Delaware hit .316 in the set as Murray and Campbell each had three kills.

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MATCH NOTES

This was Delaware's first five-set win of the season. Delaware is now 18-13 all-time in five-set matches under head coach Kimberly Lambert
Delaware improves to 4-1 in home openers under Lambert.
Yancey and Gillens have each recorded double-digit kills in all four matches this season.
Gray has had at least 10 digs in three of the four matches this year.
Zgonc's 11 digs were a career high.
Fordham's Johana Franzen was named to the Blue Hen Invitational All-Tournament Team.

UP NEXT
Delaware wraps up the Blue Hen Invitational tomorrow against New Haven at 2:00 p.m.

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Volleyball Comes From Behind to Defeat Fordham in Five Sets in Home Opener

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