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Volleyball Throttles La Salle, 3-0
Colonials Roll to Fourth Straight Victory
The power serving of Alex Coward helped propel GW past La Salle Thursday night at Smith Center.
 
The power serving of Alex Coward helped propel GW past La Salle Thursday night at Smith Center.
  

Oct. 14, 2010

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WASHINGTON, DC -- The George Washington volleyball team rolled to its fourth straight victory Thursday night against visiting La Salle, 3-0, in an Atlantic 10 Conference match at Charles E. Smith Center. The Colonials won by the scores, 25-15, 25-10, 25-17 in just 79 minutes. It marked GW's eighth victory in its last 10 matches and they moved into a tie for second place in the A-10 standings with Xavier.

The Colonials held La Salle to a combined hitting percentage of .070 (30k-22e-115att) while GW hit a sturdy .292 on 35 kills in 96 attacks with just seven errors.

All 15 Colonials saw action Thursday and 11 recorded at least one kill. Senior co-captain Katie Zulandt led all players with an errorless eight kills in 13 swings for a .615 hitting percentage. Sophomore libero Candace Silva-Martin had a match-high 21 digs including the 1,000th dig of her career coming near the end of the first set. Senior Hannah Stuart added an efficient .429 hitting percentage on her season-high four kills in seven attempts with a block solo. Junior Alex Coward went on a serving spree with five aces to blow open the second set.

La Salle (4-18, 0-6) was led by Kelly Scanlon and Jacquelyn Mitrovich with seven kills each. Breanna Mazalewski added 17 digs for the Explorers.

GW (16-7, 5-1 A-10) will aim for its fifth straight triumph this Sunday, Oct. 17, when it hosts Temple (4-15, 1-4 A-10) in an A-10 match at 1 p.m.

Live video and free live statistical updates of the GW-Temple match are available by going to www.GWsports.com and clicking on the Audio •Video and Gametracker links on the volleyball schedule.

 

 

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