Box Score

Clarkson CLK 27-6,6-1 Liberty League

Emory EU 32-2,6-1 UAA

Clarkson CLK

27-6,6-1 Liberty League

Final

Nov. 21, 2019

Emory EU

32-2,6-1 UAA

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Clarkson CLK	22	25	12	25	11	(2)
Emory EU	25	22	25	22	15	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 11/21/2019 4:46:00 PM | November 21, 2019

Knights Fall in Five-Setter to Top-Ranked Emory in NCAA Quarterfinals

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	CLK	EU
Kills	57	68
Errors	26	22
Attempts	152	157
Hitting %	.204	.293
Points	69	77
Assists	54	61
Aces	5	3
Blocks	7	6

Kills

CLK

Errors

CLK

Attempts

CLK

152

157

Hitting %

CLK

.204

.293

Points

CLK

Assists

CLK

Aces

CLK

Blocks

CLK

Game Leaders

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/kristin-werdine/6347' class='boxscore_player_link'>Werdine, Kristin</a>

#16 Werdine, Kristin

Kills

15
Aces

2
Blocks

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/rachel-reusch/6342' class='boxscore_player_link'>Reusch, Rachel</a>

#12 Reusch, Rachel

Kills

14
Aces

0
Blocks

3

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/maddie-bredehoeft/6333' class='boxscore_player_link'>Bredehoeft, Maddie</a>

#5 Bredehoeft, Maddie

Kills

12
Aces

0
Blocks

3

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/gillian-kurtic/6337' class='boxscore_player_link'>Kurtic, Gillian</a>

#14 Kurtic, Gillian

Kills

8
Aces

0
Blocks

4

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/isabelle-crow/6346' class='boxscore_player_link'>Crow, Isabelle</a>

#11 Crow, Isabelle

Assists

50
E

3

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/kate-isaksen/6336' class='boxscore_player_link'>Isaksen, Kate</a>

#17 Isaksen, Kate

Assists

2
E

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/cel-barrera-lopez/6332' class='boxscore_player_link'>Barrera-Lopez, Cel</a>

#3 Barrera-Lopez, Cel

Assists

1
E

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/emma-baxter/6343' class='boxscore_player_link'>Baxter, Emma</a>

#2 Baxter, Emma

Assists

1
E

0

#17 Isaksen, Kate

Digs

23
RE

0

#16 Werdine, Kristin

Digs

12
RE

0

#3 Barrera-Lopez, Cel

Digs

8
RE

0

#2 Baxter, Emma

Digs

6
RE

0

Kills

#16

Aces

#17

Isaksen, Kate

Werdine, Kristin

Crow, Isabelle

Blocks

#14

Assists

#11

Digs

#17

Cedar Rapids, IA – Giving the top-ranked team in the country all it could handle, the Clarkson University Volleyball team sent Emory University to the brink in the first game of the NCAA Quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon, but the Golden Knights came up just short in their attempt to advance, falling 25-22, 22-25 25-12, 22-25, 15-11 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids.

The Golden Knights concluded their season at 28-6 overall while Emory moved to 33-2 and lived to fight another day in the defense of its national title from a year ago.

CLARKSON PRESS CONFERENCE

In the first set, Emory came out strong by winning four of the first five points, but the Golden Knights rallied, eventually coming all the way back to tie the set at 15-15 thanks to a kill from Rachel Reusch. The Eagles rattled off three straight points, forcing the Knights to take a timeout and the strategy worked as Clarkson picked up four of the next five on kills from Gillian Kurtic and Maddie Bredehoeft and miscues by Emory. The next point appeared to be in favor of the Knights on a tremendous dig by Kristin Werdine, but the play was challenged and after a delay of several minutes, the point was reversed for Emory as the ball short-hopped Werdine's hand. Clarkson recovered to tie the set and took the lead twice on kills from Reusch, but Emory closed out the set with four straight points, including two consecutive kills from Morgan McKnight, for a 25-22 win.

The second set saw Clarkson roll out with points in seven of the first 10 serves, but Emory knotted the match up at 11-11. Later in the set, Emory gained a 20-19 lead on an attack error and was in position to take a 2-0 lead. Werdine and Reusch had other ideas for Clarkson, with Werdine putting a ball down to tie the set and Rachel Reusch sandwiching kills around an Isabelle Crow kill. Werdine then snuck an ace inside the end line to complete the set for Clarkson, tying the match at 1-1 with a 25-22 victory.

Clarkson doubled up Emory in the first handful of points in the third set (4-2), but Emory scored six straight before the Knights could end the run on a kill from Reusch. That point, and another kill from Maddie Bredehoeft, turned out to be nothing but a reprieve from Emory's roll, as the Eagles pushed their advantage to 15-6. Although Clarkson briefly pulled within six (16-10) on an ace from Werdine, the Eagles won eight of the final nine points to claim a lopsided win in the third set, 25-12. Emory hit .360 in the third set while the Knights were in the negative for that game.

Three kills in the first eight points by Bredehoeft put the Knights up 5-3 in the early going of the fourth set. Emory gathered points in the next four serves to take the lead and did its best to pull away, but Clarkson always had an answer and tied the set six times without ever taking the lead. Emory scored three straight on kills and an ace for a 17-14 lead, forcing the Knights to take a timeout, but a hitting error, ace by Kate Isaksen, and kill from Werdine tied the game a ninth time and put the Eagles into a situation where they needed a quick break to alter the momentum. It didn't work, as the Knights gained an 18-17 lead on a hitting error and picked up another point by winning a joust at the net. Emory eventually tied the set at 21-21, but Reusch sent a kill down in the middle of the court and a deep attack error put the margin back to two points, forcing a second Emory timeout. The Eagles picked up one point out of the break, but Werdine put a kill down with a roll shot from the back row and Bredehoeft and Kurtic combined for a block on the outside to finish off the set, 25-22, sending the match to a deciding fifth set.

The final set saw Clarkson score the first three points but Emory tallied the next four and changed the momentum to its advantage. The Eagles led by two at the bench switch and then delivered a kill to make the Knights call a timeout. An ace for Emory out of the break pushed the margin to four, but a service error and block assists from Bredehoeft and Kurtic made it 10-8. Emory rattled off three more, with Clarkson picking up two points to make it 13-10. A kill by Maggie Rimmel put Emory a single point away from the win, but Kurtic blasted a ball down to keep Clarkson's hopes alive. That would be it, however, as a deflected ball hit the deck for the Eagles to end the match.

Kristin Werdine struck for 15 kills and added 12 digs and a pair of aces in the match while Rachel Reusch delivered 14 kills and three blocks and Maddie Bredehoeft contributed 12 kills and three blocks. Isabelle Crow delivered 50 assists, Kate Isaksen picked up 23 more digs, and Gillian Kurtic added four blocks and eight kills for the Knights. Isaksen surpassed 3200 digs in her career, pushing her career total to 3217, the seventh-highest figures in NCAA Division III history, and easily the most for any player that has participated entirely in the 25-points per set era.

For Emory, Morgan McKnight struck for 22 kills, Tara Martin added 18 kills and four blocks, and Leah Saunders had 16 kills and 14 digs. Cassie Srb produced 57 assists and Elyse Thompson led the defense with 18 digs.

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