Roos Wrap up Black & Gold Challenge with Sweep of ODU

Saturday, September 4

Boone, NC

10:00 AM

Kansas City

5-1,0-0Summit League

Old Dominion

-24,00 CUSA

Kansas City

Old Dominion

Roos Wrap up Black & Gold Challenge with Sweep of ODU

9/4/2021 12:57:00 PM | Volleyball

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De'Janae Arnold posted a career-high 13 kills on .571 hitting to lead the Roos to victory

BOONE, N.C. - Kansas City Volleyball finished its trip to North Carolina with a perfect record, sweeping past Old Dominion this morning to win the Black & Gold Challenge. De'Janae Arnold paced the Roos with a career-high 13 kills on .571 hitting, while Melanie Brecka posted 13 kills of her own.

KEY MOMENTS

S1 | Leah Green sent across a service ace to make the score 7-6 in favor of the Roos, a lead which they would not surrender for the rest of the set.
S1 | A kill by Carly Gillen gave the Roos a side out and sparked a 4-0 run that put Kansas City up 16-10.
S1 | ODU battled off two set points, but Melanie Brecka came through with a kill to give KC a one-set lead.
S2 | After falling behind 2-1, Kansas City put together a 7-0 run thanks to the serve of Maddie Renn and two kills each from Brecka and Arnold.
S2 | Old Dominion fought back to take an 11-10 lead in the set, but four-straight points for the Roos forced a timeout by the Monarchs and put KC in command.
S2 | Kansas City finished the second set on a 4-0 run, thanks to kills from Brecka and Odyssey Warren and a pair of errors by ODU.
S3 | The Roos jumped out to an early 11-4 lead in the third set, winning eight-of-nine points on Brecka and Green's serves. During the run, Arnold threw down four kills.
S3 | An ace from Alli Schomers secured the win for the Roos for their second sweep in-a-row.

STATS TO NOTE

Thirteen kills is a new career-high for Arnold, whose previous best was 12 kills at Oral Roberts on Mar. 13 of last season.
The Roos were critical in the service category, sending across 10 aces and only committing one error. Both Renn and Schomers each had three, while Green and Kennedy Schritenthal had two apiece.
Kansas City has now posted back-to-back sweeps for the first time since Mar. 1 & 12 of last season.
Brecka finished with 11 digs to go along with her 13 kills, her third double-double of the season.

COACH CHRISTI POSEY, QUOTED

"We're pleased with the effort and execution to finish the tournament with a victory. The goal was to put ourselves in a position to win a championship and we achieved that. There is still work to be done, and we realize that the pre-conference season allows us to learn important lessons and continue to grow. We like where we are at this stage and we all feel good about the weekend."
"We had a nice balance to our offense and defensively we were pretty good, but our team was terrific from a serving standpoint. It allowed us to put pressure on them consistently."

UP NEXT
The Roos will be back in Missouri next weekend, traveling to Cape Girardeau for an Invitational at Southeast Missouri State. Kansas City will take on Arkansas State, Marshall and Memphis in the invite.