The Virginia women’s volleyball team lost its first two matches at the Virginia Commonwealth University Invitational this weekend before closing the tournament with a win against Appalachian State.
The Cavaliers (4-5, 0-0 ACC) went the full five sets against VCU Friday but fell 15-13 in the deciding game.
The Rams (9-1, 0-0 ACC) took the first game 25-20, but the Cavaliers answered with consecutive 25-19 wins. After winning the fourth set 25-22, VCU opened the fifth with a 7-1 lead. Virginia roared back to tie at 11-11 but could not complete the comeback.
Sophomore Tori Janowski made the most of a disappointing day for the Cavaliers, recording Virginia’s first triple-double since 2000. She earned 17 assists and 10 digs to accompany a season-high 22 kills.
After a draining tilt with VCU, Virginia lost 3-0 to Georgetown (6-2, 0-0 Big East) in its first match Saturday.
Freshman Kayla Sear led the team with nine kills, but the Cavaliers committed five more service errors than their opponents.
Virginia salvaged the weekend later that day with a 3-0 victory against the Mountaineers (2-8, 0-0 Southern), 25-18, 25-21, 25-20.
Sophomore Morgan Blair set a new career high of seven blocks, and Janowski earned a double-double with 13 kills and 16 assists on her way to being named to the All-Tournament Team.
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