USAF ACADEMY, Colo. — Career -high performances from senior Ashley Bible and the sophomore trio of Grace Fiaseu, Mia Loyd, and Alysa Walker led the Ari Force volleyball team to a season-opening 3-1 victory over Jacksonville State on Friday (Aug. 29) night, during the opening day of the team’s annual Amy Svoboda Memorial Classic. After splitting the first two sets 25-11, 24-26, the Falcons closed out the match with a pair of 25-17 wins to secure their sixth-straight home-opening win and improve to 3-0 lifetime against the Gamecocks.
With a 19-kill performance, Bible equaled her career high and paced Fiaseu (career-high 14) and Walker (career-high 11) to 44 of the team’s 55 kills. The trio was assisted off a stellar night from Loyd, who tallied a personal-best 46 helpers, matched her career-high with four aces, and notched the fifth double-double of her career with 11 digs. Senior Jordan Suan added 17 digs on the night to tie for the match lead.
A full set-by-set recap will be available at GoAirForceFalcons.com.
The Falcons continue action at the Amy Svoboda Memorial Classic tomorrow (Aug. 30), when they host Portland State at 1:00 p.m. (MT). The Vikings are coming off a 3-2 loss to Jacksonville State and a 3-0 loss to Seattle this afternoon at Cadet East Gym.
