The Wichita State volleyball team opened its season with an intense victory on the road over a 2017 NCAA Tournament team, defeating James Madison, 3-2 (27-25, 25-18, 21-25, 24-26, 19-17), in the decisive fifth set on Friday in Harrisonburg, Va.
Even with several question marks entering the season, the Shockers rose to the challenge in the face of adversity in a road environment against a quality opponent. WSU won the first two sets, lost the next two, then staved off three match points to rally for a victory despite 37 attack errors.
“We played matches last year where we would have six, seven attack errors the entire match,” WSU coach Chris Lamb said in his post-game radio interview.