Posted: Jun 16, 2015
Roanoke's 21 win season is the program's best since the team won the same amount of games in 2010. It also marks the Maroons' sixth 20-win season, all of which have come under head coach Blair Trail. Trail, who now sits with 287 career wins, can reach the 300 win milestone with a similar performance in 2015. With seven conference wins in 2014, picking up the seventh against Guilford on Oct. 29, Trail has officially won 100 ODAC matches in her career. Her 100 ODAC wins are more than half of the conference wins in program history (192).
Roanoke got out a hot start in 2014, winning the first six consecutive matches to begin the season. The 6-0 start was the best start for the program since the 2008 season. Roanoke swept the Averett Invitational, defeating Central, Peace, Central Methodist and Greensboro, only giving up one set in four wins. Allison White was named MVP of the tournament, while Christen Zammit was named to the All-Tournament team. The Maroons went on to win three of four at the Washington & Lee Invitational, with Allison White being named to the All-Tournament Team.
Roanoke went on to win the first two games of the Maroon invitational, boosting the Maroons to a 9-1 record in the first 10 matches, again tying the best start since 2008. The Maroons went 3-1 in the Maroon Invitational, with the three wins coming by the score of 3-0. Macey Tyree was named to the All-Tournament Team for the Maroons in this tournament.
The Maroons hit a rough patch in the middle of the season going 3-5 between September 15th and October 2nd. Roanoke picked up a win over Methodist, 3-1 on October 9th, which got the wheel's running to the Maroons big win of the season. On October 15th, Roanoke topped Washington & Lee, 3-2 in the Bast Center. It was the first regular season win over the Generals since October 25, 2000 and the first win over W&L since 2009. The Maroons handed the Generals their first loss of the ODAC season up to that point.
With the wins over Methodist and W&L, Roanoke strung together seven consecutive wins from October 9th to October 29th, with four 3-0 victories. The Maroons won the final regular season match of the year over Averett in the Bast Center, giving the Maroons the 21st win of the season. With the 21-8 record, the Maroons earned a #5 seed in the ODAC Tournament. The Maroons had to travel to face #4 seed Lynchburg College in the ODAC Quarterfinals. However, Roanoke fell 3-1 in the tournament match, closing the season with a record of 21-9.
When it came to kills for the Maroons in 2014, five different players evenly split the statistic. Brooke Bostwick led the Maroons in kills with 253, with Allison White following closely behind with 248. Macey Tyree put away 228 kills, while Sarah Long had 220 of her own. Freshman Kylah Blackmore rounded out most of the kills for the Maroons with 197. Jessica Block finished the year with 640 assists. In just two years, Block has tallied 1069 assists, which ranks 9th all-time at Roanoke College. Alexandra Martin ranked second on the squad in assists with 404. Martin ranks seventh all-time at RC with 1120 assists in three years.
Sophomore Ryan Hedgepeth led the Maroons in digs with 310, while Tyree tallied 267. In three years, Tyree ranks ninth all-time in digs with a mark of 852. Bostwick put away 74 total blocks including 58 block assists. Sarah Long matched with a close 70 total blocks and 57 block assists. Jessica Block led the ODAC in service aces (65) and service aces per set (0.58).
