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 The old gym proved to be the perfect setting for the team's
Halloween-themed regular-season finale. As the match began, Lincoln
College certainly felt tricked on their way to dropping the first
set 25-19. However, the Lady Lynx were not spooked by the setback,
as they went to work in set two. The two teams traded sideouts for most of the early portion of
the set, with neither team able to break away. After multiple tie
scores, Lincoln was the first to scare up a set point opportunity.
Sandburg held strong, though, to force extra points, causing Lincoln to
run out of subs. This caused sophomore setter Emily Fox to see
action in the front row for the final two rotations.
Sandburg tried to take advantage of the situation by attacking in
her direction, but this proved to be a fatal mistake as Fox would
tally her first block of the season to end the set and give LC a
26-24 win.
 With the raucous Lincoln College crowd behind them,
Lincoln was able to build a lead in set three, but the Chargers
resurrected their offense and again pushed the set to extra points. This time Lincoln was able to hold on to enough subs to keep
their strongest rotations on the court and win 27-25. Set four left
the Chargers feeling cursed as Lincoln pulled away for a 25-18 set
and match victory. The win improved Lincoln's record to 21-15 on the
season.
LC individual stats:
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Emily Fox: 24 set assists, 9 points
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Kristen Wright: 15 set assists, 5 points
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Alexis Nelson: 17 kills, 7 digs
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Chelsea Rhoades: 7 kills, 5 blocks
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Markeshia Williams: 5 digs, 10 points
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Danielle Stephenson: 6 kills, 6 blocks
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Natalia Florczyk: 8 kills, 11 digs, 12 points
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Mellisa Turpin: 2 blocks, 3 points
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Jacqui Kane: 5 kills
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LC Coach Mark Tippett commented: "I was very impressed by the way Carl
Sandburg played in the first set. They served aggressively, ran a
quick offense and worked very hard on defense. I was just as
impressed with the way our players responded to the challenge they
presented us in sets two and three. We made the adjustments we
needed to make in order to handle their servers better, which gave
our hitters more opportunities to score points. Our servers were
very inconsistent, though, which put a lot of pressure on our passers.
They did a great job for us tonight of getting volleys started, and
we were able to win several hard-fought points after long rallies,
which is exactly what a coach likes to see at this point of the
season. We really earned this one."
Lincoln will finish their regular season tomorrow as the travel to
Belleville to participate in a triangular at Southwestern
Illinois College. The triangular will feature a rematch for Lincoln
with Shawnee Community College, the only team to defeat them so far
in the month of October. ___ Online:
Lincoln
College volleyball
[Text from file received from Kirk Whiteman,
Lincoln
College]
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