 Men's soccer
BELLEVILLE -- The Lincoln College men's soccer team (7-1-3)
played Southwestern Community College (8-2-1) in a key matchup
Wednesday in Region 24 competition. Lincoln is ranked No. 1 in
Region 24 and Southwestern is ranked No. 2. The Lincoln College men
are off to their best start in school history.
The match ended in a 0-0 tie.
Volleyball
DANVILLE -- The Lady Lynx traveled to Danville Area CC on
Wednesday for an MWAC conference match and came away with a
hard-fought five-set victory.
A very loud and supportive crowd saw Danville jump out to a 6-0
lead in set one and never trail on their way to a 25-18 win.
Lincoln College kept their composure and won set two 25-15 and
set three 25-13.
With the crowd quieted, Lincoln appeared to be in command as they
built a nine-point lead in set four, but the Lady Jaguars clawed
their way back into the set and eventually won it 27-25 to set up a
final set to 15.
LC again showed their mental toughness as they were able to block
out the wild home crowd and take a 4-0 lead in the final set. DACC
eventually sided out and narrowed the Lincoln lead to two. The two
teams traded sideouts all the way up to 14-12. At this point LC was
out of subs and forced to play a back-row player in the front row.
Danville sided out, and on their serve Lincoln won a very long,
wildly contested volley to take the set and the match 15-13.
Lincoln improves to 10-14 on the year and 1-2 in MWAC play.
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LC individual stats:
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Alexis Nelson: 17
kills
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Emily Fox: 26 set
assists
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Chelsea Rhoades: 7
kills, 4 blocks
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Courtney Reinken: 5
kills
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Danielle Stephenson:
6 kills
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Natalia Florczyk: 4 kills, 7 digs
LC coach Mark Tippett commented:
"This was one of the wilder matches we have played this year but
a lot of fun to watch. The Danville crowd was loud and they
made life tough on us, but I was proud of the way we kept our cool
and stayed focused after losing set one. We collapsed a bit in set
four, but I give the DACC players credit for not giving up. Set five
was a war, and I am very pleased by the determination we showed to
earn the victory. This was definitely a memorable win."
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[Text from file received from Kirk Whiteman,
Lincoln
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