Lincoln College Men's Volleyball

[January 26, 2015]  LINCOLN - On Saturday the Lincoln College Men's Volleyball team participated in a ten team club tournament hosted by Augustana College.

LC came out as the champions of the Silver Bracket, earning the first tophy in program history. The Lynx went 2-2 in pool play, defeating Augustana (25-21, 25-13) and UW-Oshkosh (25-15, 25-11). LC's losses came to Wheaton University (22-25, 22-25) and St. Ambrose A (15-25, 22-25). The result of pool play put LC in the Silver bracket where they first faced the St. Ambrose B squad. The Lynx came out on top 20-25, 27-25, 15-12. In the championship match against the Lewis University club team, Lincoln again had to go to a third set to win 25-20, 18-25, 15-9. LC is now 4-3 on the season.

LC Stat totals:

Adam Krzos 29 kills, 14 digs, 25 points, 4 aces
Wes Higgenbotham 27 kills, 19 blocks, 15 points
Lukasz Kupiec 76 set assists, 11 blocks, 22 digs
Alex Robles 21 kills, 16 points, 9 blocks
Alec Esparza 43 digs, 29 points, 5 aces
Manny Benitez 18 kills, 12 blocks
Zach DeLoach 14 kills, 1 block
Josue Ramirez 12 set assists, 17 points, 8 digs
Jorge Pulido 9 points, 3 digs
Michael Wesley 8 kills, 2 blocks
Brandon Anderson 3 kills, 3 points
Paul Gardner 2 kills, 1 point

LC Coach Mark Tippett: "This tournament gave us a good indication of how we compare to other college and university club teams at this early stage of our program. We matched up very well with the top teams in the tournament. Our loss to the St. Ambrose A team, who easily won the Gold bracket side of the tournament, was their closest match of the day.

"We hung in well against Wheaton too which is a team that has several strong upperclassmen on their roster. As the day went on we got stronger and played better as a team. To win the Silver bracket trophy was a nice confidence boost and an achievement our players can be proud of. Overall, it was a another positive step forward for our team.

Lincoln will host their first home match in program history on Tuesday evening, January 27th at 6:30 pm against the Lindenwood-Belleville varsity team.

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