Weekend: Lincoln Volleyball finishes 5th in the Hampton Inn Tournament

[September 11, 2017]  The Lincoln Railers Volleyball Team hosted the Hampton Inn Tournament over the weekend at Roy S. Anderson Gymnasium and the ladies finished the tournament in 5th place with a 4-1 record.

After opening play on Friday night at 5 p.m. with a loss, the Railers swept the next four opponents in the tournament.

Lincoln fell to Deer Creek Mackinaw 19-25 and 22-25 as the tournament kicked off Friday night.

During the 8 p.m. match on Friday night, Lincoln bounced back to win in two sets against Springfield, 25-20 and 25-18.

Saturday morning the Railers opened with a win versus Danville, 25-17 and 25-17.

The Railers then beat Peoria Notre Dame in two close sets, 26-24 and 26-24.

Finally on Saturday afternoon Lincoln defeated Springfield High 25-17 and 25-23 to become the Silver Bracket Champions.

Lincoln finished in 5th place out of 12 teams.

Coach Kyle Caldwell said, ""After an opening round loss we talked about having more fun and staying positive on the court and that resulted in winning the next four straight matches to end the weekend 4-1. Freshman middle blocker Elise Dawson played a great tournament for her first ever varsity matches and will do a great job filling in while we wait for Brooke Kitner to heal from a broken finger on her hitting hand. I cannot say enough about the courage it takes for a freshmen to take swings and put up a big block in those first few starts.

"We are looking to bring our serve receive back above a 2 and improve our blocking and defensive schemes before our matches next week. Our hitting improved in the tournament as we managed to hit .240 efficiency on the weekend while still only passing a 1.8.

"As our passing comes back to normal, we expect our efficiency to improve even more as we are taking bigger and more aggressive swings.

"We are looking forward to a packed house for our first regular season home game of the year this upcoming Tuesday night with Freshmen playing at 5, JV at 6, and Varsity at 7 against conference opponent Effingham."

Scores:

Lost to DeeMack 19-25,22-25
Beat Springfield 25-20,25-18
Beat Danville 25-17,25-17
Beat Peoria Notre Dame 26-24,26-24
Beat Springfield 25-17,25-23
Silver Bracket Champions, (5th out of 12 overall)

Stats:

As a team: 28 aces, 119 kills, .240 hitting efficiency, 109 assists, 162 digs, 14 blocks, 1.806 SR Rating.

Tearaney Eads: 4 aces, 31 kills, 29 digs, 2 blocks

Kaelyn Froebe: 2 aces, 26 kills, 36 digs, 1 big block

Morgan Lolling: 6 aces, 12 kills, 104 assists, 3 blocks

Elise Dawson: 13 kills, 3 blocks

Emma Konczyk: 2 aces, 2 kills, 10 digs

Mackenzie Antoine: 2 aces, 51 digs

Kennedy Lolling: 6 aces, 16 digs

Grace Bossingham: 6 aces, 31 kills, 12 digs, 5 blocks

Amber Oliver: 4 kills

[Teena Lowery]