Lynx Volleyball
Ashby and Slater Power LC to Three-set Win Over LCU

[September 27, 2019] 

Lincoln College middle hitter Amazing Ashby (Aurora, CO) totaled a team-high ten kills with a .533 hitting percentage and outside hitter Ashlyn Slater (Grain Valley, MO) racked up nine service aces to help the Lady Lynx overcome a strong effort from their crosstown rivals and achieve another three-set victory. The win at Lincoln Christian University was LC’s 13th of the season against just six losses.

“We did not have our best night defensively,” said Lincoln Coach Mark Tippett. “A lot of the credit for that goes to LCU because they played hard on every point and really made us work for everything. Fortunately, we were able to get the stops when we needed them to avoid losing any sets, and Ashlyn’s serve was really on, which helped change the momentum of the match a couple of times,” he added.

Lincoln started the evening by building a four-to-five-point advantage in set one which they maintained throughout the early going, however, a four-point run by the Red Lions tied the score at 18-18. The two teams then battled back and forth from that point up to a 25-25 tie before the Lady Lynx came through with back-to-back kills from senior Kaylyn Hoffert (Lincoln) and junior Kayla Battle (Aurora) to give LC a 27-25 win.

Set two started off with LCU grabbing the early momentum to go up 13-10, but when a Red Lion service error sent junior Ashlyn Slater behind the service line, the direction of the match changed considerably. Slater’s jump serve would deliver nine points in a row, five of them aces, to put Lincoln up 20-13. LC went on to take the set 25-16.

In set three, Slater picked up where she left off by serving three aces in a row to stake the Lady Lynx to a 4-0 advantage. Lincoln College did not trail the rest of the set on their way to a 25-21 win to close out the match.

Setters Emma Derry (Augusta) and Morgan Lolling (Lincoln) split the set assists evenly with Derry totaling 15 and Lolling 14. Libero Megan Gilliam shined once again by picking up 16 digs and handled 21 serve receptions without an error. Lincoln native Hannah Cameron was two behind Ashby for the lead in total kills with eight while middle hitter Kayla Battle (Aurora) had six kills and two blocked shots.

Lincoln will continue their series of road matches with a trip to play at Lindenwood-Belleville University (NAIA) on Friday for a 7:00 PM match.