Lynx Women's Volleyball Loses Heart-breaker in 5 at CSC

[September 27, 2017] 

The Lincoln College Women’s Volleyball team traveled to Galesburg, IL on Monday evening for a match at Carl Sandburg College that turned out to be a five-set thriller.

In set one, the CSC Chargers came out strong and put Lincoln on their heels early. LC trailed 7-1 in the early going and was unable to recover from the slow start to drop the set 25-15. LC picked up their game in set two by blocking better at the net and finding ways to break through the Charger defense.

Sophomore middle hitter Elysa Smith (Metamora) helped lead the turnaround by picking up four of her nine kills on the evening in the second set. Lincoln was able to get out to an early lead and hold on for a 25-20 set two win.

With their confidence restored, LC picked up right where they left off in set two to gain the advantage in set three and win it 25-17. Lincoln Coach Mark Tippett was pleased with the way his team responded after the set one defeat. “We really turned up our intensity after set one. Our hitters were aggressive and we toughened up our defense to extend rallies that earlier in the match we were losing which made a huge difference,” said Tippett.

In set four, Lincoln looked to end the match, but Sandburg had other ideas. The two teams traded side outs and small leads all the way up to a 20-20 tie, but Lincoln stalled there and dropped the set to CSC 25-22.

In the deciding set to 15, LC fell behind 8-5 but managed to battle back to tie the score at 11-11 and again at 13-13. After a Charger side out, Lincoln fought off one match point opportunity, but was unable to score again and lost the set 16-14. The result drops the team’s record to 11-7 on the season.

Sophomore outside hitter Kaylyn Hoffert (Lincoln) amassed 17 kills on the night to lead all Lincoln hitters. She matched the set assist total turned in by sophomore setter Abbi Buelow (Rockford) who tallied 17. Buelow was second behind sophomore setter Jenna Weller (Salt Fork) in total assists. Weller had 25 on the night. Freshman libero Megan Gilliam (Waterloo) once again led the team in digs with 27. The block leaders for the Lady Lynx included four each from Smith and sophomore right side Mattie Giese (Highland Park) and sophomore middle hitter Cassidy Sanneman (Henry) had three.

Lincoln will be in action next with another road match on Thursday at Millikin University in Decatur. LC will take on the MUJV team at 4:00 p.m.

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
Sports Information]