Lincoln College Women's Volleyball stays hot with sweep of Blackburn

[October 13, 2018] 

The Lincoln College Women’s Volleyball team continued its winning ways on Thursday evening with a dominating performance at home against Blackburn College (NCAA DIII). The Lady Lynx held BC in check most of the match to win it 25-14, 25-16, 25-15.

Lincoln has won eight of their last ten matches, and this victory improved the team’s overall record to 14-10.

Lincoln head coach Mark Tippett is pleased with the progress his team has made in their first season of varsity competition. “Our players have done an excellent job over the last few weeks of limiting errors and not giving points away,” said LC Head Coach Mark Tippett. “We have been making teams work for everything they get, and our ability to put six strong rotations on the floor make it tough for our opponents to gain momentum. The win tonight was a good example of that.”

The outside hitting duo of juniors Kaylyn Hoffert (Lincoln) and Mikayla Seibert (Mackinaw) shared the lead in kills for Lincoln with six apiece.

Setter Emma Derry releasing a set and middle hitter Ashley Gotter approaching.

The set assists for LC were also equally distributed between setters Emma Derry (Augustana) and Morgan Lolling (Lincoln) who each tallied 12 set assists on the night. Sophomore libero Megan Gilliam (Waterloo) set the tone on defense with 16 digs while junior middle hitter Elysa Smith (Metamora) turned in a strong performance with five kills and three solo blocks.

The Lady Lynx will be in action next for an away match on Wednesday, October 17th at Lindenwood-Belleville University.

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
Sports Information]