LC Volleyball Goes 0-2 at Webster Invite

[September 05, 2018] 

The Lincoln College Women’s Volleyball team had to deal with adversity once again over the weekend as an injury to team captain Kaylyn Hoffert (Lincoln) forced them to shuffle their lineup. The result was two close losses against NCAA DIII opponents.

In their first match against the host school, the Lady Lynx grabbed the early momentum by taking set one 25-19. Set two saw Webster jump out to a 5-0 advantage and cruise to a 25-16 win to even the match at one set apiece. In set three, outside hitter Kaylyn Hoffert left the game with an ankle sprain that would sideline her for the rest of the evening. Webster went on to win set three 25-19.

In set four, Lincoln Coach Mark Tippett shuffled his lineup to account for the loss of Hoffert and switched to a one-setter system. The adjustments worked well for most of the set, and LC looked to be in control as they built a 14-7 advantage. However, Webster was able to mount a comeback and eventually ended the match with a 25-23 set four win.

Against Webster, junior Mikayla Seibert (Mackinaw) led all LC hitters with 13 kills. Fellow juniors Elysa Smith (Metamora), Mattie Giese (Highland Park) and Kaylyn Hoffert each finished with eight kills. Emma Derry, a junior setter from Augustana, Illinois, finished as the team’s assist leader with 25 while sophomore libero and Waterloo, Illinois native Megan Gilliam’s 21 digs led the defense.

The Lady Lynx next faced Westminster University (MO) and the result was a very close three-set loss. Westminster was able to hold off LC and win set one 25-23. WU then took advantage of several Lincoln mental errors to win set two 25-17. Lincoln was able to rebound and lead most of the way through set three but came up just short in extra points and fell 29-27.

Mikayla Seibert would again lead Lincoln in kills with 11 which was one better than the ten kills recorded by Mattie Giese. Emma Derry was the assist leader with 17, and Megan Gilliam repeated as the defensive leader for Lincoln with 22 digs.

“We did not come away with any wins tonight, but our players played as hard as they could and never stopped trying despite having to deal with injuries and shuffling our lineup on the fly,” said Coach Tippett. “I was proud of the way they played and how well they competed under the circumstances.”

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
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