LC Men's Volleyball Drops Road Match at SAU

[March 28, 2019] 

The Lincoln College Men’s Volleyball team traveled to Davenport, Iowa on Tuesday evening to take on the St. Ambrose Fighting Bees. Lincoln pushed St. Ambrose to a fourth set and almost forced a fifth, but in the end was unable to upset the #10 ranked Bees on their home court and returned home with a four-set loss.

LC got off to a rough start and had a hard time catching up to the speed of the St. Ambrose attack. Lincoln dropped the first two sets of the match by scores of 25-15 and 25-19.

In set three, the Lynx found their offensive rhythm early on and built a five-point lead that was later extended to seven when they took a 17-10 advantage. Lincoln would go on to take the set 25-19.

In set four, The Lynx played with renewed confidence and the two teams battled back and forth throughout the early going. SAU eventually took a 19-14 lead, but Lincoln was able to rally and cut the lead to just one point at 23-22. However, their comeback bid came up short as the Bees won the next two points to take the set 25-22 and end the match.

Lincoln was led in kills by sophomore Ramon Matos (Chicago) who racked up 14 ono the night. Senior Bryan Orellana (Chicago) had 15 set assists and fellow setter Nick Washington (St. Louis, MO) was credited with 12. Senior Deantrius Coleman (North Chicago) was a force at the net, collecting 5 blocks in the match, and libero Trenton Kielion (Princeville) contributed in the back row with 11 digs.

Ramon Matos #22, Deantrius Coleman #27 and Charles Carter #17 team up for a triple block against SAU.

“We got off to a slow start in this one,” said LC Coach Mark Tippett. “That has been typical of our team this year, but we have usually been able to make adjustments quicker that we did tonight and that meant we had no room for error after dropping the first two sets. Even though we took the loss, I was proud of the way we kept battling and stayed positive the whole way.”

Lincoln (14-7) will return home Thursday evening for their final home match of the season. The Lynx will take on Missouri Baptist University at 7:00 PM. MBU comes into the match the top ranked team in the nation. The LC JV will also play MBU in a match that will begin at 5:00 PM.

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
Sports Information]