LC Women's Volleyball Goes 1-3 at Millikin Invite

[September 19, 2019] 

The Lincoln College Women’s Volleyball team faced some stiff competition this weekend at the two-day Millikin University Invitational. Lincoln lost twice on Friday evening and split two matches played on Saturday to move to 8-6 on the season.

LC started their weekend off with a three-set loss to Greenville University (25-18, 25-22, 25-22) then fell in five sets to Illinois College. Against IC, the Lady Lynx got off to a poor start dropping the first set 25-16, but rebounded to win the next two sets by scores of 25-19 and 25-18. Unfortunately, Lincoln was unable to close out the match in set four, losing it 25-18 then trailed most of the way in set-five to eventually fall 15-10.

On Saturday, Lincoln began play with another five-set thriller, this time against the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. LC took charge early with a strong performance to win set one 25-16, but the team was unable to sustain their level of play and lost the next two sets 25-19, 25-18. Lincoln returned to form in set four as they raced out to a 6-0 lead behind the powerful jump serve of junior Ashlyn Slater (Grain Valley, MO). LC maintained their early advantage for the rest of the set and won it 25-21 to force a deciding set to 15. In that set, Lincoln held on to a two-point lead most of the way before Slater again went on a run of serves that put LC up 14-9. The Lady Lynx eventually end the match with a 15-10 set five victory.

Lincoln did not have much time to enjoy their win over RHIT as they played their final match of the weekend right away against Concordia University (WI). LC battled hard in set one, but eventually fell 26-24 and CU was able to keep the momentum from that win going in the next two sets to take them by scores of 25-12 and 25-15.

“We played hard this weekend against some very talented teams,” said Lincoln Head Coach Mark Tippett. “The teams we faced each ran quick offenses which challenged our defense to catch up. I thought we did a good job of adjusting and battled hard in every set.”

Lincoln’s Amazing Ashby (Aurora, CO) was selected to the event’s All-Tournament Team.

Next up for LC will be a trip to Elsah, Illinois on Tuesday for a match at Principia College (NCAA).

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
Sports Information]