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Lady Cougar Volleyball Recaps
Lady Cougars' Winning Streak Reaches 18
with Two More Wins
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
Match #1 Boxscore |
Match #2 Boxscore
LIMA, Ohio (10-23-2010) - The Mount Vernon
Nazarene University women's volleyball team
extended its winning streak to a season-high
18 straight matches with a sweep of Lourdes
College and then a come-from-behind four-set
win over host University of Northwestern
Ohio in non-conference action on Saturday.
 After
a close first set, the Lady Cougars (35-2),
who received votes in the latest NAIA poll,
got things rolling and swept Lourdes (19-15)
by the scores of 25-23, 25-17, 25-15.
Freshman outside hitter Kendra Votaw led the
way for MVNU with 14 kills and two aces,
while senior middle hitter Jackie Albrecht
pounded 11 kills to go with two aces and
three blocks. Sophomore setter Lauren
Percival handed out 36 assists and
contributed 13 digs and a career-high four
blocks, and senior middle hitter Sarah Yutzy
tallied seven hills and seven blocks. Senior
libero Caitlin Myles (left)
and sophomore right-side hitter Kaylee
Hewitt also registered 18 and 12 digs
respectively.
With the victory, the Lady Cougars moved on
to face the Lady Racers of Northwestern Ohio
(21-11) in the championship match of the
quad. Despite falling 25-12 in the first
set, MVNU battled back to take the next
three sets 25-22, 25-20, 25-21 to take the
match. Albrecht smashed 16 kills, while
Votaw added 11 kills. Yutzy and sophomore
outside hitter Haley Nofziger finished with
seven kills each, and Myles chipped in with
a team-high 15 digs. Percival also handed
out 45 assists to go along with 13 digs.
"These were two more good wins against
quality teams,” said MVNU coach Paul
Swanson, whose team has had winning streaks
of 17 and 18 matches this season. "We have
lost to (Northwestern Ohio) in five sets in
each of the past two seasons, and I was
proud of the way that our team responded
after dropping the first set to them today.”
"I can't really pinpoint what our success
hinges on,” said Swanson. "Jackie does a
great job all the way around, and Caitlin
seems to handle every ball that is blasted
her way. Lauren is a very energetic setter
who our team seems to feed off of. The rest
of the players all perform their roles well,
and all that combined may be the key to our
success.”
The Lady Cougars will return to action on
Tuesday when MVNU will travel to Notre Dame
College for an AMC match that is slated to
start at 7 p.m.
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