The Lindenwood women's volleyball team (7-13, 4-7 OVC) fell in three sets to UT Martin (16-9, 10-2 OVC) on Saturday afternoon from Marin, Tenn.

GAME OVERVIEW
Lindenwood dropped the first set 25-18, despite recording 16 kills as a team and hitting .368. The Lions found themselves down early, 14-7 and were unable to claw their way back in the opening set. Lindenwood jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the second set with the help of Rebecca Janke who led the Lions with 14 kills on the match.

The Skyhawks regained momentum going up 15-11 in the set, but Lindenwood clawed back, rattling off six of the next nine points in the set to take 17-16 lead. Down three late in the set, UT Matin compiled six straight points to take the second set 25-22.

The third set was back and forth as Taylor Gentemann tied it 11-11 with an ace. UT Matyin was able to take control again late, recording four straight points to end the set and take the match 25-18, 25-22, 25-18.

LEADERS
Abby VanBuskirk (32 A, 3 kills, 5 digs)
Janke (14 kills, .636 A% 1 block)
Mackenzi Sifuentes (8 kills, 3 blocks)
Amber Schade (5 kills, 2 aces, 1 assist, 7 digs)

UP NEXT
The Lions return to Hyland Arena on Tuesday to take on SIUE at 6:00 p.m.