ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood women's volleyball (10-7, 4-1 OVC) picked up their fourth Ohio Valley Conference win of the season in a five set battle over SIUE (6-9, 1-3 OVC) in Edwardsville, Ill. The Lions had four players with over 15 kills each, the first time that has happened this season.
Three-time OVC Freshman of the Week continued her strong freshman season with a career-high 20 kills while hitting .255 and posted two blocks. It marked the eighth time this season Bax has gone over 10 kills and her seventh time in her last eight matches.
Three other Lions posted 15 kills each including
Nyah Wilson who had the match-clinching ace in the fifth set. Wilson had a double-double on Saturday which marked her fifth of the season.
Rebecca Janke had 15 kills on a team-leading .419 hitting percentage.
Ashley Geluck also had 15 kills and three blocks in the win.
Setter
Allie Otten powered the Lindenwood offense to 73 kills which marked the third time this season LU has gone for over 70 in a match. Otten also tied her career-high in assists for the second time this season after posting 57. She also added two aces, 17 digs and three solo blocks (career-high).
Defensively, Lindenwood was just three digs shy of breaking the 100 mark. They were led by libero
Jessie Seidel with 36 digs which was also a career-high. She passed 2,000 digs the night before.
Addy McAleer (14) and
Dana Grib (10) also had over 10+ digs.
The first two sets were lopsided as SIUE took the first set by a score of 25-18. Lindenwood responded in the second dominating with a score of 25-16. In the second set, the Lions had a match-high 18 kills while hitting .389 with just four attack errors.
Lindenwood took the third set by a score of 25-21 after trailing 7-1 early. Lindenwood's offense again was efficient in that set hitting .333 with 17 kills and a match low three errors. The Lions also had four blocks in the third.
After dropping the fourth set (25-23), Lindenwood responded with a 15-13 set five victory. Lindenwood trailed 8-5, but went on a 7-1 run to take the lead late. Wilson came in clutch behind the service line late to give Lindenwood their fourth OVC win of the season.
The Lions will be back in action next Thursday at home as they host the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.
