CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - #2 Lindenwood women's volleyball (22-10, 14-4 OVC) defeated #3 Tennessee Tech (24-8, 12-6 OVC) in the Ohio Valley Conference semifinals to advance to the OVC Championship match on Tuesday. It marked the third straight season the Lions have defeated TTU in the OVC Tournament.

The Lions had four players reach double-digit kills in the win including All-OVC First Team selection Nyah Wilson who had a team-high 15 kills on 39 attempts (.236 HP%). Middle hitter Ashley Geluck was right behind her with a team-high 16.5 points in the match with 14 kills and five block assists. LU recorded 10 blocks in the match on their way to victory.

Rebecca Janke (11) and Autumn Bax (10) also recorded over 10 kills each in the win. Bax had a career-high seven total blocks with six block assists while Janke added four while hitting .286. Lindenwood had 57 total kills led by setter Allie Otten who had 49 assists and helped LU hit .198 over five sets. Otten recorded another double-double with 13 digs.

Serve-receive was a big part of the match with the Lions recording seven aces. Otten and Jessie Seidel both had two aces each while the Golden Eagles hit 14 service errors. Seidel also led the defense in digs with 28 while Addy McAleer added 12 and defensive specialist Dana Grib added eight.

Set one went into extra points as the Lions prevailed by a score of 31-29. There were a total of 13 tie scores and three lead changes. Early in the set, the Lions trailed by as many as three points but battled back. Geluck had the final two kills to put the Lions up 1-0. Wilson and Geluck both had five kills in the set while Seidel added eight digs.

Tennessee Tech did not go away as they took the second set by a score of 25-16. Lindenwood registered only seven kills with five errors in the set and hit a match-low .071. Wilson led the group with four kills as the Golden Eagles hit .273 with 15 kills.

Lindenwood responded in the third set with a 25-20 win as the Lions regained a 2-1 lead. The Lions led 18-10 before TTU battled back to close the gap to four points, but a service error by the Golden Eagles ended the set. Geluck added another four kills while Otten added 12 assists to power the Lions.

The fourth set went Tennessee Tech's way by the score of 18-25. After the Lions were down 11-12, TTU went on a 5-1 run to stretch the lead. Lindenwood hit .140 in the fourth as TTU was able to capture 18 kills to tie the match.

Heading into the fifth set, Lindenwood and TTU were neck and neck with the scoring being 9-8. The Lions rallied to make it 12-8 before Lindenwood closed the match winning 15-10 on a kill by Janke. LU had 10 kills in the final set with just one attack error. The middle duo of Geluck and Janke combined for six kills.

Lindenwood heads to their first OVC Championship match in program history. The Lions will face the winner of #1 SEMO vs. #4 Morehead State on Tuesday, Nov. 26th at 6:00 p.m. CT in Cape Girardeau, Mo. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.