ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The Lindenwood women's volleyball team (17-3, 7-1 OVC) capped off the weekend with a stellar home performance on Saturday afternoon, sweeping Southern Indiana (7-11, 2-4 OVC) 3-0 at Hyland Arena
The opening set of the match saw the Lions and Screaming Eagles in a close battle, with the Lions eventually pulling away and capturing the first set by a score of 25-19.
Kaci Johnson opened the match with 14 assists in the opening set with
Autumn Bax and
Ashley Geluck leading the team in kills with 5. Outside hitter
Lauren Ortwerth also contributed 5 kills with a team-leading .833 hitting percentage..
Lindenwood followed the first set with a strong performance in set two, claiming the frame by a score of 25-20. The Lions never let the Eagles find themselves in the lead throughout the set with momentum constantly swaying the way of the home team.
Kylee Richey made her presence felt in the middle with her totals jumping to 5 kills and 1.5 blocks. The home team showed great defensive stability with
Susanna Beretti,
Kaci Johnson, and
Dana Grib contributing 5 digs each.
The Lions completed the sweep of the Screaming Eagles with a dominant display in the third set, winning by a score 25-15. Lindenwood jumped out to an early lead and never looked back as the team finished the weekend taking both matches from the Screaming Eagles. A strong team performance resulted in the Lions adding 4 service aces and 5 total blocks to their totals.
Kaci Johnson finished the match with 36 assists, averaging 12 assists per set and giving her a total of 90 for the weekend after her 54 from the previous match.
Susanna Beretti was a force that the Eagles could not deal with as she led the Lions with 12 kills on a .300 attack percentage while adding a team-high 11 digs for a double-double.
Beretti was followed by
Kylee Richey and
Lauren Ortwerth with nine kills apiece, while middle hitter
Ashley Geluck led Lindenwood with a .500 attack percentage to finish with eight kills.
Quotable
"I thought we did a good job of executing our game plan", reflected Lindenwood head coach
Will Condon. "We were able to slow them down enough to get and build some leads. I thought our serving and serve receive were good all weekend and that made our offense and defense come together."
"Halfway through the conference season and 7-1 is a great start. We know we got a lot of work to do the rest of the season, but we are in a great place."
Up Next
Up next for the Lindenwood Women's Volleyball Team is another home matchup with SIUE on October 21 and 23
rd. at 6:00pm.
