ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The Lindenwood women's volleyball team (18-3, 8-1 OVC) started off their week against SIUE (5-14, 3-4 OVC) with a 3-0 sweep of the Cougars on Wednesday evening. It was another dominant performance from the Lions, limiting the Cougars to fewer than 20 points in each set.
The Lions started off the night with a 25-19 set one victory. The Cougars kept the set close with the score at 16-15 before Lindenwood was able to pull away.
Ashley Geluck had a lot of influence on the opening set, contributing 4 kills to go along with a solo block.
Susanna Beretti was fantastic defensively leading the team with 5 digs while hitting 3 kills of her own.
Lindenwood followed the opening set with a dominant second frame performance. After starting off strong and never looking back, the Lions took the set by a score of 25-17. The Lions controlled the entire set, leading by as many as 10 points. After two sets,
Kaci Johnson had 22 assists while Beretti had 10 kills.
Lindenwood was able to finish off the job with a decisive 25-13 set three victory to complete the sweep. The Lions had a team hitting percentage of .398, their highest in a single match this season. It was their second consecutive sweep and third consecutive winning, adding to a fantastic run of 12 wins in 13 contests.
The match revolved around a wonderful performance from
Susanna Beretti who had a team leading 13 kills while adding 10 digs for a double double. She also added four aces to her dominant evening.
OVC Setter of the Week
Kaci Johnson handed out 36 assists, averaging 12 assists per set.
Ashley Geluck turned up on all fronts with 12 kills on a .706 hitting percentage while adding two blocks, including one solo rejection.
Meanwhile,
Dana Grib anchored the Lindenwood back row with a team-leading 13 digs.
Quotable
"I thought we did a good job of sticking to the game plan and executed well. We knew they would bring their best against us, and I thought we did a good job of meeting their challenge", remarked Lindenwood head coach
Will Condon.
"Overall, I thought we played a great team game. We kept our errors down and still stayed aggressive. I also thought we did a good job of scoring in different ways. We have a couple of things we can work on in practice tomorrow. We can't make any assumptions, this extra day of preparation makes a difference."
Next Up
Up next for the Lindenwood women's volleyball team is another matchup with the SIUE Cougars on Friday with the match being streamed on ESPN+.
