MARTIN, Tenn. – The Lindenwood women's volleyball team (21-3, 11-1 OVC) extended their current win streak to six matches with a 3-1 win over UT Martin (10-15, 5-9 OVC) on Friday evening, moving back into a tie for first place in the conference standings.
After UT Martin scored six straight points to open an 11-6 lead in the opening set, the Lions were able to cut the deficit to one with a 4-0 run later in the set but were unable to complete the rally, suffering a 25-19 defeat.
Ashley Geluck led Lindenwood with four kills in the frame.
The Lions corrected course in set two, sprinting out to a 15-5 lead at the media timeout and growing their lead to as many as 13 points in a comfortable 25-12 win. Lindenwood combined for five blocks in the frame.
Autumn Bax led the Lions in scoring with four kills and a pair of blocks in the set.
Lindenwood kept it rolling in set three, pouncing out to a 10-2 lead before cruising to another 25-12 victory to take a lead in the match. As a team, the Lions registered 15 kills while committing just two attack errors in the frame while adding three service aces.
The Lions needed extra points in set four to finish the match, losing their grip on a five-point lead before closing the frame on a 3-0 run to claim a 26-24 win.
Lauren Ortwerth led Lindenwood in the frame with five kills.
Three Lions finished with double digit kills for the second consecutive night, led by
Susanna Beretti with 12 kills. She was joined by
Autumn Bax with 11 terminations and Ortwerth with 10 kills.
Meanwhile,
Ashley Geluck turned in another strong performance seven kills and a team-leading six blocks.
Lauren Ortwerth also has a strong night at the net with a season-high five blocks.
Quotable
"Martin came out with some emotion and did some good things in the first set. I thought we did a good job of regrouping and getting back to what we do well", remarked Lindenwood head coach
Will Condon.
"I thought our resilience and ability to adjust made it possible to overcome this challenge. Everyone knows who we are and what we do, so there are not many surprises and we have to play at a high level across the skills to win on the road. It's a challenge but one we've been up to all year."
Next Up
Lindenwood returns to Hyland Arena next week for their home regular season finales against Tennessee State. Match one against the Tigers is set for Thursday, November 12
th at 6:00 p.m. with Friday's Senior Day match scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
