Lauren Korth notches career assist No. 4000 as Crusaders defeat Shawnee St 3-0 and Taylor 3-1
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Shawnee State SSU 10-13, 1-7
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Winner Madonna MUVB 17-6, 8-5
Shawnee State SSU
10-13, 1-7
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Final
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Madonna MUVB
17-6, 8-5
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Shawnee State SSU 9 22 22 (0)
Madonna MUVB 25 25 25 (3)
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Winner Madonna MUVB 18-6
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Taylor TAYLOR 11-16
Winner
Madonna MUVB
18-6
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Final
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Taylor TAYLOR
11-16
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Madonna MUVB 25 25 25 26 (3)
Taylor TAYLOR 20 27 20 24 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Zachary Shore

Korth collects 4,000th assist as @MUCrusadersVB wins a pair at Liz Lykowski Memorial Classic

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – While a kill from Nyla Greer to go up 16-7 in the final set of a sweep over Shawnee State University (Ohio) may have seemed like just another point, it was anything but at the Liz Lykowski Memorial Classic hosted by Indiana Tech at the Schaefer Center on Friday afternoon. That kill marked the 4,000th career assist for senior setter Lauren Korth as she pushes towards the top-five in program history.

Korth finished the match with 38 assists and added 55 more in the nightcap as the Crusaders held on to best Taylor University (Ind.) in four, 3-1 to move to 18-6 on the season and bring Head Coach Jerry Abraham to within two games of 1,200 in his illustrious career.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Madonna def. Shawnee State (10-13), 3-0 (25-9, 25-22, 25-22)

    • The teams traded side-outs to begin the match, but after an Erica LaBaere kill, Yogi Hang stepped back to serve and served well as MU tallied five straight points, two on kills from LaBaere, to take a 9-4 lead. Taylor Suurmeyer ended a 2-0 run by the Bears and sparked an 8-0 run by the Blue and Gold which included a Ryan Castle ace, two more LaBaere kills and a Ryleigh Jacobs termination. Madonna won the final six points with the set winner coming on a Korth ace.

    • Game two went back and forth as the teams tied 14 times with four lead changes before the Crusaders took control. Shawnee State used a 9-3 run to turn a 17-13 deficit into a 22-20 lead, but the Blue and Gold rallied to score the final five points to go up 2-0. Korth served out the set after Jodie Kelly registered a kill to end the run by SSU. Korth netted another ace and a Castle/Greer block sealed the win.

    • Madonna never trailed in set three as they broke a 3-3 tie with a 10-2 run highlighted by the service of Jacobs and Olivia Sweeney. Korth notched her 4,000th kill on a Greer kill to make it 16-7, but the Bears didn't back down. With the Crusaders up 20-13 SSU stormed back into the game with a 9-3 run to make it a one point game, but Greer and Yogi Hang tallied back-to-back kills to secure the win.

  • Madonna (18-6) def. Taylor (11-16), 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-20, 26-24)

    • The teams were evenly matched early on, but the Crusaders pull away as LaBaere broke a tie at 6 with a kill and sparked MU to a 14-5 run and a 20-11 lead. The Trojans scored nine of the next 13 points to make it close, but a LaBaere kill gave the Blue and Gold the set one win.

    • It was a busy set two that featured 15 ties and six lead changes, but this time it was Taylor who scored five of the final six points to even the match at 1.

    • Eight times the teams tied in the third game with the last coming at 16. That's when the Crusaders flexed their muscles and closed the set on a 9-4 run. MU got kills from five different players in the run and a key service ace from Sweeney to go up 2-1

    • The Trojans raced out to a 4-1 lead in the final game and led for most of the set which included a 21-15 advantage, but the Crusaders finished the day with a flurry. Kills from Suurmeyer and Kelly followed by a Suurmeyer/Korth block and another Suurmeyer kill cut the deficit to two, 21-19. Then, with Taylor one point from forcing a game five, Madonna got kills from Kelly, LaBaere and Greer then a Trojan attack error completed the MU comeback in a 26-24 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • vs. Shawnee State

    • The Crusaders hit a season-best .413 (48-10-92) and the defense held the Bears to a .232 (38-15-99) attack percentage while also leading SSU in aces (4-3), assists (46-37) and digs (42-33).

    • Korth earned Player of the Game honors with her 4,000th assist as she tallied 38 in the match to go with 11 digs which were both team highs.

    • Kelly paced the offense with 12 kills and added eight digs while Greer finished with 10 kills without an error as she hit an impressive .769.

    • LaBaere added nine kills while Suurmeyer finished with eight.

  • vs. Taylor

    • Madonna finished the match with a .246 (69-25-179) attack percentage while Taylor hit .184 (55-23-174). The Crusaders had more assists (61-52) and digs (84-77) but the Trojans had more aces (5-2) and blocks (8-6).

    • LaBaere finished with a career-high 23 kills and hit .386 to pace the offense while Korth finished with 55 assists and 13 digs.

    • Kelly added 15 kills and a team-high 21 digs while Greer added 12 kills

    • Suurmeyer paced the defense with four blocks to go with eight kills while three other players, Alyssa Facione (16), Amber Kelly (13) and Sweeney (12) tallied double-digit digs.

MILESTONES TO WATCH

  • Head Coach Jerry Abraham (1,198) continues his pursuit of 1,200 career wins and needs two more.

  • Korth finished the day with 4,060 career assists and sits 384 shy of Meg Paris (1995-96, 4,444) for fifth on the career list.

UP NEXT

  • The Crusaders wrap up play at the Liz Lykowski Memorial Tournament hosted by Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Saturday as the square off against IU-Kokomo at 10 a.m. (time changed due to a scheduling conflict on another court) then face Goshen at 4 p.m.

  • Live stats and video will be available at www.mucrusaders.com/live

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