Women's volleyball falls 3-1 to UNOH 25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 25-19
3
Winner UNOH NOV 22-7, 9-6 WHAC
1
Madonna MUVB 19-9, 8-7 WHAC
Winner
UNOH NOV
22-7, 9-6 WHAC
3
Final
1
Madonna MUVB
19-9, 8-7 WHAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UNOH NOV 25 25 22 25 (3)
Madonna MUVB 22 19 25 19 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Zachary Shore

@MUCrusadersVB drops “Pink Night” contest to Racers

LIVONIA, Mich. – The Madonna University volleyball team tallied a season-high 10 blocks, but a season-low attack percentage doomed the Crusaders as they dropped their second straight Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference match, 3-1 to University of Northwestern Ohio inside the MU Activities Center on Friday night. The loss drops the Crusaders overall record to 19-9 while they slip to 8-7 in WHAC play while the Racers improve to 22-7 and 9-6 in league action.

The official financial institution of Madonna Athletics, Alliance Catholic Credit Union, was on hand for "Pink Night" with pink rally towels as the Crusaders concluded their "Pink Week" in which they raised over $1,000 for Making Strides Detroit.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • It was a forgettable opening two games at Madonna hit -.025 (9-10-40) and .000 (7-7-31) in the the sets while UNOH hit .136 (12-6-44) and .273 (14-5-33) which led to a pair of 25-22, 25-19 Racer wins.

  • Madonna was able to get a game back in the third set as they hit .114 (13-9-35) and limited UNOH to a .062 (10-8-32) mark. The Crusaders took an early lead with a 4-0 rally, but the Racers fought back and took a 21-20 lead, but the Blue and Gold finished strong. Behind the service of Olivia Sweeney, MU won the final five points with a pair of Taylor Suurmeyer and Jodie Kelly block assists, a kill from Erica LaBaere and a Suurmeyer termination capped the 25-21 win.

  • While the offense played a little better in the fourth than they did in the first two games, the Racers couldn't miss offensively in route to the 25-19 win. The big swing came with MU in front 15-14. An attack error tied the game and the Lima, Ohio program rattled off four more points for a 19-15 lead and never looked back.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • The win by UNOH gives them a season sweep of Madonna for the first time since the Racers began competing in volleyball in 2009. The Crusaders lead the all-time series 15-3 and are 7-1 at home.

  • Tonight is the 12th time this season MU has had more blocks than their opponent as the Crusaders tallied 10 to the Racers' seven.

  • Suurmeyer paced the Crusaders with 11 kills while LaBaere and Kelly added 10 each

  • Lauren Korth added to her career assist total with 28 to go with 13 digs, both were team highs

  • Kelly was second on the team with 11 digs and tied Nyla Greer and Suurmeyer with four blocks each

MILESTONES TO WATCH

  • Head Coach Jerry Abraham, the all-time NAIA wins leader, sits one win shy of 1,200 in his career (1,199)

  • Korth now has 4,198 career assists and sits 246 shy of Meg Paris (1995-96, 4,444) for fifth on the career list.

UP NEXT

  • The Crusaders pursuit of program win No. 1,200 continues on Saturday, Oct. 20 as they host Indiana Tech at 1 p.m.

  • Live stats and video will be available on the Madonna Athletics Network at www.mucrusaders.com/live

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