Jodie Kelly terminates one of her 24 kills in a 3-1 win over Lourdes in the WHAC First round
Lourdes Sports Information
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Winner Madonna MADONNA 23-11
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Lourdes LOURDES 17-9
Winner
Madonna MADONNA
23-11
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Final
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Lourdes LOURDES
17-9
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Madonna MADONNA 25 26 19 25 (3)
Lourdes LOURDES 20 24 25 18 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Zachary Shore

Korth moves up assist list, @MUCrusadersVB advances to WHAC Semifinals

SYLVANIA, Ohio – The Madonna University volleyball team has won at least one game in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament 19 times in 22 chances after a 3-1 win over Lourdes University at Russell J. Ebeid Recreation Center in the first round of the 2018 Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference volleyball tournament on Wednesday night.

The win by the sixth-seeded Crusaders moves their record to 23-11 on the season and secures a date with two-seed Cornerstone University in the tournament semifinals hosted by Aquinas College on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Madonna won the first set 25-20 thanks to an early 5-1 scoring run that turned a 4-2 lead into a 9-3 advantage. A pair of kills from Jodie Kelly, a Olivia Sweeney service ace and a Nyla Greer termination highlighted the run and MU never trailed again in the first set.

  • The Blue and Gold pulled off an impressive set two win as a 10-3 run by the Sylvania, Ohio program put them in front 18-9 before the Crusaders came charging back. Madonna scored 17 of the final 22 points for the 26-24 win. A 5-0 run highlighted by a pair of Greer, Kelly block assists turned the momentum to the Crusaders and MU took the final three points of the set for the 2-0 lead.

  • Madonna led for a large portion of the third set but three separate four-point rallies by the Gray Wolves, which included the last four, gave the home team the 25-19 win.

  • A 9-1 run by Madonna turned a 4-3 deficit into a 12-5 advantage thanks to four Kelly kills and a pair of block assists. Lourdes responded with 8-of-10 points to make it a one-point contest before a Kelly kill, followed by a Yogi Hang ace, sparked a 6-0 MU run that all but sealed the match. A Kelly kill and a block assist from Greer and Jordyn Dawson extended MU's season.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Kelly finished with 24 kills, her second-best mark of the season, to go with 25 digs, a team-high, and three block assists

  • Erica LaBaere added 12 kills while Greer paced the defense at the net with 11 blocks (two solo, nine assists)

  • Ryleigh Jacobs added 19 digs while Dawson had 15 and Sweeney, who played libero for Alyssa Facione, collected 12

  • Lauren Korth dished out 46 assists to go with 10 digs, five blocks and five kills

  • Madonna outhit Lourdes .141 (55-29-184) to .114 (50-29-185) and had more aces (4-3), blocks (14-12) assists (53-46) and digs (89-83).

MILESTONES TO WATCH

  • Korth passed Meg Paris (1995-96) for fifth on the all-time career assist list with 4,447.

JERRY'S WORLD

  • "We talked before the game and told the team that they were playing for the right to continue and to leave it all on the court and they did that tonight. We created and maintained the tempo and pace of the game and played an attacking style of volleyball. We hit the ball hard, landed some strategic shots and played well from antenna to antenna. It was a great win tonight." - Head Coach Jerry Abraham

UP NEXT

  • Madonna will now travel to Grand Rapids for the WHAC Tournament Semifinals hosted by Aquinas College. The Crusaders face the Golden Eagles on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The winner will face the Lawrence Tech/Aquinas winner in the championship game on Saturday, Nov. 10 with a time to be announced.

  • Live coverage links will be posted at www.mucrusaders.com.

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