Gwen
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Lawrence Tech LAWRENCE 10-10, 2-5
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Winner Madonna MADONNA 6-10, 3-4
Lawrence Tech LAWRENCE
10-10, 2-5
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Final
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Madonna MADONNA
6-10, 3-4
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Lawrence Tech LAWRENCE 19 18 25 25 6 (2)
Madonna MADONNA 25 25 18 21 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Madonna Holds Off Lawrence Tech for Five-Set Victory

LIVONIA, Mich. - Madonna University (6-10) defeated Lawrence Tech (10-10) 3-2 in conference volleyball Wednesday, Sept. 30, winning 25-19, 25-18, 18-25, 21-25, 15-6. After the visitors erased a two-set deficit, the Crusaders used a seven-point run in the deciding set to secure the victory in Livonia. Madonna improved to 3-4 in conference play, while Lawrence Tech fell to 2-5.

Rylie Glass opened the match with a service ace, and Madonna built separation in the first set when Gwen Clifford's kill and consecutive aces by Madelena Arriaga extended a 9-8 lead to 12-8. Kem Donnelly's kill made it 22-16 before a Lawrence Tech setting error gave the Crusaders their largest lead of the set at seven points. Hope Schriber and Vivian Campbell combined for the block that finished the 25-19 victory.

The Crusaders recovered from an 11-10 deficit in the second set, with a block by Schriber and Clifford starting a four-point run for a 14-11 advantage. Lawrence Tech later closed within 19-18, but Alyviah Wright and Clifford answered with a block to begin six consecutive Madonna points. Clifford supplied kills on the final two rallies, both assisted by Addison Boven, as the Crusaders took a two-set lead.

Lawrence Tech opened the third set with a 6-1 advantage. Madonna rallied, tying it at 10-10 on Campbell's kill following a Glass ace, then drawing even again at 11-11 on a Schriber kill. The visitors pulled away behind an attack that produced 20 kills and a .383 hitting percentage in the set. Chloe Winchell's closing kill secured the 25-18 result and trimmed Madonna's match lead to 2-1.

Sydney Stonerock capped a five-point run with a kill for a 10-2 Madonna lead in the fourth set, and the Crusaders also led 11-3. Lawrence Tech rallied to move ahead 17-16 before Wright's kill tied the score. The visitors took the next two points and eventually forced a fifth set, with Madonna service and attack errors supplying the final two points of the 25-21 finish.

Madonna trailed 3-2 early in the fifth before a four-point run, completed by Stonerock's kill, put the Crusaders ahead 6-3. After Lawrence Tech closed within 6-5, a service error and a Wright-Clifford block began the decisive seven-point stretch. Donnelly finished that run with a kill assisted by Lexa Forti for a 13-5 lead. Clifford's kill from Boven made it 14-6, and Winchell's attack error on Arriaga's serve ended the match.

Clifford led Madonna with 11 kills, a .286 hitting percentage and seven block assists. Schriber added 10 kills, Campbell had nine, and Stonerock and Donnelly contributed eight apiece. Wright recorded eight block assists, while Forti collected 33 digs. Boven and Glass each supplied 23 assists, and Arriaga served three aces. Winchell and Maria Trevino Nunez each finished with 21 kills for Lawrence Tech. Madonna totaled 80 digs and 12 team blocks, compared with the visitors' 76 digs and nine blocks.

The Crusaders will be back in action on Friday, October 2nd at home to take on Rochester Christian University. The match is set to begin at 7:00 PM.
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