Lynx Open with Wins

Kewanee -  Lincoln College opened its volleyball season with a pair of victories Saturday as they defeated Southeastern Community College of Burlington, Iowa in the first match and then stopped Black Hawk East in the second match. The Lynx will be at home Tuesday for a match against Lincoln Land, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Kristin Majka and Chelsea Faith led the Lynx to victory over Southeastern as Majka had 14 kills, 14 digs and seven points while Faith had 13 kills, four points and two aces.    Lincoln College needed five games to win the match.   The Lynx won the opener 30-23, before dropping the next two, 31-33 and 28-30.   LC bounced back to take the fourth game 30-19 and then won the deciding fifth game, 16-14.   

Samantha McCoy contributed 15 kills in the match and Rosie Miller had 21 set assists. Coach Mark Tippett said, "We had two tough opponents to start the season and I was pleased with the way we responded.  Defensively, we played a solid match and we were aggressive on offense.   Some service errors let a couple of games slip away, but hopefully, we got that out of our system.

Last season we had a tough time winning a fifth and deciding game. It is a very positive sign to pick up two wins in such games early in the year."

Lincoln College defeated Black Hawk East by the scores of 30-21, 26-30, 30-16, 28-30, 15-11.  Eric Lill had 13 kills and two block with Kristen Meminger coming through with 10 kills, 10 points and three aces.  Chonita Ziegler contributed five points along with two kills and Sarah Klawitter led the set assists with four.

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