Lynx Place 3rd in 10 Team Tourney

Glen Ellyn - The Lincoln College volleyball team finished third in the 10 team tournament at the College of DuPage here Friday and Saturday. The Lynx now stand at 12-11 for the season and will be host to Springfield College Tuesday at 7 p.m.

College of Lake County handed the Lynx a loss in their opening match of the tournament by scores of 30-22 and 30-28. The Lynx then bounced back to defeat Oakton Community College 30-17, 30-25. Lincoln College opened Saturday play by beating Harper College, 30-20, 30-32, 15-13. The Lynx were then able to down Black Hawk 30-22, 30-18. Macomb Community College then handed the Lynx a 19-30, 30-28, 15-10 defeat. Macomb then went on to win the championship of the tourney.

Several Lincoln College players had good stats for the tournament with Kristin Majka coming up with 28 kills, 30 points and 11 digs. Kristen Meminger had 23 kills, 12 points and a pair of aces, Erica Lill had 19 kills and 18 blocks while Danielle Crum was credited with 11 kills, 18 blocks and 10 points. Also helping the Lynx to the third place finish were Chelsea Faith with 19 kills and seven blocks, Rosie Miller with 48 set assists and 25 points and Mackenzie Clark with 25 set assists and 20 points.

Lincoln College Coach Mark Tippett said, "I was very proud of the way our team played this past weekend. We faces some tough competition and responded with our best volleyball of the year. Our passing game returned to form and that allowed our offense to work much more smoothly than it has in the past couple of weeks. We were able to control the flow of the matches we won and our losses were hard fought to the end. It was great to see our players working together as a team and having fun. We took a big step forward as a team this weekend which should give us a lot of confidence as we head into the second half of the season."

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