8/30/09
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8/30/09 |
On Saturday the Lincoln College Volleyball Team earned their first tournament championship of the season by winning the 4th annual Black Hawk College Volleyball tournament. Lincoln finished the tournament with a 4-1 record. During pool play the Lady Lynx (5-1) defeated Elgin Community College and Wabaunsee College before suffering their first defeat of the season at the hands of tournament hosts Black Hawk College. This placed LC second in their pool and led to a semi-final match up with Sauk Valley Community College. LC defeated Sauk 25-19, 25-19 to advance to the championship match. In that match they again faced the host team. This time Lincoln was ready for the Lady Braves and took the match in two sets by scores of 25-18, 25-9. LC freshman middle hitter Abby Hare was named MVP of the tournament.
LC Tournament Totals:
Melanie Herbeck 40 set assists, 20 points, 3 aces
Gretchen Rieger 31 kills, 20 digs, 28 points
Abbie Hare 14 kills, 17 blocks
Samantha Murphy 32 set assists, 15 points
Lara Dawson 17 kills, 29 points, 7 blocks
Chelsea Barr 28 digs, 16 points
Natalia Florczyk 10 kills, 9 points
Emily Fox 13 set assists, 11 points
LC Coach Mark Tippett: Due to a family emergency I was unable to be with the team for this tournament. Assistant coach Sam McCoy filled in for me and did a fantastic job of guiding the team through this tournament. According to Coach McCoy, the sophomores stepped up and and showed their leadership skills and the freshman players contributed in all aspects of the game. She was impressed by the way the team stuck together to win against a very competitive field.
Black Hawk College has an athletic team with a powerful offensive attack. Our team did not let the loss to BHC during pool play take away their confidence. In the rematch our players came out determined to avenge the earlier defeat and took the momentum right away. After leading most of the way in the set one victory, they jumped out to a huge lead in set two and stayed focused enough to cruise to victory by a wide margin.
I am extremely pleased with the progress our team has made in a short amount of time. To have such success this early in the season is great for building our confidence before we start to play teams in our conference and region.
Lincoln will travel to Peoria on Tuesday to take on Illinois Central College then on Thursday will host their first home match of the season against Robert Morris College of Springfield.
Lincoln College was founded in 1865 as Lincoln University, the only institution of higher education named for Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime. It is a selective, two-year, private, liberal arts college located in Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln College is designed to prepare a student for university study through a structured, supportive approach to learning. Approximately 89% of Lincoln College graduates transfer immediately to a four-year school where they succeed as well as or better than the native student. Student-teacher ratio at Lincoln College is 13:1 and the average class size is 16 students.