Game One - Trevecca fell behind early and set one as Kentucky Christian was playing their second match in a row. The Knights rolled off a quick 25-15 win. The Knights had 13 kills and a .29% attack percentage in the first set.

Trevecca bounched back with a similar 14 kill and .28% kill percentage in the second set. The teams split the next two sets laying the ground work for a fifth and deciding set. Trevecca led early, but KCU rallied and it was a battle tillt he final point. Trevecca held off the Knights for a 15-13 set and match win.

Allison Boe also added 10 killsand 13 digs. Caroline Gay led the team with 29 assists. Kirstn Taylor had a team high three servic aces and 17 digs. Loren Bennett added 13 digs from her libero position.

Game Two - The Trojans produced a team kill percentage of .292 with 29 kills and 11 errors in 96 attempts. TNU set the tone for the match with a impressive run to end the first set. Leading just 12-11, the Trojans outscored the RedHawks 13-2 for a 25-13 victory. In the third and deciding set Trevecca led 10-8 before using a 15-2 run to pull off the win 25-10.

Persephonie Devereaux led the Trojans with 12 Kills and a .588 attack percentage in the final of three games for Trevecca in the Scott Jones Classic. Devereaux also had a block and two block assists. Kristen Johnson continued her strong play with 10 kills, 13 assists, and nine digs. Kirsten Taylor had 10 kills, five digs, and two service aces. Loren Bennett added 13 digs while Delaney Hearne provided some strong serves with four aces and Amy Bottomlee had six kills.

Trevecca's Kristen Johnson had a terric weekend. Johnson, in 11 Sets over three matches,  had 39 kills (.316 attack percentage), 38 assists, 26 digs, a block, eight block assists, and four service aces.


CEDARVILLE VOLLEYBALL REMAINS PERFECT

INDIANA, Pa. - (courtesy of CUYellowJackets) The Lady Jackets swept the host school at the Indiana (Pa.) Invitational to complete a 4-0 weekend to open the 2012 campaign. They started the day with a five-set victory against Roberts Wesleyan.

In the opener against RWC, Cedarville pulled out the match by scores of 25-23, 13-25, 25-23, 23-25, 17-15. It was the third straight five-set result for the Jackets.

Lori Inkrott pounded 11 kills to lead a balanced attack. Hanna Wagner put away 10 kills and six blocks, while Stephanie Rogers had 10 kills and five blocks. Tori Thompson contributed five rejections.

Maddie Anderson racked up 28 assists and Erica Bartholomew had 16. Heather Kirkpatrick totaled 25 digs and Kara Yutzy had 20.

CU and the host Crimson Hawks entered the final match with 3-0 records in the tournament. The Lady Jackets edged IUP 25-22, 25-23, 26-24.

Inkrott was the lone player on either side to reach double figures with 16 kills. Rogers and Thompson buried eight apiece.

Anderson (23) and Bartholomew (19) set the pace in assists. Yutzy (23) and Kirkpatrick (21) again did the job in the digs category.


URSULINE DROPS TWO MATCHES ON DAY TWO OF FALCON FEST

Fairmont, W.Va. – (courtesy of @UrsulineArrows) The Ursuline volleyball team came up short in its final two matches of the Falcon Fest, hosted by Fairmont State University. The Shepherd Rams were victorious in three sets: 25-19, 25-13 and 25-15.

Ursuline knocked off West Virginia Wesleyan 25-21 in the first set of the second match of the day, but the Bobcats won both the second (25-18) and third (25-14) sets to take a 2-1 lead. The Arrows won the fourth set on a 25-20 count to force a deciding fifth set, a game that went to West Virginia Wesleyan, 15-13.

In the first match, junior Alex Leister led the club with eight kills while classmate Maureen Kelly chipped in three. Newcomers Heid Mervar and Elise Harcek each had two kills.

Sophomore Kelley Plas was credited with nine assists while junior Ashley Reinhart helped out on five kills. Sophomore defensive specialist Kelly Stenger recorded a team-high 10 digs.


URBANA SHOWS IMPROVEMENT DURING WINLESS WEEKEND

FAIRMONT, W.Va. - (courtesy of @UUSports) An 0-4 start wasn't what the Urbana University volleyball team had in mind for its opening weekend at the Fairmont State Invitational, but the Blue Knights showed improvement and fight at the end of long weekend.  New Head Coach Troy Haught still hasn't secured his first collegiate victory after the winless weekend, but his squad showed signs that they won't have to wait long to nail down win number one in 2012.

Urbana opened the Invitational against their hosts from Fairmont State.  Coming off a 24-win season, the Falcons cruised to a straight sets victory over the Blue Knights, 25-14, 25-13, 25-11. Amy Hickman's nine digs and Kelsey Volkmer's three kills and three solo blocks were the highlights of an otherwise forgettable opening match.

The Blue Knights won their first set in the second match on Friday, but they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Griffins from Seton Hill University.  Redshirt freshman Katlin Kremer played a fantastic match in just her second career appearance, finishing with 13 kills and three solo blocks.  Hickman's 16 digs once again led the defense and senior setter Karla Vogel tallied 17 assists in the loss.

In the 8:00 a.m. match on Saturday, Urbana fell 25-18, 25-19, 27-25 to the University of Pitt-Johnstown.  Volkmer's seven kills nearly helped the Blue Knights edge UPJ in the third set, but they fell just shy of sending it into a fourth set in extras. Vogel handed out 16 assists in defeat.

Refusing to give up on a difficult weekend, the Blue Knights nearly pulled off a 5-set thriller against West Liberty University in the late match Saturday.  Urbana won a tight first set 25-23, but dropped the second set in extras 26-24. After a 25-21 loss in set three, Urbana forced a fifth set with a dominant 25-18 win in set four. A back-and-forth final set finished with the Hilltoppers on top, 15-12. 

Volkmer finished with 20 kills on 38 attempts, to go with four blocks. Paige Heistan had her best match of the weekend, racking up 12 kills and 14 digs. Kremer added 11 kills and four blocks. Hickman was fantastic in the back row, digging 28 balls, while freshman Mary Hendricks led the way with 28 assists and three aces to go with12 digs.