Women's Volleyball Drops CCAC Conference Opener to Lincoln in Five Sets

LINCOLN, Ill. – The Roosevelt University women's volleyball team lost its CCAC Conference opening match to Lincoln College in five sets on Wednesday, September 1.  The loss drops the Lakers overall record to 1-4 and their CCAC record to 0-1 on the year.

The Lakers narrowly dropped the first set 27-25 after leading 24-22 late and serving for set point on three occasions.  However, the Lynx scored the set's final three points to take a 1-0 lead. 

Roosevelt built another lead in the second set and led 20-15 before Lincoln made another run.  This time, the Lynx scored six consecutive points to take a 21-20 advantage and then scored four of the final five points to lead the match 2-0.

The third set saw the Lakers fall behind early and trailed 22-20 late, but the visitors were able to come back and win the set 25-23 behind two kills each from Alyssa Stilley and Kara Sleeper to account for four of RU's final five points.

RU opened up a 10-point advantage in the fourth set and looked to be in control, but the Lynx made things interesting, breaking three set points before falling to the Lakers 25-22.

The fifth and final set was also a competitive one with the two teams even at 10-10.  However, Lincoln scored five straight points to win the set and defeat the Lakers 3-2 in the conference match.

MATCH DETAILS

Score:    Roosevelt            25           21           25           25           10
                Lincoln                  27           25           23           22           15

Records: Roosevelt 1-4, 0-1 (CCAC) // Lincoln 2-4, 1-0 (CCAC)

Location: Lincoln Center | Lincoln, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Alyssa Stilley & Viktoria Marysheva each had a team-high 11 kills
• Kara Sleeper tallied 10 kills
• Logan Cofield had 7 kills
• Grace Morrill registered 21 digs defensively
• Jessa Henry dished out 41 assists to go with 9 digs & 3 service aces
• Kaila Beckwith had 4 block solos & 3 block assists

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers are now 2-3 all-time versus the Lynx
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers travel to Adrian, Mich. to compete in the Siena Heights University Tournament on Friday, September 3 and Saturday, September 4.  On Friday, RU will take on Union College (Ky.) at 2pm (CST) and hosts Siena Heights at 4pm (CST).  The Lakers will close out the tournament on Saturday versus Bluefield University (Va.) at 9am (CST) and Oakland City University (Ind.) at 1pm (CST).  Fans can watch the matches live here.