Commodores Win Two of Three Matches at Owens

October 4, 2014 - After a tough 5 set match against Columbus State on Friday night, LCCC traveled to Owens CC for three matches on Saturday. They started the day against powerful Owens and were defeated in three sets, by the scores of 13-25, 20-25, 18-25. Paige Elias and Kady Whitsel had 13 & 11 digs respectively, Emily Mandoke and Danya Corlew had 9 kills each.

Knowing they could play better, they faced Lincoln Land CC in their second match of the day and won in four sets, by the scores of 18-25, 25-17, 26-24, 25-13. Elias and Whitsel had 20 & 15 digs respectively. Rachael Bolmeyer had 22 serve receptions and passed for a 2.55 out of 3. Brenna Villwock had 3 block kills and Mandoke led with 15 kills in 37 swings and only 4 errors. Whitsel had 30 assists and 3 service aces.

In LCCC's third match of the day, they defeated Jackson College in 5 sets, 25-15, 23-25, 25-19, 24-26, 20-18 Five players were in double figure digs, Elias had 32, Whitsel had 21, Baker had 16, Mandoke had 13, & Bolmeyer had 12. The outside hitting of Mandoke (24) and Corlew (12) produced 36 of the teams 71 kills.
The middles, Szabo (14) & Villwock (11), added 25 more kills with only 1 error apiece along with a combined 7 block kills. Whitsel ran a 5-1 for the offense while dishing out 55 assists for a 40% assist percentage.

Box Score vs. Owens CC
Box Score vs. Lincoln Land CC
Box Score vs. Jackson College