River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Volleyball team hosted Lakeland University on Saturday afternoon for their second straight match inside the Igini Sports Forum.
Match Results:
Dominican: 0
Lakeland: 3
How It Happened:
-Freshman
Kaitlyn Stanek started the match right for the Stars, earning a kill on the first play of the match.
-Dominican and Lakeland went back and forth early in the first set, and Freshman
Valeria Garcia helped give Dominican an 8-7 lead with back-to-back service aces.
-This ignited a 9-1 run by the Muskies to give them a 16-9 lead in the first set.
-Dominican pushed the score to 24-19, taking advantage of a couple of Lakeland errors, but The Muskies wrapped up the first set on the very next play.
-The Stars collected 6 kills in the first set.
-Sophomore
Olivia Pollak stopped the momentum for Lakeland, earning 2 kills early in the second set. DU got the score to 4-3 in favor of the Muskies after Freshman
Gracelynn Perry earned a service ace.
-DU and LU traded points in the middle portion of the set, during this run, Pollak and Sophomore
Karolina Stonkus collected kills.
-The Muskies ended the second set on an 8-0 run to win 25-13 in the second set.
-That run continued into the third set for Lakeland as they jumped out to a 6-0 lead.
-Dominican could not swing momentum back into their favor as the Muskies won the third set 25-11.
Shining Stars:
-Sophomore
Olivia Pollak continued to be a big part of this Stars team, collecting 4 kills, 1 assist, and 10 digs.
-Freshman
Kaitlyn Stanek earned 3 kills.
-Freshman Mawedda Abu-Shukaidem added 7 assists and 5 digs.
-Freshman
Gracelynn Perry added 2 assists and 7 digs.
-Freshman
Valeria Garcia collected 3 aces.
Leading the Way:
Kills: Pollak (4)
Aces: Garcia (3)
Blocks: N/A
Assists: Abu-Shukhaidem (7)
Digs: Pollak (10)
What's Next:
Dominican University Women's Volleyball falls to 0-20 on the season. After back-to-back home games for the Stars, they will jump back on the road for a non-conference matchup against the Buccaneers of Beloit College. They will face off on Tuesday, October 20
th, for a 7:00 p.m. first serve between these two schools.
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