MU Stays Perfect In WHAC Play With 3-1 Win
Tihomirova and Fuelling Post 17 Kills Each

Sept 18, 2007

		Whitney Fuelling posted 17 kills and five block assists in MU's 3-1 win over Concordia on Tuesday night.

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LIVONIA, MICH. – It took four games, but the Madonna volleyball team used 17 kills each from all-American Lubovj Tihomirova and Whitney Fuelling to stay perfect in WHAC play with a 3-1 win over visiting Concordia on Tuesday night at the Activities Center. The Crusaders held the Cards to a .029 hitting percentage, while swinging at a .288 clip themselves.

Concordia jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the opening game of the match, forcing Madonna boss Jerry Abraham to call a time out. The break didn’t phase the Cardinals as CU ran out to a 12-2 lead before the Crusaders started cutting back into the lead and tying the match at 20-20. The two sides battled back and forth, but the Cardinals used three Crusader hitting errors and a Samantha Cuppen kill to seal the win at 30-28. Poor hitting doomed the Crusaders in game one, as the squad hit at a .064 percentage, including 13 errors.

In game two, Madonna used four Fuelling kills to go along with three from Tihomirova and two from freshman Liz Dempsey to take the game 30-18. Concordia kept the match close in the early going, keeping Madonna in check until the Crusaders reeled off a 6-1 run to assert themselves and take the lead at 10-4. The Crusaders used a pair of Dempsey kills and three from Fuelling down the stretch to ice the game away and square the match at 1-1 with a 30-18 game two win.

Games three and four were much like game two as strong hitting and timely defense kept Madonna in the lead through out and gave MU the 3-1 come from behind win. Fuelling had nine kills in the final two games and Mary McGinnis added five of her own to propel Madonna to the win.

The Crusaders now break from WHAC play to take part in the Palm Beach Atlantic Tournament Friday and Saturday.

Contact:
Patrick Moore, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
pimoore@madonna.edu