Volleyball Sweeps SHU With 3-0 Win
Crusaders hit at .324
pace in downing Saints in three
Oct.
16, 2007
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Mary McGinnis (pictured) posted 17 kills, three digs, an ace and
a solo block in MU's sweep of Siena Heights on Tuesday. |
BOX
SCORE
LIVONIA,
Mich.
– Behind an
sterling performance from outside hitters Lubovj Tihomirova and Mary McGinnis,
the No. 20 ranked Madonna volleyball team swept visiting Siena Heights 30-23,
30-20 and 30-16 Tuesday night in Livonia.
Tihomirova
led MU (22-7, 10-2 WHAC) with 18 kills, while McGinnis chipped in with 17 of her
own to go along with three digs, a block solo and an ace as the Crusaders took
the season series from the Saints (10-17, 2-8 WHAC) 2-0.
The
Crusaders out-hit Siena Heights, .324-.129, but the Saints out-blocked MU 8-5.5.
Madonna
slowly built out a lead in the opener using three service aces and five McGinnis
kills to take game one 30-23. SHU tied the match at 10-10 on a Crusader
attacking error but that was as close as the Saints could get as MU regrouped
from the tie to build its lead and pit the game away on an Inta Grinvalds kills
on a pass from Amy Szymanski.
Game two
was different that game one as SHU took the early lead at 6-5 before MU mounted
the comeback trail behind swings from McGinnis and Tihomirova. The MU duo
accounted for 15 kills together as the Crusaders swung at a .378 clip in the
second game.
The final
game of the contest was all Madonna from the start as the Crusaders took a 2-1
lead early and never looked back in taking the third game 30-16. MU hit .333 and
used 13 kills on just four errors to sweep the match.
The
Crusaders travel to Indiana Wesleyan Friday and Saturday for a quad-match.
Friday night MU takes on Georgetown at 6pm and wraps up play Saturday with a
10am match against Olivet Nazerene before facing the host Wildcats at noon.
Contact:
Patrick Moore, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
pimoore@madonna.edu
