Crusaders Send Seniors
Out with Win
Gatt and Szymanski
honored prior to final regular season home game
Oct.
23, 2007
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Amy Szymanski with her
father during senior night festivities in the Activities Center
Tuesday night. |
MEDIA:
BOX SCORE
AUDIO: COACH
ABRAHAM AUDIO |
GATT/SZYMANSKI AUDIO
LIVONIA, Mich. – The Madonna University volleyball team swept
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference foe Davenport, 3-0 (30-17, 30-20, 30-13),
Tuesday night here in the Activities Center on senior night. With the
victory the Crusaders move to 25-8 and 11-2 in league play.
Prior to the contest, MU honored seniors Jacqui Gatt (Livonia, Mich.-Churchill)
and Amy Szymanski (Livonia, Mich. - Ladywood), making their final appearances in
the regular season at home. The match was never in doubt as MU trailed
only once, early in game one, on its way to the sweep.
Lubovj Tihomirova (Riga, Latvia)
finished with a team-high 13 kills while Whitney Fuelling (Milford, Mich. -
Milford) and Mary McGinnis (Fraser, Mich. - Illinois State) tallied 12 and 11
kills respectively.
Inta Grinvalds (Portage, Mich. -
Portage Central) posted a match-high 29 assists while Gatt finished with a
team-high nine digs.
Davenport was led offensively by
Amanda Schneider's eight kills and Kayla Vandermolen's 23 assists. The
Panthers struggled offensively, hitting just .064 compared to .308 for the host
Crusaders.
The match also was the final event
played on the original gym floor in the Activities Center, as crews will descend
upon MU Wednesday morning to begin the replacement process of the 22-year-old
wood floor.
The volleyball team playing the
final game on the floor seemed unintentionally appropriate as it was the
first and now last MU teams to play on the surface.
Madonna will take a few days off before returning to action Friday, Oct. 26,
when it hosts the Crusader Classic. Friday's matches will take place at
the University of Michigan-Dearborn Field House, while Saturday's contests will
take place at nearby Livonia Stevenson High School.
Contact:
Matt Fancett, Assistant Athletics Director - Media Relations
(734) 432-5610
mfancett@madonna.edu
