MU Takes Pair On Opening
Day In San Diego
August 29,
2008
ASHFORD BOX SCORE |
Mt. MARTY BOX SCORE
SAN
DIEGO, Calif. - -
The Madonna
volleyball team opened play on Friday at the Seaside Invitational on the campus
of Point Loma Nazarene in San Diego and came away wit a pair of 3-0 wins. MU
downed Ashford (IA) in the opening match of the tournament and then dispatched
with Mount Marty (SD) in the night cap. The wins move Madonna to 7-0 on the
season.
ASHFORD
In the opener against Ashford, Madonna never trailed in any of the three sets,
easily cruising to the sweep. Senior All-American Lubovj Tihomirova and fellow
senior Whitney Fuelling paced the Crusader attack, each putting down 10 kills
with Fuelling connecting on 10 of her 19 swings with just three errors for a
.368 hitting percentage in the 25-22, 25-15, 25-21.
Madonna
held Ashford to a .112 hitting percentage, using 9.5 team blocks to stifle the
AU attack. Tihomirova along with Inta Grinvalds and freshman Karie Altman led
the block party with four each with Altman’s being a career high for the 6-0
newcomer.
Grinvalds, the nation’s leader in assists last season, handed out a match high
31 assists while libero Brynn Kerr led all players with 16 digs, just one off of
her season high.
MOUNT
MARTY
The second match of the day saw the Crusaders pitted against Mount Marty and
much like the opener, MU easily rolled to a 3-0 sweep. Tihomirova led the way
again, posting 14 kills, the only MU player to reach double digits. Fuelling put
down nine balls while adding seven digs.
The
Crusaders never trailed in set one, winning 25-11. MU did trail, but only for a
short time in both sets two and three but rebounded to win both 25-17 and 25-15.
The
Madonna attack and blocking held Mt. Marty to a .000 attacking percentage as the
21 kills the Lancers had were cancelled out by their 21 errors. MU also
out-blocked Mt. Marty 6.5 to 2.
Grinvalds handed out a match best 26 assists while Kerr had nine digs.
Madonna
wraps up play at the Seaside Invite on Saturday with a 2:00pm match against the
College of Idaho before facing off with No. 8 Point Loma Nazarene at 9:00pm.
Live stats as well as Pay-Per-View audio and video (via Point Loma) is available
by clicking
HERE
Contact:
Patrick Moore, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
pimoore@madonna.edu
