Lakeland College

Muskies Win Nail Biter Against Conference Foe Benedictine

Athletics - posted on 10/6/2007

The women's volleyball team (13-8, 7-3 NAC) fought all the way through a grueling five-game conference match with Benedictine to tally a homecoming victory, 3-2 (30-24, 24-30, 30-20, 19-30, 15-13) on Saturday.

"The positive thing is we won," said head coach Chad Schreiber. "Benedictine is a very good team that is worthy of being a first place team in the conference and we feel very fortunate to have beaten them."

Sophomore outside hitter Brittany Paulus paced the Muskies with 19 kills and 20 digs in the contest. The Muskies also received big contributions from junior setter Jessica Sparling, who went for 57 assists, seven digs and two blocks. Senior defensive specialist Rachel Young also boosted the squad with 17 digs and three aces, senior outside hitter Ashley Domask tallied 12 kills and 13digs.

Lakeland will be back in action on Wednesday, Oct.10 at home to face Northern Athletics Conference opponent Alverno. Match time is set for 7 p.m.

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