Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Michigan Tech gained a 3-0 victory at Ohio
Dominican in GLIAC volleyball tonight. The Huskies fought off two
set points in the opening frame before going on to sweep the
Panthers and improve to 3-11 overall and 2-8 in the GLIAC.
Ohio Dominican led by scores of 24-23 and 25-24 in the opening
set before the Huskies turned things around. Kasey
Woodcock registered a kill. Abby
DeWitt served an ace. Then Jena
Karkos and
Alicia
Schneider combined for a block to give Tech the 27-25 win in
set one.
The momentum carried over to the second set as the visitors
won the first four points and built up an 8-1 advantage. The
Huskies went on to win the set 25-17.
A five-point spurt midway through the third set led to a 25-15
score and the match victory.
"We made some big plays to pull out that close first set,"
said Orlando
Gonzalez. "That gave us some confidence which carried over into
sets two and three.
"The offense was really balanced tonight, and think that's
going to be important for us to continue."
Four Huskies had at least eight kills in the match led by
Woodcock, who had 13 to go with a .346 hitting percentage. Kristine
Sexton added 11 kills while Alex
Schwalbe and Schneider tallied eight apiece.
Setter Madeline
Haben posted match highs of 35 assists and 19 digs. Schneider
(14) and Tessa
Mauer (12) were also in double figures in digs.
Michigan Tech will remain in Ohio for its next match-a 1 p.m.
tilt at Tiffin tomorrow (Oct. 9).