CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team needed only three sets to top North Park in the conference season finale on Oct. 27.
With the 25-16, 25-15, 25-16 win, the Titans improved to 17-13 overall and finish with a 5-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin mark while North Park fell to 9-18 overall and 0-7 in the league.
"After having some injuries and illness, it was nice to have the team back together working on chemistry and some plays going into the last week of regular season," said IWU coach
Kim Nelson-Brown.
Junior
Lori Johnson and sophomore
Gaby Johnson each had nine kills to pace IWU while senior
Emily Hagen had eight Freshman
Alex Hill had six kills in eight attempts (a .750 hitting percentage) with three assists, three digs and a block in the win.
Seniors
Jackie Wrobel and
Amy VanDerVoorn each had 11 defensive digs and sophomore
Stacy Hassinger had 10 digs and provided 31 set assists.
The Titans host a six-team tournament Oct. 30-31 at the Shirk Center, playing No. 19 ranked Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 3 p.m. and Mt. St. Joseph at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Anderson at 10 a.m. and Wartburg at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.