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IWU Volleyball Tops Elmhurst, 3-1, for 10th Straight

9/22/2009 10:59:30 PM

Box Score With its 10th straight win, the Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team improved to 11-2 overall and 2-0 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin with a 3-1 win at Elmhurst on Sept. 22.

The Titans won by scores of 12-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-20. Junior Lori Johnson and senior Emily hagen each had 10 kills to pace the Titans while Amy VanDerVoorn had seven and Gaby Johnson added six.

Sophomore Stacy Hassinger had 34 assists and 13 defensive digs and senior Jackie Wrobel led IWU with 20 digs. As a team the Titans had 40 kills and a .225 hitting percentage compared to 41 kills and a .158 hitting percentage for the Bluejays (5-6, 2-1 CCIW).

"I was very impressed in how the team kept their composure after the first set loss," said IWU coach Kim Nelson-Brown. "We stepped up our defense and settled into a better passing routine which allowed us the opportunity to run our offense more effectively. Elmhurst did a fantastic job countering and played some very scrappy defense."
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