Mars Hill Volleyball Loses to Lincoln Memorial in Five Games

MARS HILL, NC - The Lions volleyball squad lost a closely fought battle to Lincoln Memorial University tonight in Stanford Arena in five games. Scores of the match were 23-30, 31-29, 28-30, 30-23 and 15-12. MHC fell to 6-11 on the season while the Railsplitters improved to 13-4. (Box score)

Joy Otto (Barrington, IL) led LMU with 14 kills followed by Alison Hess (Dayton, OH) with 12 and Amanda Horenkamp (Murfreesboro, TN) who recorded 11 kills. Laura Slone (Dandridge, TN) provided LMU with a match high 47 assists in the win. Hess was also the Railsplitters' leader in blocks with four and service aces with three. Jency Basinger (Temecula, CA) led the LMU defense with 30 digs in the match.

Rebekka Brown (Sierra Vista, AZ) and Danielle Silvers (Waynesville, NC) led MHC recording 19 and 18 kills in the contest, respectively. Tiffany Oreka (Chesapeake, VA) led the Lions' defense with 38 digs while Jessica Britt (Chesapeake, VA) supplied MHC with 29 assists. Silvers added six blocks for the Lions.

Mars Hill will return to action on September 29, when they host SAC rival Presbyterian College at 7 p.m. LMU will play at Kentucky State University on September 30, at 4 p.m.

Lincoln Memorial def. Mars Hill 23-30,31-29,28-30,30-23,15-12

Lincoln Memorial (13-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Joy Otto 14-0-3;
Alison Hess 12-3-4; Amanda Horenkamp 11-0-1; Blythe McCulley 9-0-3;
Amanda Baker 7-0-1; Laura Slone 3-2-1; Karlee Wyrick 0-1-0; Totals
56-6-7.0. (Assists) - Laura Slone 47. (Dig leaders) - Jency Basinger
30; Amanda Horenkamp 21; Blythe McCulley 20; Karlee Wyrick 12

Mars Hill (6-11) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Rebekka Brown 19-0-2;
Danielle Silvers 19-0-12; Courtney Krieger 10-3-0; Brittany Enloe
5-0-4; Lindsey Phillips 2-0-0; Allison Watkins 1-4-1; Danielle Mason
1-0-1; Jessica Britt 1-0-1; Tiffany Oreka 0-1-0; Totals 58-8-15.5.
(Assists) - Jessica Britt 39; Kelly Koziel 13. (Dig leaders) - Tiffany
Oreka 35; Kelly Koziel 14; Courtney Krieger 11; Jessica Britt 11

Site: Mars Hill, NC (Stanford Arena)


Date: Sep 27, 2006   Attend: 200   Time: 2:19