LCSC takes Whitworth
title, improves to 12-0
09-06-08
Spokane –
The Lewis-Clark State
College women’s
volleyball team stormed
past Montana Western 3-1
and Whitworth 3-0 on
Saturday to claim the
Whitworth Invite title
and move to a perfect
12-0 on the season.
Pitted
against Frontier
Conference member
Montana Western, LCSC
took its first match in
four games 25-14, 25-13,
20-25, 25-18, and then
overpowered host
Whitworth 25-21, 25-14,
25-18 in the final match
day.
The
Warriors led the
five-team round-robin
tournament with a 4-0
record, Menlo College
finished second with a
3-1 mark, Whitworth went
2-2, Montana Western
1-3, and Whitman ended
0-4.
The No.
16 ranked Warriors have
now won three straight
tournaments and have won
nine of their 12 matches
by way of 3-0 shutouts.
LCSC blew
by Montana Western, as
Anile Clemente, who
earned her second
straight tournament MVP
title, carried the
offense with 16 kills
and a .311 hitting
percentage.
Julie
Maciboba, also named to
the all-tournament team,
collected eight kills.
Abby Bruya and Lisa
Davis kept the offense
on the attack with 23
and 17 assists
respectively, and Linday
Scott, after her record
setting 39 digs in
Friday’s match versus
Menlo, led the team with
15 digs.
Montana
Western, led by Theresa
Bennet’s 14 kills, drops
to 2-7 on the year. The
Warriors will face the
Bulldogs again on Sept.
13 in a home conference
match.
In
Lewis-Clark State’s
match against Whitworth,
Maciboba and freshman
Josi Lyman led the way
for the Warriors as they
both had 10 kills and a
hitting percentage of
over .300. Bruya notched
20 assists while Davis
had 18, Dana
Christiansen had four
blocks, and Scott ended
with 24 digs.
After the
loss Whitworth now
stands at 6-2 on the
season.