NEWBERG, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College volleyball fell to George Fox University in three sets Tuesday at Wheeler Sports Center. The Bruins won the Northwest Conference match 25-7, 25-17, 25-18.
THE BASICS
George Fox 3, Lewis & Clark 0 (25-7, 25-17, 25-18)
(Lewis & Clark 4-18, 1-14 NWC)
(George Fox 7-15, 5-10 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Junior
Morgan Armitage led Lewis & Clark with four kills and added three block assists and three digs. Senior
Kaitlyn Jensen and first-year
Lexi Musselwhite each recorded three kills. Jensen added seven digs.
Senior
Ruby Kuerschner recorded five assists and a team-high eight digs. Fellow senior
Kenzie Edwards added five assists and two digs.
George Fox scored the first four points of the opening set before senior
HB Schuett put Lewis & Clark on the scoreboard with a kill. The Bruins led 15-6 before scoring eight consecutive points, seven on Isabella Avila's serve, to lead 23-6. Eden Cha recorded seven kills on seven attacks in the set.
Lewis & Clark recorded eight kills without an attack error in the second set for a .364 hitting percentage. Musselwhite contributed three kills, while Jensen and Armitage added two apiece. Trailing 12-8, the River Otters scored five of the next six points. Senior
Isabel Meleán-Williams recorded a kill during that stretch, and a block by Schuett and Armitage tied the score at 13.
Two George Fox attack errors later tied the score at 15. Armitage's kill brought the River Otters within 17-16, but George Fox scored six consecutive points, including three aces by Cha, to lead 23-16.
A block by first-year
Skyler Staab and Armitage brought Lewis & Clark within 4-3 in the third set, and a Jensen kill made it 5-4. George Fox scored seven of the next eight points to lead 12-5. The River Otters then scored four consecutive points, three on Kuerschner's serve. That stretch included an Armitage kill and a block by Meleán-Williams and Schuett.
Lewis & Clark later scored three straight points on an Armitage kill, an ace by sophomore
Ariah Potts and a George Fox attack error to cut the deficit to 16-12. A Meleán-Williams kill brought Lewis & Clark within 21-18 before George Fox scored the final four points of the match.
Cha led George Fox with 14 kills, a .276 hitting percentage and 22 digs. She also recorded four aces. Gracie Bearden added eight kills and two aces, and Avila recorded four aces and eight digs. Kendall Stidham finished with 18 assists, and Chloe Wiersma added 12. The Bruins totaled 14 aces.
BY THE NUMBERS
- First-year Maya Doerr recorded six digs, and Potts added three digs and an ace.
- Melean-Williams finished with two kills, two digs and a block assist.
- Schuett recorded a kill, two assists and two block assists.
- Lewis & Clark finished with four team blocks to two for George Fox.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark hosts Willamette University on Friday at 7 p.m. for Senior Night. Seniors Abigail Sanchez,
Ainsley Mochrie,
HB Schuett,
Isabel Meleán-Williams,
Kaitlyn Jensen,
Kenzie Edwards and
Ruby Kuerschner will be honored after the match.
