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Tiffin Gets Through The Storm

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PAINESVILLE, Ohio -Senior Lindsay Heller had 18 digs as the Tiffin University volleyball team (7-21, 6-13 GLIAC) knocked off Lake Erie (3-22, 1-17 GLIAC) 3-1 (19-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-19), Saturday afternoon at the Osborne Center.

In the first set, Tiffin held the early advantage at 13-9. Lake Erie then went on a 12-5 run to pull ahead 21-18. Sophomore McKenzie Wright went cross court to make it 21-19. The Storm righted themselves and scored four straight points to take the set.

In the second set, the squads slugged it out early. The Dragons held the early lead at 8-7. Junior Maggie Betz put the ball away. That started an 11-4 run to make it 19-11, TU.

LEC refused to drop the sails. It reeled off five straight points finished by a spike from Jamie Hoppe. That closed the gap to three, 19-16. Tiffin went on a 6-4 run, closing the set on a kill from Betz.

In the third set, it was another battle early on. Molly Richardson put the ball away to make it 9-7, Dragons. TU then exploded with a 9-3 spurt to put the set away.

In the fourth set, Tiffin could not put Lake Erie away. The Storm forced a service error to make it 10-9, Dragons. TU used two aces from Wright to score five straight points to finally seal the match.

For Tiffin, Betz, junior Maureen Kurtz, sophomore Danielle McQuade and freshman Erin Turner had seven kills each. McQuade added 16 digs while freshman Tiffany Buchinger and sophomore Jordan Jenkins had three aces each. Heller finished with 1604 career digs, the first player in school NCAA Division II history to reach that mark.

For Lake Erie, Richardson had 14 kills and Destiny Prusky tallied 11 kills.

Tiffin has concluded the 2011 season.

-TIFFIN UNIVERSITY-

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Players Mentioned

Lindsay Heller

#3 Lindsay Heller

DS
5' 8"
Senior
Maggie Betz

#4 Maggie Betz

MH
6' 0"
Junior
Maureen Kurtz

#10 Maureen Kurtz

MH
5' 11"
Junior
Jordan Jenkins

#2 Jordan Jenkins

DS/OH
5' 8"
Sophomore
Danielle McQuade

#18 Danielle McQuade

OH
6' 0"
Sophomore
McKenzie Wright

#23 McKenzie Wright

RH
6' 0"
Sophomore
Tiffany Buchinger

#5 Tiffany Buchinger

S/RS
6' 0"
Freshman
Erin Turner

#8 Erin Turner

MB
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lindsay Heller

#3 Lindsay Heller

5' 8"
Senior
DS
Maggie Betz

#4 Maggie Betz

6' 0"
Junior
MH
Maureen Kurtz

#10 Maureen Kurtz

5' 11"
Junior
MH
Jordan Jenkins

#2 Jordan Jenkins

5' 8"
Sophomore
DS/OH
Danielle McQuade

#18 Danielle McQuade

6' 0"
Sophomore
OH
McKenzie Wright

#23 McKenzie Wright

6' 0"
Sophomore
RH
Tiffany Buchinger

#5 Tiffany Buchinger

6' 0"
Freshman
S/RS
Erin Turner

#8 Erin Turner

6' 2"
Freshman
MB