The William Jewell volleyball team fell 3-0 to McKendree University in the 2018 home opener on Friday night to drop to 2-10 on the season and 0-4 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. The big bright spot on the evening was senior libero
Olivia Tolberd who recorded a game-high 17 digs, the tenth of which was the 2,000th of her career, making her just the second player in program history to reach such a milestone.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Set One: The Cardinals started strong, matching McKendree point for point in the early going of set one. The Bearcats went on a 14-6run to take a late 23-15 advantage. Back-to-back kills from Maddie Wingert and Jenna Rau made it a 23-17 game but a McKendree kill and an ace gave the Bearcats the opener.
- Set Two: Both teams went back-and-forth in set two, with neither able to grab more than a three point lead. With the Cardinals leading 22-21, McKendree was able to string together four consecutive points to take the set 25-22.
- Set Three: Jewell fell behind early, 6-1 but battled back to knot things up at 14 behind two kills each from Grace Baucom and Paityn Hardison. Later, three consecutive errors pushed the Bearcats to a 20-17 lead that the Cards couldn't recover from, falling 25-22.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Cardinals hit .112 on the night with 35 kills while the Bearcats posted a .215 attack percentage.
- Jewell posted three aces while McKendree had two.
LEADERS OF THE FLIGHT
YOU SHOULD NOTE
- Tolberd becomes just the second player in program history to reach 2,000 career digs and now sits just 111 from the career record of 2,118. The senior has now posted double digit digs in 70 of the past 71 games.
UP NEXT
The Cardinals return to action on Saturday afternoon as they host Illinois Springfield at 3:00 p.m.
