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August 25, 2008
(Madison, SD) - Dakota State University's women kept themselves
from an early-season slide Saturday, producing a 3-2 volleyball
win over Waldorf (Iowa) College in Yankton.
Earlier, the Trojans suffered a 3-2 decision to host-team Mt.
Marty College in the Lady Lancers' triangular.
DSU 3, Waldorf 2
DSU and Waldorf took a 2-2 match record into the fifth and
deciding match, which DSU won by a slim 15-13 margin.
The Trojans opened up the duel with a 25-22 win, but fell 21-25
in the second match. They went ahead 2-1 on a 25-14
third-match win before Waldorf rebounded with a 25-20
fourth-match victory.
Stephanie Kruggel, Ashley Schulte and Rachael Jensen powered the
Trojans' attack with respective 13-, 11- and 10-kill matches.
Helping set up those kills was Melissa Boddy, who garnered 24
assists.
Laura Lanoue kept Waldorf from scoring any more points by
grinding out 34 digs.
In serving, Amy Pheneger, Lanoue, Boddy, Vcki Kaul, Margie
Anthony and Jensen each had an ace serve.
Waldorf had only one player; Chelsey Dougherty, in double
figures in kills with 16.
Sara Baker added 31 assists. Andrea Blanchard was the
leading defender with 21 digs. Ashleigh Betha had both of
Waldorf's ace serves.
Mt. Marty 3, DSU 2
Mt. Marty opened up play Saturday with a 2-1 match lead over
DSU, winning the first and third matches by respective 25-21,
25-22 scores.
Between those decisions was a 25-23 second-match win by DSU,
which also won the fourth match 25-20 before losing the duel in
the fifth match 15-8.
In this duel, Lanoue had a stellar 45 digs, which was
complemented by Jensen's 20 digs and Kruggel's 10.
Kruggel also produced 13 team-leading kills, which was supported
by Schulte, who banged across 10 kills.
Boddy also produced 17 set assists and Kruggel added 13.
Anthony added three ace serves and Kruggel had two.
Mt. Marty's attack was sparked by Krista Hohn, who had nine
kills. Krystal Cihak added eight kills and Lindsay Beacom
had seven. Abby Haiar garnered 35 assists, while Kate
Carda added two ace serves.
On defense, Mt. Marty got double-dight displays by Kristi
Waller, Carly Benson, Haiar, Cihak and Anne Hansen, who had
respectively 31, 19, 16, 14 and 11 digs.
DSU will take its 1-1 duel record up against University of Sioux
Falls on Wednesday at the DSU Field House.
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