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Crown tops Macalester in close match
Macalester
vs. Crown statistics
For the second time over the Labor Day Weekend, the Scots have
been stopped in five sets by Crown College. Friday at the St. Olaf
Tournament, Macalester fell to the Storm 15-12 in the third set.
Tonight, the tally was 15-13. Four of the five sets went down to
the wire and Macalester out-scored the guests in total points by
five.
After dropping a 25-23 decision in the first game, the Scots hit
.375 in set two and won 25-13. Crown won another close one in set
three, hanging on to win 26-24, but Macalester forced a fifth set
by topping the Purple Storm 25-22 in No. 4.
The biggest lead in the decisive set was 13-10 in favor of Crown.
The Scots rallied with three in a row to tie things at 13-13 before
Crown claimed the final two points.
Macalester served 11 aces and received 44 assists from Danielle
Dweck (Sr., Sea Cliff, N.Y. / North Shore). Casey
Colodny (Jr., Windermere, Fla. / Montverde Academy) and
Julia
Gartzke (Jr., New Glarus, Wis. ) each served three
aces.
Laura
Avena (So., Cesis, Latvia / Riga Gimnasium #1) hammered
down 24 kills and hit .288, and Taylor
Tinkham (Sr., St. Louis Park, Minn.) contributed 15 kills
on a .289 mark and also registered seven blocks.
Four Scots reached double-digits in digs, led by Avena with 16 and
Glasha
Marcon (Jr., Richmond, Calif. / Albany) with 14.
Naomi Anderson led Crown with 13 kills and Judy Mundt had 35
assists.
Macalester plays four matches Friday and Saturday (Sept. 9-10) at
the St. Kate's Tournament. The Scots will take on Luther (Ia.),
Bethany Lutheran, Alverno (Wis.) and Wisconsin-Stout.
