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WVB Senior Night
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Marian (WI) MARIAN 5-18 (2-8 NACC)
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Winner Concordia Chicago CUC 11-16 (5-6 NACC)
Marian (WI) MARIAN
5-18 (2-8 NACC)
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Final
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Concordia Chicago CUC
11-16 (5-6 NACC)
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Marian (WI) MARIAN 19 16 17 (0)
Concordia Chicago CUC 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Neil O'Donnell- Athletic Communications Assistant

Seniors Shine in Win Versus Sabres

River Forest, Ill.- Concordia University Chicago (11-16; 5-6 NACC) took the floor against Marian University (5-18; 2-8 NACC) on a night dedicated to the seniors. Senior night would feature three players (Jaylynn Johnson, Courtney Luciano, and Shelby Spitz) who devoted countless hours aiding in rebuilding the Cougar's volleyball program. CUC honored the seniors in the best way imaginable and completed a dominant three set sweep over the Sabres (25-19, 25-16, 25- 17).

Inside the Box Score:
  • Jaylynn Johnson finished her home career with a bang and a team-leading 11 kills.
  • Kelly Gootee had another big game setting, finishing with 25 assists. 
  • Shannon Stamp (7) and Johnson (3) built a brick wall, and combined for 10 blocks. 
Opening up set one, the Cougars received an early spark from Jaylynn Johnson. Johnson's spike found a gap in the defense, and lead to CUC's first lead of the night at 4-3. Concordia-Chicago would lead by as much as five in set one before the Sabres battled back to a score of 15-14. A Julia Spitelli kill, and two Marian errors extended the lead to 18-14 in favor of CUC, and nudged the Sabres into calling their first timeout. Following the timeout Shannon Stamp came up with a huge block to bring the lead back to five. From there, the Cougars would go on to win the set (25-19).  In set two Concordia-Chicago held onto a tight lead for the beginning stages. The lead slowly started to grow, and another powerful Johnson kill forced Marian into a timeout trailing 18-13. More Sabre errors helped the Cougars grow their lead to a strong 20-13 margin. CUC would win set two 25-16 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
River Forest, Ill.- Concordia University Chicago (11-16; 5-6 NACC) took the floor against Marian University (5-18; 2-8 NACC) on a night dedicated to the seniors. Senior night would feature three players (Jaylynn Johnson, Courtney Luciano, and Shelby Spitz) who devoted countless hours aiding in rebuilding the Cougar's volleyball program. CUC honored the seniors in the best way imaginable and completed a dominant three set sweep over the Sabres (25-19, 25-16, 25- 17).
 


Moving onto the final set of Senior Night, CUC looked to finish Marian off in three sets. Back to back scores for Johnson and Alyssa Henline would give the Cougars their earliest lead of the night and put Concordia-Chicago in the driver's seat. Defensive errors would continue to control the narrative for Marian and the Sabres would try and figure out their woes by taking timeout down 12-7. Out of the timeout, Spitelli hammered in a kill to keep the Cougar momentum rolling. Marian still had not found a way to stop Johnson and she would end the little momentum created by the Sabres with an emphatic spike and kill to extend the lead to 18-11. Moments later, Shelby Spitz would join the fun with a kill of her own. CUC held onto that lead and would win set three 25-17.
 
Concordia-Chicago will be back in action on Saturday, October 26th, where they will play their last home match of the season against Lakeland University. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m.

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