Commodores Sweep Tri-C For Second Time In 2023

September 13, 2023 - - The Lorain County Community College women's volleyball team completed their season sweep of the Cuyahoga Community College Triceratops with an easy win Wednesday evening in the Ewing Activities Center Gymnasium (25-19, 25-11, 25-12).

Top Commodores

Maggie Riley (Elyria, Ohio/Midview HS) – 29 assists

Izabel Gallardo-Santo Domingo (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS) – 15 digs

Lexa Bunevich (Lakewood, Ohio/Lakewood HS) – 13 digs

Nilaysia Todd (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) – 10 kills

Abbey Williams (N. Ridgeville, Ohio/First Baptist Christian School) – 10 kills

Brianna Vidovich (Lorain, Ohio/Elyria Catholic HS) – 5 Service Aces

Recap

With the score tied 2-2 in the early going,  LCCC used a 7-2 run to pull ahead of the Triceratops aided by a group effort in kills from Todd, Riley, Williams, and Niyanna Flowers (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS). Tri-C would inch back.  Using a 4-0 run of their own, they cut the Commodore lead down to one and the teams would trade points until LCCC started to pull away 17-14 to force a triceratops timeout. Out of the break, the Commodores got points from Williams and Flowers with a couple of kills and Riley put up a service ace to put the set out of reach. 

Set two saw the Commodores pull out to an 11-2 lead.  After TriC got the scoring started, Josie Filice (Lakewood, Ohio/Lakewood HS) answered immediately with a kill to tie the contest.  From there it was a 10-1 run for LCCC with kills by Kylie Zocchi (Avon, Ohio/Avon HS), Filice, and Todd.  The lead would balloon to 20-7 with the Commodores completely in control.

Similar to the first two sets, Tri-C scored the first point.  And similar to the first two sets, LCCC would pull away from Tricertops thanks to some defense at the nets and some nifty tips by the Commodores.  Thanks to some kills from Todd and aces from Vidovich, the Commodores extended that lead to 17-10 before Tri-C called a timeout. Vidovich earned two more aces out of the timeout and Williams capped off the win with a kill that was assisted by Riley.

Next Up

The Commodores have the next seven days off to prepare for their rematch against NJCAA DIII No. 4 Owens Community College on September 20, 2023.  LCCC lost in five sets to the Express in Perrysburg, Ohio on Friday September 8, 2023.