Commodores Tame Terra State Titans In Three Sets

September 28, 2023 - - The Lorain County Community College women's volleyball team snapped a two game skid and defeated the Terra State Community College Titans Thursday night in three sets.  

Top Commodores

Maggie Riley (Elyria, Ohio/Midivew HS) – 26 assists, 13 digs, 2 service aces

Nilaysia Todd (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) – 3 blocks (two solo), 12 kills, 1 service ace, .500 hitting percentage

Josie Filice (Lakewood, Ohio/Lakewood HS) – 5 kills

Kylie Zocchi (Avon, Ohio/Avon HS) – 3 services aces, 7 digs, 6 kills

Full Box Score

Recap

The Commodores (5-8, 4-4) got off to a sluggish start against the overmatched Titans (2-10, 1-5) who were playing with only six players.  LCCC faced a little adversity of their own with outside hitter Abbey Williams (North Ridgeville, Ohio/First Baptist Christian Schools) sidelined with an injury.  The Titans grabbed the early lead in the first set 7-4, but the tide shifted when Filice knocked down three kills to tie the match up.  A hitting error by the Titans on the next play gave LCCC the lead and they never trailed after, winning set one, 25-16.

Set two saw the Titans nearly steal one from the Commodores.  With the score tied at 10-10, Todd got two blocks to put the Commodores up.  LCCC's lead eventually swelled to 21-15 and looked to be headed to another easy win.  However, the Titans regrouped and ripped off seven straight points to take a 22-21 lead to force a Commodore timeout. From there, the wind was out of the Titans sails as Todd and Zocchi each put down kills to help LCCC win the set 25-22.

After the Titans took yet another early lead in set three, LCCC responded in a big way.  Trailing 4-3, they took the lead with two errors by the Titans.   They padded that lead with a Riley set over, which was followed by an ace from Zocchi, a block kill from Todd, and concluded with a kill from Gabbie Barrison to get the Commodores out ahead for good, 10-4.  They would go on to finish Terra State 25-13 in the final set.

Notes

• The Commodores hit .214 as a team.
• They had over 10 kills in each of the three sets
• Their best hitting performance came in the third (.290) and final set when they connected for 12 kills against three errors
• They had eight service aces as a team
• Zocchi tied a career best in kills with six
• Todd earned her fourth straight double-digit kill game
• Maggie Riley's 26 assists continues a streak of 13 matches this season with at least 25 assists
• With two aces Thursday, Riley has an ace in each contest this season and currently leads the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference with 37

Next Up

Thursday's game was the first time LCCC had defeated Terra State since the 2019 season when they swept the season series, winning both matches in four sets. They will get a chance to do that again in six days when they travel to Terra's campus in Fremont for another showdown with Titans at 6 p.m.  This was the final home game for the Commodores in 2023.  LCCC had a 4-3 home inside the Ewing Activities Center Gymnasium this season.