Purdue Fort Wayne
Oakland
IPFW Edges Oakland in Five
10/21/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 21, 2007
Fort Wayne, IN - IPFW headed up north for a Sunday afternoon match at Oakland University. After dropping the first two games the 'Dons rallied to take the next three, keeping their conference win streak intact.
IPFW defeated Oakland, 23-30, 27-30, 30-14, 30-21, 15-12.
The Golden Grizzlies took game one 23-30 and game two, 27-30, moving ahead 2-0 as they headed into game three.
IPFW ran off to a 6-1 lead to start game three. IPFW extended their lead to eleven at the 18-7 mark. The 'Dons rallied to take the game, 30-14.
Game four saw IPFW run off to a 9-3 lead and then a ten point lead at 20-10. The 'Dons kept the Golden Grizzlies at bay from that point, taking game four, 30-21.
Game five started in Oakland's favor, taking a 4-1 lead. The 'Dons rallied to a one point deficiet at 7-8 and back-to-back kills by Jessica Miller would put them ahead 9-8. IPFW would rally to take the game 15-12, and the match, 3-2.
Rebekah Roehm led IPFW with a double-double, 18 kills and 14 digs and a .235 hitting percentage. She added two service aces, four block assists and seven assists.
Cynara Martins also had a double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs.
Mayara Schlindwein had 14 kills to go along with her three block assists and four digs.
Jessica Miller had 13 kills and five digs in the five game match.
Jessica Dominiak tallied a double-double with 48 assists and 10 digs.
Peachy Jankowski dug a personal career best of 39 digs. Jamie Schwartz had 11 digs.
Oakland was led by Stephanie Parkin with 12 kills. Hallie Beattie had a double-double with 22 assists and 13 digs along with Alex Darin with 18 assists and 11 digs. Lauren Duquette had 33 digs.
The Mastodons (15-8, 9-3 Summit League) will now prepare for Xavier University on Tuesday, October 23rd.
The 'Dons will then start off a four match homestand with Ball State on October 30th. Match time is 7 PM at the Gates Center.
~Dons~
