Purdue Fort Wayne
Lehigh
Mastodons Dominate, Win Invitational
9/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 8, 2007
Fort Wayne, IN - The IPFW Mastodons headed into Saturday night's match with a 2-0 record in the invitational. IPFW faced Lehigh in the final match, defeating the Mountain Hawks in three. Rebekah Roehm was named MVP while Jamie Schwartz and Jessica Dominiak joined her on the All-Tournament Team.
Chicago State and Lipscomb faced off for second place in the invitational in the earlier match. Lipscomb defeated Chicago State 3-0 (30-14, 30-20, 30-10) to finish second in the invitational.
The match started off close, with IPFW and Lehigh trading points back and forth for the first half of game one. At the 16-15 mark the 'Dons went on a 14-0 run to take game one, 30-15.
Game two would start off much the same way as game one, with IPFW and Lehigh trading points back and forth. IPFW would take a six point lead at 18-12 after an attack error by the Mountain Hawks. A 7-2 run would put IPFW up by 11 on a kill by Roehm, 25-14. A late run by Lehigh would bring them to within five at the 26-21 mark but the 'Dons went on a 4-0 run to take game two, 30-21.
Lehigh would battle at the beginning of game three, keeping it close until IPFW took a 15-10 lead off a kill by Jessica Miller. The Mastodons kept the momentum going from that point, taking game three, 30-23 and the match, 3-0.
Roehm led IPFW in kills with 13 on 20 attempts, hitting a .550. She had three service aces and three total blocks, one solo and two assists.
Taryn Parker just missed double digit kills with nine. She was a force again at the net with three block solos and two block assists.
Dominiak dished out 34 assists and Peachy Jankowski had 11 digs. Miller and Schwartz each had three service aces.
The Mountain Hawks were led by Shannon Spafford with seven kills. Brittany Dickinson had 17 assists and Brittany Thurston had eight digs.
The Mastodons (6-4) will now prepare to open up conference play on the road next weekend against North Dakota State (Friday, September 14) and South Dakota State (Saturday, September 15). Their next home match is North Dakota State at 7 PM on September 22nd in the Gates Center.
Final Standings
1. IPFW (3-0)
2. Lipscomb (2-1)
3. Chicago State (1-2)
4. Lehigh (0-3)
All-Tournament Team
Rebekah Roehm, IPFW, MVP
Jamie Schwartz, IPFW
Jessica Dominiak, IPFW
Alex Scruggs, Lipscomb
Stefine Pease, Lipscomb
Alex Mason, Chicago State
Shannon Spafford, Lehigh
~Dons~
