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Purdue Fort Wayne
South Dakota State
Mastodons Trample Jackrabbits 3-0
9/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 19, 2009
Fort Wayne, IN - After back-to-back five-set matches for the IPFW Mastodons, the hosts were able to rest their legs by making quick work of the visitors from South Dakota State, sweeping the Jackrabbits, 25-13, 25-21, 25-20.
Rebekah Roehm knocked down a match-high 15 kills, her seventh consecutive match with double figure kills. Stephanie Lamberti and Alli Hook each picked up seven kills, as Shannon Reuter dished out 34 assists in the three sets, and Taryn Parker blocking a total of six kill attempts. Senior Jamie Schwartz picked up a match-best 13 digs, her sixth straight match of double figure digs, as Lamberti chipped in a dozen, as the junior finished just three kills shy of her second straight double-double.
IPFW finished with 10 total blocks, and hit at a .259 percentage, their third highest total of the season, while holding South Dakota State to just .073 (29 kills, 21 errors, 109 attempts), including -.111 (6 kills, 9 errors, 27 attempts) in the opening set.
The Mastodons (7-6, 2-2 Summit League) jumped out to a furious start, shrugging off the rust from last night's five-set match by going on runs of 4-0 and 3-0 to take a 7-2 lead, forcing a South Dakota State timeout. After a Kaitlin Klingemann kill, IPFW pounded out three more kills in a row, from Schlindwein, Parker, and Lamberti, to lead 10-3.
The `Jacks (7-6, 2-2 Summit League) scored three consecutive to climb to within four, until an IPFW 4-0 run gave the `Dons their largest lead of the match at 14-6. The host Blue and White used a late 3-0 run to push ahead to 20-11, and then rounding out the frame on a 4-0 run, including a block and a kill from Hook.
IPFW quickly got out of the gate in the second set, scoring the first five points of the frame, capped by a Schwartz ace, as the `Dons never trailed in the set. South Dakota State quickly responded with a 4-0 run of her own to cut the deficit to one, as the teams traded sideouts for the next six possessions, putting the `Dons ahead 10-8.
Back-to-back 3-0 runs pushed IPFW ahead by seven at 16-9, until South Dakota State used a 3-0 and 4-0 run to once again close to within a point at 17-16. IPFW was able to used four consecutive 2-0 runs, including a final one on kills by Lamberti and Hook, which helped the Mastodons pull away in the 25-21 second set.
South Dakota State came out firing to open the third set, taking their first sustained lead of the match, jumping ahead by as many as four at 7-3, before IPFW fought back to knot the set at eight apiece after a Lamberti kill, a Roem/Hook combo block, and a SDSU attack error.
The Jackrabbits re-took the lead at 9-8, their last lead of the match, before a hook kill, a McGill kill and a pair of Roehm kills put the hosts ahead 12-9. Three straight SDSU points tied the match, before Parker and Roehm knocked down back-to-back kills to give the Mastodons a lead they would not give up for the remainder of the match.
IPFW pulled away late with runs of 4-0 and 3-0 to lead 23-16, cruising to the 25-20 third-set win.
Ellyce Youngren led SDSU with eight kills, with Kaitlin Klingemann adding seven, as the pair had over half of the team's 29 total kills. Thyele Rechatiko dished out 20 assists, with Emily Palmer recording 10 digs.
The Mastodons take to the road for the next two weeks, as next weekend they travel to Oral Roberts on Friday, September 25, and at Centenary on September 26. The following week the `Dons take the road to Wright State on Tuesday, September 29, before opening the month of October with a trip to Oakland University on Friday, October 2.
~Dons~
