Hot-Hitting Mastodons Sweep Past Leathernecks

Friday, November 11

Fort Wayne, Ind.

7:00 PM

Purdue Fort Wayne

20-8, 13-4Summit

Western Illinois

12-17, 3-14Summit

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Western Illinois	18	28	16	0
IPFW	25	30	25	3

Emily Spencer and Jessie Manwaring vs WIU

Photo by: Lucas Carter

Hot-Hitting Mastodons Sweep Past Leathernecks

11/11/2011 10:12:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOX SCORE

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The IPFW Mastodons hit .331 as a team, and Jessie Manwaring had 15 kills, as the 'Dons swept past the Leathernecks of Western Illinois University 25-18, 30-28, 25-16.

The win is the 20th of the season for IPFW (20-8, 13-4 Summit League), the third straight 20-win season for the Mastodons, and the eighth in the last nine years for head coach Kelley Hartley Hutton.

Manwaring had a .522 attack percentage (15 kills, 3 errors, 23 attempts), while adding four blocks. Emily Spencer had 14 kills, while Kendall Wienkes also reached double-figures with 11 kills. Megan Steenhuysen dished out 51 assists, which is tied for the ninth highest three-set match total in school history.

Tessa McGill had a match-high 22 digs, while Emily Spencer added 10 for her 20th double-double of the season. Alli Hook had a match-high five blocks, with Manwaring adding four, and Wienkes three.

Western Illinois (12-17, 3-14 Summit) led early in the first set, taking a two-point lead at 10-8 before IPFW rattled off four straight points to lead 12-10, and kept its foot on the gas pedal, eventually taking a 20-13 lead before holding on for the 25-18 opening-set win.

The Mastodons looked as if it had the second set wrapped up, leading 22-18 following a 4-0 run; however, the momentum was stolen by the Leathernecks, as the visitors scored six straight points to lead 24-22 and serve for set point, only to see IPFW answer back with three straight to lead by one at 25-24. With the teams tied at 28, IPFW got a kill from Manwaring, and a combo block from Steenhuysen and Hook to give the Mastodons a 2-0 lead heading into the ten-minute intermission.

There were just two tie scores in the third set, the latest at 6-6, before IPFW ran off a 4-1 run to lead 10-7. The Mastodons quietly pushed ahead in the set, and closed out the contest on a 4-1 run to take the third set 25-16.

Ann Miller and Heather Smith each had ten kills for the Leathernecks, while Sarah Fetter picked up 32 assists as Miller chipped in nine digs.

The Mastodons return to action for the final time in the 2011 regular season, hosting in-state rival IUPUI at 7 p.m. at the Gates Sports Center on senior night for IPFW.

~Dons~