IPFW Clinches Playoff Spot with 3-0 Win over Omaha

Saturday, November 3

Fort Wayne, Ind.

7 p.m.

Purdue Fort Wayne

6-20, 1-13SL

Nebraska Omaha

22-5, 11-3SL

Omaha

IPFW

Photo by: Lucas Carter

IPFW Clinches Playoff Spot with 3-0 Win over Omaha

11/3/2012 9:06:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The IPFW women's volleyball team will participate in the 2012 Summit League Volleyball Championship Tournament this season as a 3-0 win over Omaha on Saturday night clinched a playoff spot. The Mastodons are 11-3 in the Summit League and 22-5 overall heading into the final weekend of the season.

IPFW swept Omaha 25-17, 25-10, and 25-19 on senior night behind a solid all-around team effort. Emily Spencer was the only player to reach a double figure kill total on Saturday as she ended the match with 15 kills and 11 digs. She now has 17 double-doubles on the season and 38 in her career.

Tessa McGill ended the game with a match-high 18 digs against the Mavericks. Her total moved her to third place all-time for most digs in a single-season (643). Joining Spencer and McGill with a double figure dig total was junior Jen Milligan who added 10.

Megan Steenhuysen set up her teammates equally on Saturday. She recorded a match-high 38 assists in the win. Jessie Manwaring recorded eight kills and hit at a .533 clip, while fellow senior Haley Emenhiser chipped in with six kills.

Michaela Schimmer led the Mavericks in multiple categories by recording eight kills, 14 assists and 7 digs against the Mastodons. Kimberly Bailey also impacted the match with three service aces.

IPFW got off to fast starts in sets one and two. In each game IPFW jumped out to a 10-4 lead and they would not be challenged the rest of the way winning set one 25-17 and set two 25-10.

The third and final set was close at the start as the teams battled to an 11-11 tie. A small 15-13 edge gave IPFW some momentum as the Mavericks tried to regroup with a timeout. The 'Dons improved their lead to 20-17 and another two-point run caused the Mavericks to burn their final timeout of the set. The break in the action wouldn't stop IPFW as the Mastodons swept the Mavs 3-0 by recording a 25-19 win.

IPFW has two road matches remaining on the 2012 schedule. The team will visit Macomb, Ill. to face the Western Illinois Leathernecks on Nov. 9 and then end the regular season the following night with a match against IUPUI at 5 p.m.

~ Feel the Rumble ~