2008 Woodie Awards
Volleyball: Racking up wins, now 11-5
Team bounces back after a string of losses
By: Rachel Lebo
Issue date: 10/12/06 Section: Sports
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After losing three matches at the Simpson College Tourney, the Webster women's volleyball team bounced back and collected three straight victories, two of which count toward the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The overall record went from 8-5 to 11-5.
The Gorloks played Lincoln Christian College in a SLIAC match Oct. 3. LCC came to Webster with an overall record of 12-4 and a SLIAC record of 1-2.
LCC played a decent game but did not hit well. Their top player had 13 kills throughout the night and seven errors. As a team, Webster had a hitting average of .365.
"Lincoln Christian had a huge hole right behind their blockers," Head Coach Merry Graf said. "Once we pointed this out to our outside hitters, they did a great job of utilizing that."
Both Webster and LCC had some trouble serving throughout the matches. Webster ended up with 10 errors and LCC had 11.
With this victory (30-22, 30-20, 30-22) the Gorloks moved to 2-0 in the SLIAC.
Blackburn College and Harris-Stowe State University traveled to Webster Oct. 5. The first game against Blackburn ended quickly with a score of 30-7. In the first game alone there were 13 kills and no errors within 27 hitting attempts for the Gorloks.
In the second game the Gorloks had nine hitting errors, which gave Blackburn the chance to remain in the game longer. The Gorloks won the game 30-22.
Blackburn came out strong in the beginning of the third game and kept up with Webster point-for-point until the 9-8 mark. The Gorloks got their hitting back on track and pulled ahead. Blackburn called a timeout in the middle of the match. The Battlin' Beavers came out of the timeout determined, but in the end Webster won the game 30-20.
The match against Blackburn was a conference match and with the win, the Gorloks' overall conference record is 3-0.
The second match of the night against Harris-Stowe State University also was a victory for Webster. Harris-Stowe came into the game with a 4-15 overall record.
The Gorloks played Lincoln Christian College in a SLIAC match Oct. 3. LCC came to Webster with an overall record of 12-4 and a SLIAC record of 1-2.
LCC played a decent game but did not hit well. Their top player had 13 kills throughout the night and seven errors. As a team, Webster had a hitting average of .365.
"Lincoln Christian had a huge hole right behind their blockers," Head Coach Merry Graf said. "Once we pointed this out to our outside hitters, they did a great job of utilizing that."
Both Webster and LCC had some trouble serving throughout the matches. Webster ended up with 10 errors and LCC had 11.
With this victory (30-22, 30-20, 30-22) the Gorloks moved to 2-0 in the SLIAC.
Blackburn College and Harris-Stowe State University traveled to Webster Oct. 5. The first game against Blackburn ended quickly with a score of 30-7. In the first game alone there were 13 kills and no errors within 27 hitting attempts for the Gorloks.
In the second game the Gorloks had nine hitting errors, which gave Blackburn the chance to remain in the game longer. The Gorloks won the game 30-22.
Blackburn came out strong in the beginning of the third game and kept up with Webster point-for-point until the 9-8 mark. The Gorloks got their hitting back on track and pulled ahead. Blackburn called a timeout in the middle of the match. The Battlin' Beavers came out of the timeout determined, but in the end Webster won the game 30-20.
The match against Blackburn was a conference match and with the win, the Gorloks' overall conference record is 3-0.
The second match of the night against Harris-Stowe State University also was a victory for Webster. Harris-Stowe came into the game with a 4-15 overall record.
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