The Lakeland University women's volleyball team will aim to put another team behind it in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference standings when Dominican University visits the Moose & Dona Woltzen Gymnasium Friday night at 7 p.m.
Lakeland and Dominican enter with matching 7-2 marks in the NACC and both having three matches to play including Friday's. Both are fighting for positioning in the standings and possible seeding in the six-team NACCÂ Tournament that starts later this month, and the winner can just about wrap up a spot in the conference tourney.
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Lakeland (18-7 overall) is playing its second straight match against an NACC contender and picked up an important win, defeating Wisconsin Lutheran in four sets on the road in Milwaukee. The Muskies gained separation over one of four teams that entered the night with two losses in league play, dominating the first, second and fourth sets in a 25-17,25-13, 23-25, 25-15 win.
Shannon Bishop (
Jr.-River Grove, Ill.) finished with 13 kills, 13 digs and four service aces,
Eliana Arbetman (
Sr.-Oak Park, Ill.) and
Megan Goeser (
So.-Plymouth, Wis.) both totaled 10 kills each and
Emma Bruder (
Sr.-Frankfort, Ill.) finished with 15 digs.
Allison Byrne (
Jr.-Luxemburg, Ill.) also added four service aces, part of the team's season-high total of 11 aces on the night.
Dominican (16-7 overall) has been idle since last weekend, when it most recently they defeated Illinois Tech in four sets and then swept Kalamazoo (Mich.) as part of a home triangular. Dominican lost the first set in the opener against the Scarlet Hawks before coming back to win the final six sets they played. Gabija Sinickaite totaled 25 kills over the two matches, including 14 against Illinois Tech in a conference match. Sarah Lychock also added 20 digs against IIT and Anastasia Labadessa added 43 assists and five service aces on the day.
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