PLYMOUTH, Wis. – The Lakeland University women's volleyball team dominated in all areas and made quick work of Concordia University Chicago, needing less than an hour for a three-set win Saturday afternoon at the Moose & Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.

The Muskies didn't need to sweat much in breezing past the Cougars 25-14, 25-11, 25-10 in 55 minutes for easily their quickest victory of the season. Lakeland never trailed in the match in improving to 13-11 overall, 8-4 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, and clinched a finish no worse than fifth in the NACC standings with one conference match to play next week. The Muskies also wrapped up the No. 5 seed in the upcoming NACC Tournament after St. Norbert College defeated Benedictine University Saturday, meaning Lakeland would lose any tiebreaker for third or fourth in the final standings.

The Muskies hit .329 as a team with 33 kills and eight errors in 76 attacks for their second-best hitting percentage of the season, behind only a .341 mark at Alverno College last week. Lakeland also set a season high with 11 service aces and even posted a 5-3 advantage in blocks in a complete domination of the Cougars, who were eliminated from NACC Tournament contention and dropped to 10-15 overall and 4-8 in conference.

The teams were only tied once in the match at 1-1 in the first set, but the Muskies soon motored away to win the set after a 13-3 run to build an 11-point lead at 18-7. Lakeland also jumped out to a 14-3 lead in a second set where it would eventually build its biggest lead of the match at 22-5, and the Muskies also darted out to leads of 8-1 and 14-3 in the third set. Lakeland finished strong too, scoring the final seven points, including four service aces from Ryan Figi (Fr.-Hartland, Wis.) off the bench and a pair of kills by Caitlyn Pernsteiner (Fr.-Arpin, Wis.) in the match-clinching run.

Susana Stevens (Jr.-Las Cruces, N.M.) finished with nine kills and Kelly Swope (Sr.-Heyworth, Ill.) added eight kills to lead the attack. Emily Dickmann (Fr.-Grafton, Wis.) finished with 19 assists, Maeve Sullivan (Sr.-Chicago, Ill.) led the defense with 11 digs and Katie Metzler (Sr.-Kewaunee, Wis.) added three block assists plus five kills from the middle.

Concordia Chicago hit at a negative rate for the match with a -.076 mark that included 19 kills and 25 errors in 79 attacks, also the lowest number by a Lakeland opponent this season. Grace Heywood finished with six kills, Isabelle Vernengo contributed 15 assists and Shaira Marin added seven digs.

The Muskies are home again for their final two regular season matches next week, first hosting Wisconsin Lutheran College in the NACC finale this coming Thursday night at 7 p.m. Lakeland also hosts Loras (Iowa) College Friday night at 7 p.m. for a non-conference match and Senior Night at the Woltzen Gym.