Anderson Handed Senior Night Loss
Manchester University handed the Anderson University volleyball team a 25-17, 25-23, 12-25, 25-16 loss on Senior Night during Wednesday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup at O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.
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Taylor Lawson (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine), Emily Hale (Daleville, Ind./Wes-Del) and Jimena Montano (Algonquin, Ill./Harvest Christian Academy) paced the Ravens (8-16, 2-6) with seven kills apiece. Felicity Bontrager (Goshen, Ind./Fairfield) powered to six blocks. Montano and Olivia Rice (Walkerton, Ind./John Glenn) recorded four blocks apiece. Ashlyn Transier (Swayzee, Ind./Oak Hill) turned in three blocks. Rice contributed five kills.
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Makaylea Alberts (Alexandria, Ind./Alexandria-Monroe) and Kaycie Gates (Newburgh, Ind./Castle) dished out 14 assists and 12 assists, respectively. Brooke Troyer (Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Memorial) scattered 18 digs. Alberts collected 13 digs and Emily Benefiel (Frankton, Ind./Frankton) tallied 12 digs.
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The Ravens finished with a .050 hitting percentage while Manchester (11-14, 1-6) put together a .039 attack percentage.
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Anderson recognized Alberts, Benefiel, Hale, Lawson and student assistant coach Adam Mrzlak for Senior Night. A special recognition was also conducted for volleyball graduate assistant Joe Line.
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The Ravens challenge Hanover College (16-10, 5-2) in the regular-season finale on Saturday at 2 p.m. for an HCAC matchup in Hanover.