The Forester volleyball team hosted and defeated Knox College
20-25, 25-21, 25-11, 25-13 Tuesday night (October 13). Lake Forest
raised its overall record on the season to 5-14 and league mark to
2-1. The Prairie Fire fell to 3-21 overall and 0-6 in league
play.
The Foresters' last match was eight days ago and the home team
dropped the first set after surrendering five Knox aces. Lake
Forest actually led 16-13 before a 10-1 Prairie Fire run helped the
visitors take the set. Forester freshman Molly McCloskey Riverside,
Ill./Riverside-Brookfield() led all players with four kills in the
set and junior Deena Blanchard (Sparta, Mich./Sparta) had nine
assists.
Blanchard recorded 11 assists and McCloskey added four more kills
in the second set. The Foresters trailed 10-9 before rattling off
five straight points. Lake Forest led by as many as five points
twice and fought off a Knox rally that trimmed the margin to two
23-21 late in the set.
The Foresters scored the first two points and led throughout set
three. It was 11-7 before the home team closed out the set on a
14-4 run. Freshman Cori Cooper (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake
Central) had four kills and a pair of aces and the squad took
advantage of 11 Knox hitting errors in the set.
Set four started with a 7-1 Lake Forest run and the Foresters
gradually increased their lead as it continued. Freshman Megan Trubich (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central) kept play alive with
11 digs in the set and finished with a season-high 28 digs on the
night.
McCloskey led the Foresters with a season-high 13 kills and Cooped
added 10. Cooper and Trubich, who entered the night ranked first
and second, respectively, in the conference in aces per set, each
had three in the match. Blanchard finished with 33 assists.
"We did a fantastic job of controlling the pace of the match during
the final three sets," commented Lake Forest head coach Jen Saylor.
"Our hitters were successful with their shot placement and in
picking apart the Knox defense."
Lake Forest will continue league play Saturday (October 17) against
visiting St. Norbert College. The match will begin at 3:00 p.m.
Live video webcasts of all of Lake Forest's remaining home and
conference matches will be available at
www.pennatlantic.com.
November 10, 2009
Mandi Mulliner and Cori Cooper Named Second Team All-Midwest Conference
November 3, 2009
Cori Cooper Named Midwest Conference Performer of the Week
October 31, 2009
Lake Forest Closes out 2009 Season with a Pair of Victories at Home
October 29, 2009
Mandi Mulliner Named Forester Athlete of the Week
October 28, 2009
Foresters Prevail at Carroll to Remain in MWC Tournament Contention
October 24, 2009
Lake Forest Defeats Grinnell, Falls to Trinity International
October 23, 2009
Foresters Unable to Give Beloit College First Conference Loss
October 20, 2009
Unable to Stop Long Runs, Lake Forest Falls at Ripon
October 13, 2009
Lake Forest Shakes off Rust to Defeat Knox in Four Sets
October 1, 2009
Lake Forest Defeated by Visiting Elmhurst College
September 29, 2009
Foresters Serve Up 18 Aces in Victory over Mount Mary College
September 26, 2009
Lake Forest Settles for Weekend Split after Loss at Monmouth
September 25, 2009
Foresters Come Back to Win in Five Sets at Illinois College
September 19, 2009
Lake Forest Defeated by Benedictine and Host North Central
September 16, 2009
Foresters Fall at University of Chicago
September 12, 2009
Lake Forest Defeats St. Norbert at UW-Oshkosh's Pizza Hut Classic
September 8, 2009
Foresters Drop Heartbreaker to Visiting Wheaton College
September 5, 2009
Lake Forest Finds Going Tough at Elmhurst Invitational
September 2, 2009
Foresters Defeated in Season Opener at Marian University
