The Lake Forest College volleyball team was defeated in four sets by North Central College Saturday morning and also in four sets by Benedictine University later in the afternoon. Freshman Brittany Avonts and sophomore Erin Sully combined for 42 kills on the day.
Avons and Sully pounded out 13 kills apiece in the 25-22, 25-18, 22-25, 25-18 loss to North Central. Sully also tallied a season-high 18 digs for her second double-double of the year. Junior Torie Pasiewicz led the home team with 25 assists, Sully with two aces, and Avonts with three blocks.
The Foresters led the first set of the day 20-14 before the Cardinals rattled off seven straight points to take the lead. After Lake Forest tied the score at 21, North Central won the next three points en route to a 25-22 set win.
The Cardinals jumped out to a 15-7 advantage in set two before a six-point run by the Foresters narrowed the gap. The home team would get no closer, however, and North Central eventually won by seven.
Neither team led by more than three points at any point in the third set. The score was tied 13 times, the last at 22, before Pasiewicz assisted Sully for three consecutive points to take the set.
Lake Forest led by as many as four points early in set four but the visitors quickly came back and regained the edge. The Cardinals held a 17-15 lead before rattling off six straight points and eventually closing out the match.
Benedictine defeated North Central 25-19, 25-13, 25-17.
Avonts had a team-high nine kills in the Foresters' 25-11, 25-23, 21-25, 25-23 loss to Benedictine. Sophomore K.C. Wenson was next on the team with eight while Sully and freshman Paige Jespersen chipped in with seven apiece. Junior Brooke Perkins led the team with 16 digs and Sully had 12. Pasiewicz recorded 17 assists, one more than senior Victoria Drasler.
Benedictine won seven of the match's first eight points and continued to pull away for the lopsided victory.
Lake Forest had an 8-5 lead in set two but the Eagles took six of the next seven points to take their own three-point advantage. The visitors maintained their lead and reached match point while the Foresters still had 18. Lake Forest won five straight points to pull to within one but Benedictine denied the comeback bid by notching the 25th point.
The Foresters broke a 10-10 tie in set three with six points in a row and led by at least three the rest of the way.
Set four was tied at 11 before a pair of Benedictine points put the visitors ahead for good. Lake Forest kept the score close and fought off a pair of match points before the Eagles closed out the match.
Lake Forest fell to 2-5 on the season while Benedictine's sweep evened its record at 3-3. North Central is now 3-4.
The Foresters will host Mount Mary College Tuesday night at 7:00.
