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MASON, Ohio – The Trevecca Nazarene University volleyball team (18-11) defeated Kentucky Wesleyan College (9-19) in five sets, 25-22, 25-22, 20-25, 16-25, 15-6, to advance to the 2015 Great Midwest Athletic Conference semifinals. The championships are being played at the Mason (OH) Arena.

 

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Trevecca will play Alderson Broaddus University (14-17, 8-2 G-MAC) on Friday at 6:30 PM in the semifinals. The series between TNU and ABU is tied at 2-2. The Battlers defeated the Trojans in their lone meeting this year. ABU defeated TNU 25-21, 22-25, 25-13, 25-22 on October 9th in Philippi, WV - WATCH TNU/ABU LIVE

 

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The winner advances to Saturday's Championship game. The six-team championship will conclude at Noon on Saturday. The TNU/ABU winner faces the winner of the other semifinal between #2 Davis & Elkins College (15-15) and #1 Cedarville University (18-14). That semifinal starts at 4 PM CT. D&E defeated Ursuline College (8-24) 19-25, 25-21, 27-25, 27-25 in Thursday's tournament opener. WATCH CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE

 

Trevecca head coach Jayme Crowley stated, "We survived the trap match. It is hard to beat a team three times. Clare Taylor had a phenomenal performance and much deserved as she has been putting in tons of extra work outside of regular practices."

  

Katelyn Atkinson broke the G-MAC record for points in a season. Atkinson now has 531 points on the season, breaking the record set by Alyx Henry last year. Henry scored 525 points last year, Atkinson has 531 points this year.

Atkinson is now the season leader in kills with 466, breaking the record set by Alyx Henry and her 455 last year.

Atkinson became the G-MAC's current all-time career leader in kills (1,265), surpassing Ohio Valley's Alyx Henry.

Trevecca is 5-6 all-time versus KWC and now own a 3-0 record against the Panthers this season.

The Trojans have won six consecutive matches and after winning the first two sets against KWC, they had a 17-set winning streak.

The Trojans are 5-2 on a neutral court this season.

 

Clare Taylor led Trevecca with 22 kills and a .259 attack percentage and added 12 digs for a double-double. Katelyn Atkinson had a .356 attack percentage with 20 kills and added 10 digs for the double-double. Atkinson had five assists and three block assists.

 

Ashleigh Lozier had 10 digs. Loren Bennett added 47 assists and had a team-high 16 digs.

 

Trevecca took the first two sets by the identical scores of 25-22.

 

In the first set Trevecca jumped out to a 10-4 lead and never allowed KWC to catch them. KWC did cut it to one on a few occasions, but each time the Trojans pulled away. Stephanie Bouchard paced TNU with six points on serve. 

 

KWC started with an 8-4 lead in the second set. Loren Bennett led the Trojans with eight points on set, including six in a row that took a tied match and opened up a 22-16 TNU advantage. KWC scored five straight on the serve of Nicole Veneman, but with the score tied 22-22 a service error gave the Trojans the lead and the serve. Clare Taylor served the final two points of the match for  2-0 Trojan lead.

 

Set three was all KWC early as they scored the first seven. Trevecca cut the lead to a point, but could not get over the hump.

 

The third set was even more of a dominant performance by the Panthers. They held an 18-10 lead and the Trojans would get no closer than five the rest of the way. The Panthers won 25-16, sending the match to a fifth set.

 

Trevecca, after falling behind 1-0, scored seven straight for a 7-1 lead. Trevecca led 9-3 and continued that pace for a 15-6 victory.

 

In the fifth set Katelyn Atkinson hit for .800 with four kills and no errors.

 

As a team the Trojans hit for .615 with eight kills and no errors in 13 attacks.

 

FIVE SET MATCHES

Trevecca is 3-1 in five-set matches. Their first win was in the very first conference match, a 3-2 win at Ursuline College. Trevecca had a five-set win over King University in the middle of their extended road trip. The five-set loss was the first home match after that road trip to Cedarville. Which was also the last time the Trojans lost a set prior to the third set versus KWC Thursday. 

 

TREVECCA VERSUS THE FIELD

#3 Ursuline College (8-24) TNU is 5-3 URS (eliminated)

#2 Davis & Elkins College (15-15) TNU is 4-0 vs D&E

#1 Alderson Broaddus University (14-17, 8-2 G-MAC) TN is 2-2 vs ABU

#1 Cedarville University (18-14, 9-1 G-MAC) TNU is 2-8 vs CED

 

TROJAN GENERAL NOTES

The Trojans are on a six-match winning streak. 

The Trojans were 4-6 after their first 10 matches of the year and are 14-5 since that

TNU ended with the third best record in the G-MAC 

The seven conference wins are the most for the Trojans in the G-MAC era. 

The 2011-12 team had nine wins in the last year of the TranSouth era. 

The 18 overall wins is the most for a Trojan team since the 2012-13 team picked up 23 wins. 

The team will end the year with a winning record.

 

TROJAN INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES RECORDS 

Loren Bennett is now third on the TNU all-time assists list with 2586. Natalie Pifer is the career leader with 5722 and Kelly Huff ended her career with 4650.

 

Katelyn Atkinson now has 1265 career kills and is second all-time in that category. Michelle Arend Plummer is the career leader with 1369.

 

SEASON RANKINGS - G-MAC 

 

Points

Katelyn Atkinson has 531 points - 2015

525 Alyx Henry, Ohio Valley 2014

496 Imani Ward, Ohio Valley 2014

491 Kristen Johnson, Trevecca Nazarene 2012

486 Kelsey Volkmer, Urbana 2012

472.5 Katelyn Atkinson, Trevecca Nazarene 2014

 

Points Per Set

4.54 – Kelsey Volkmer, Urbana - 2012

Katelyn Atkinson is averaging 5.04 points per set – 2015

 

Total Kills

Katelyn Atkinson has 466 Kills - 2015

450 Alyx Henry, Ohio Valley 2014

 

Kills Per Set

4.13 – Kelsey Volkmer, Urbana - 2012

Katelyn Atkinson is averaging 4.42 Kills Per Set – 2015

 

Total Attacks

1,201 Alyx Henry, Ohio Valley 2014

1,195 Kelsey Volkmer, Urbana 2012

1,172 Kristen Johnson, Trevecca Nazarene 2012

Katelyn Atkinson has 1077 - 2015

1,098 Alyx Henry, Ohio Valley 2013

1,007 Imani Ward, Ohio Valley 2014

 

Total Assists

1,242 Jessica Simpson, Ohio Valley 2014

1,179 Jessica Simpson, Ohio Valley 2013

Loren Bennett 1076 assists 2015

1,038 Jordan Rickert, Kentucky Wesleyan 2013

1,007 Kayla Peterson, Alderson Broaddus 2013

961 Molly Hilfinger, Ursuline 2013

961 Loren Bennett, Trevecca Nazarene 2014

 

Assists Per Set

10.18 – Jessica Simpson, OVU – 2014

Loren Bennett is averaging 10.29 assists per set – 2015

 

Blocks Total

117 – Victoria Morgan Alderson Broaddus – 2013

107 Tori Thompson, Cedarville 2013

103 Felicia Zartman, Ohio Valley 2014

101 Tori Thompson, Cedarville 2014

99 Felicia Zartman, Ohio Valley 2013

Alex Reuter (FR/Brentwood, TN) 82 – 2015

Katelyn Atkinson 76 – 2015

Janessa Hodge (FR/Nashville, MI) 67 – 2015

 

Block Assists

261 Tori Thompson, Cedarville, 2012-14

242 Hannah Wagner, Cedarville, 2012-14

172 *Rachel Krikke, Cedarville, 2013-15

162 Stephanie Rogers, Cedarville, 2012-14

153 *Jayla McCrary, Alderson Broaddus, 2013-15

149 Victoria Morgan, Alderson Broaddus, 2013-14

141 *Alyssa Barkley, Cedarville, 2012-15

140 Felicia Zartman, Ohio Valley, 2013-14

142 *Katelyn Atkinson, TNU, 2013-15

 

Blocks Per Set *Not updated

.99 – Victoria Morgan – 2013

0.90 Rachel Krikke, Cedarville 2014

0.87 Felicia Zartman, Ohio Valley 2014

0.86 Janae Harris, Salem International 2014

0.85 Tori Thompson, Cedarville 2013

Alex Reuter .89 blocks per set – 2015

Janessa Hodge .83 blocks per set – 2015

 

CAREER RANKINGS - G-MAC   

 

Points

1455 – Alyx Henry OVU (active)

1443.5 – Katelyn Atkinson – TNU (Active)

 

Kills

1265 - Katelyn Atkinson – TNU (Active)

1255 - Alyx Henry – OVU (Active)

 

Assists

2478 – Maddie Ledbetter – CED 2012-14

2421 – Jessica Simpson – OVU - 2013–14

2338 – Loren Bennett – TNU - (Active senior)

2081 – Kristin Cardwell – CED - 2013–15

 

Digs *Not updated

Bennett (1245) could end up as high as third in the career digs list

Atkinson (927) could be as high as fourth after this season. 

Angela Becker of Cedarville and Megan Morrison of Ohio Valley will likely be 1-2 in career digs following the season.

 

Blocks *Not updated

(8th) 173 Victoria Morgan, Alderson Broaddus, 2013-14 

(t7th) 158 *Katelyn Atkinson, Trevecca Nazarene, 2013-15 

*Delaney Hearne, Trevecca Nazarene, 2013-15