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MASON, Ohio – The Trevecca Nazarene University volleyball team (19-11) defeated #1 seed Alderson Broaddus University (14-18) in three sets (25-17, 27-25, 25-18) to advance to the 2015 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championship Final. The 2015 G-MAC Championships are being played at the Mason (OH) Arena.

  

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The six-team championship will conclude at Noon on Saturday with #1 seed and regular season champion Cedarville defending their championship against the Trojans. Trevecca is 2-8 all-time versus the Yellow Jackets. Trevecca lost two heart-breakers versus CU during the regular season this year.

 

Cedarville University improved to 19-14 after defeating #3 seed Davis & Elkins College (15-16) in the other semifinal on Friday.

 

Trevecca head coach Jayme Crowley stated, "We played with stubborn grit and we had a total team effort! I am so proud of John (Radzimanowski) and the girls! "

  

Katelyn Atkinson (JR/Hermitage, TN) broke the G-MAC record for points in a season. Atkinson now has 543.5 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 G-MAC season leader in kills with 477, 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 (1,276), surpassing Ohio Valley's Alyx Henry.

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

Trevecca has won 21 of their last 23 sets.

The Trojans are 6-2 on a neutral court this season.

 

Trevecca trailed 8-7 in the opening set, but after a side out on a kill from Clare Taylor (FR/Milan, TN), Taylor served two straight points for Trevecca for a 10-8 TNU lead. Later, with TNU up 15-13, Katelyn Atkinson got a side out with a kill and then Zakia Jackson (SR/Hermitage, TN) served five straight points for a 21-13 TNU lead. Trevecca won the set 25-17.

 

Trevecca jumped ahead 6-1 in set two, but ABU rallied to take a 15-14 lead. The match was tight the rest of the way. Trevecca served for the set win at 24-23 and 25-24 before eventually getting the win (27-25) in extra points on a serve from Atkinson and a kill from Taylor.

 

ABU led 5-2 in the third set. Trevecca pulled ahead 6-5, but again ABU pulled ahead and led until TNU turned a 13-11 deficit into a 17-13 lead with a 6-2 run. From there the Trojans continued to add to the lead for a 25-18 win.

 

As a team the Purple and White hit for .252 with 44 kills and only 14 errors in 119 attacks.

 

Clare Taylor led Trevecca with 12 kills and a .212 attack percentage and added 13 digs for a double-double. Katelyn Atkinson had a .233 attack percentage with 11 kills and added 12 digs for the double-double. Atkinson had four assists and three block assists. Alex Reuter had a .500 attack percentage with eight kills. Janessa Hodge (FR/Nashville, MI) had six blocks (two solo/four assists).

 

Ashleigh Lozier (SO/Murfreesboro, TN) had seven digs and three service aces. Loren Bennett (SR/Ooltewah, TN) added 35 assists and equaled Taylor with a team-high 13 digs.

  

THREE SET MATCHES

Trevecca is 10-5 in three-set matches with five consecutive three-set wins to end the regular season. They started the season with two three-set wins. Trevecca's three-set losses were all out of conference. 

 

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. 

  

TROJAN GENERAL NOTES

The Trojans are on a seven-match winning streak. 

The Trojans were 4-6 after their first 10 matches of the year and are 15-5 since.

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

The seven regular season 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 19 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 2621. Natalie Pifer is the career leader with 5722 and Kelly Huff ended her career with 4650.

 

Katelyn Atkinson now has 1276 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 543.5 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 4.98 points per set – 2015

 

Total Kills

Katelyn Atkinson has 477 Kills - 2015

450 Alyx Henry, Ohio Valley 2014

 

Kills Per Set 

4.13 – Kelsey Volkmer, Urbana - 2012

Katelyn Atkinson is averaging 4.38 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 1107 - 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 1111 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  84 – 2015

Katelyn Atkinson 79 – 2015

Janessa Hodge  74 – 2015

  

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 .87 blocks per set – 2015

Janessa Hodge .86 blocks per set – 2015

 

CAREER RANKINGS - G-MAC   

 

Points

1456 – Katelyn Atkinson – TNU (Active)

1455 – Alyx Henry OVU (active)

 

Kills

1276 - Katelyn Atkinson – TNU (Active)

1255 - Alyx Henry – OVU (Active)

 

Assists

2478 – Maddie Ledbetter – CED 2012-14

2421 – Jessica Simpson – OVU - 2013–14

2373 – Loren Bennett – TNU - (Active senior)

2081 – Kristin Cardwell – CED - 2013–15