NASHVILLE - The Trevecca Nazarene University volleyball team (7-8, 5-6 G-MAC) defeated Great Midwest Athletic Conference opponent, Ohio Dominican University (2-16, 0-10 G-MAC), 3-1 (25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23) on Saturday afternoon in Trojan Fieldhouse. 

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SERIES HISTORY

TNU leads the all-time series, 3-1. The Trojans have a two-game win streak in the series after split last season's meetings with the Panthers winning in four sets in Columbus first before Trevecca secured a three-set home contest.

GAME CHRONICLE  

Trevecca 3, Ohio Valley 1

The Trojans fell behind 3-1, but roared ahead 7-4 and led the remainder of the first set … Trevecca led early, 6-1, in the second set, but ODU rallied to lead for most of the middle section of the set, Trevecca trailed 15-9 and then 21-17 before scoring the last eight points of the set with seven points on serve from Lydia Yonce … the tight third set had 18 ties and eight lead changes with the visiting Panthers getting the last surge, with Trevecca leading 22-20 Ohio Dominican closed out  the set outscoring the Trojans 5-1 and extending the match to a fourth set … the Panthers carried the momentum into the fourth set with a 6-1 lead and led 10-5, both times the Trojans rallied with long serves turns – first with Jordan Sprinkle and then with Leilani Victor … the set had 12 ties, but only one lead change, the finally claimed the lead at 21-20 and never trailed again

TOP TROJANS

Madison Martin led the Trojans with 13 kills and a .323 (13 K, 3 E, 31 TA) attack percentage … Madison Clements hit for .667 (10 K, 0 E, 15 TA) and added four blocks … Martin added 13 digs … Jordan Sprinkle had seven kills (.385 %) and seven blocks … Leilani victor and 23 assists … Lydia Yonce had six kills, three service aces, 26 digs, and two blocks.  

TROJAN TEAM TRENDS

The Trojans hit .281 (12 K, 3 E, 32 TA) in the first set and hit .312 (13 K, 3 E, 32 TA) in the fourth … there were 18 ties and eight lead changes in the nip and tuck third set … the Trojans led in blocks 11-4.5

WHAT'S NEXT 

The Trojans conclude their three-game home stint with a meeting against Alabama-Huntsville (15-4, 5-2 GSC) on Tuesday at 6 PM in the Trojan Fieldhouse. UAH leads the series 5-1. An interesting twist is the older sister of Trojan freshman Lydia Yonce is a senior for UAH. Trevecca associate head coach Emily Moore coached the older (Lorah) Yonce when they were both at Hume Fogg High School in Nashville.

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