Commodores Sweep Terra State To Sweep Season Series

October 4, 2023 - - The Lorain County Community College women's volleyball team picked up their sixth win of the season and their second against Terra State Community College Titans in 2023 with a 3-0 sweep on the road in Fremont, Ohio.  Six days ago the Commodores defeated the Titans in Elyria with that game also ending in a sweep for LCCC.

Top Commodores

Gabbie Barrison (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) – 10 kills, .261 hitting percentage

Josie Filice (Lakewood, Ohio/Lakewood HS) – 9 kills, .214 hitting percentage

Maggie Riley (Elyria, Ohio/Midview HS) – 23 assists, 13 digs, 3 kills, 3 service aces

Lexa Bunevich (Lakewood, Ohio/Lakewood HS) – 20 digs, two service aces, 3 assists

Kylie Zocchi (Avon, Ohio/Avon HS) – 5 kills, .227 hitting percentage, 4 service aces, 14 digs

Brianna Vidovich (Lorain, Ohio/Elyria Catholic HS) – 4 service aces, 7 digs

Nilaysia Todd (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) – 5 kills, 1 service ace, 3 solo blocks

Recap

Playing without outside hitter Abbey Williams (North Ridgeville, Ohio/First Baptist Christian School) and reigning Ohio Community College Athletic Conference Libero of the Year Izabel Gallardo-Santo Domingo, LCCC (6-8, 5-4) used Bunevich in place of Gallardo-Santo Domingo at libero, Barrison at outside hitter, and Jordan Rodriguez (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) on the back line.

Set one saw the Commodores score the first four points to take an early lead only to let Terra State (2-11, 1-6) climb back in to take a 10-9 advantage.  After LCCC regained the lead at 14-13, Riley found Zocchi for a kill to extend the lead and then Bunevich connected for an ace to put the Commodores up 17-13 and force Terra into a timeout. Zocchi and Todd landed kills after the timeout and Vidovich got a service ace to extend the lead to eight.  LCCC won the first set 25-16.

Terra opened the scoring with a point to start set two, but that would be the last time they led as LCCC ballooned their lead up to 14-6 before Terra called a timeout. From there, the Commodores stayed on the attack punctuated by Filice's kill to give LCCC the win, 25-16.

The Commodores faced some adversity in the third set, falling behind the Titans 3-0 to start.  However, Filice got LCCC on the board with a kill, Zocchi followed with one of her own, and Todd blocked a Titan attack to tie the set, 3-3.  LCCC took the lead at 5-4 and never looked back as the Commodores cruised to victory, 25-16.

Notes

• LCCC hit .156 as a team and combined for 15 services aces
• Lexa Bunevich has led the Commodores in digs for the first time this season and also made her first start at libero in 2023.
• Riley had her 12^th straight match of double digit assists and digs and has had at least one service ace in all 14 matches this season (ranked first in OCCAC in total aces with 40 and aces per set with .78/set).
• Filice has had five or more kills in all matches this season. She ranks fourth in total kills (150), kills per set (2.94), and hitting percentage (.261) in the OCCAC.
• Jordan Rodriguez made her first start in 2023.
• Gabbie Barrison had her first career double digit kill match.
• Todd continues to be a force on the net getting her fifth multi-block match in the last eight matches.

Next Up

LCCC will take on Lakeland Community College (5-10, 1-4) this Wednesday, October 11, in Kirtland, Ohio for another OCCAC match up. LCCC defeated Lakeland on August 30 at home to get their first win of the 2023 season. 

For more information on LCCC Athletics, visit athletics.lorainccc.edu