Commodores Defeat Lakeland in Four Sets; Improve to 3-1 in OCCAC Play

September 18, 2024 - - The Lorain County Community College women's volleyball team defeated Lakeland Community College Wednesday evening at the Ewing Activities Center Gymnasium, 3-1, earning their third Ohio Community College Athletic Conference victory of the 2024 season.

The Commodores improved to 4-5 and 3-1 while Lakeland fell to 4-10 and 0-4.  As a team, LCCC hit .208 and combined for 13 service aces.  Four Commodores (Paige Grobolsek, Beck, Habeck, and Hannan) turned in double-digit dig performances.

Top Commodores

Isabella Beck (Wellington, Ohio/Wellington HS): 9 kills, 18 digs

Gabriella Habeck (Huron, Ohio/Edison HS): 18 kills, 11 digs, .292 hitting pct

Ava Haddix (Amherst, Ohio/Marion L. Steele HS): 41 assists, .211 hitting pct, 5 digs, 2 block kills

Paige Grobolsek (Sheffield Village, Ohio/Brookside HS): 27 digs, 5 service aces

Nilaysia Todd (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS): 11 kills, .348 hitting pct, 2 block kills

Teniya Jenkins (Cleveland, Ohio/Trinity HS): 4 kills, 2 digs

Recap:

Todd opened up the scoring for LCCC in set one with a kill that was assisted by Haddix and it set the tone as they cruised to a 25-16 win.

In the second game, LCCC forced Lakeland to use both of their timeouts after going up 13-8 and then again up 18-10.  After Lakeland's second timeout, both teams traded points and the Commodores took the second game, 25-17.

The Lakers capitalized on six LCCC errors to bounce back in the third set and sneak a victory away from the Commodores and deny them a sweep.  LCCC got down 15-8 earlier on, but fought back to whittle the Laker lead to two points, 24-22.  Lakeland connected for a kill to end the threat, 25-22.  

The fourth game saw the Commodores get back to what won them the first two games: clean play with minimal mistakes. They hit .250 and only had two errors in the final set, winning 25-12.

Next Up:

The Commodores will head to Edison Community College on Friday September 20, 2024 to take on the Chargers in another OCCAC match up.  LCCC was supposed to play at Clark State Community College on Saturday, September 21, but that contest has been cancelled.