Eight Straight Victories For The Commodores As They Sweep Lakeland

October 9, 2024 - - The No. 14 Lorain County Community College volleyball team picked up their 10^th win of the season Wednesday evening with a sweep of the Lakeland Community College Lakers in Kirtland, Ohio (25-19, 25-19, 29-27).

It is the eighth straight win for LCCC as they improve to 10-5 and 7-1 in the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference.  They are finding their groove as a team, they haven't lost in over a month and have won with sweeps in their last three matches.  They hit .279 as a team and combined for 13 blocks.

Top Commodores

Teniya Jenkins (Cleveland, Ohio/Trinity HS): 12 kills, 5 blocks (one solo), .500 hitting

Gabriella Habeck (Huron, Ohio/Edison HS): 14 kills, 2 service aces, 11 digs

Isabella Beck (Wellington, Ohio/Wellington HS): 9 kills, 14 digs, 3 blocks (one solo)

Ava Haddix (Amherst, Ohio/Marion L. Steele HS): 40 assists, 5 kills, two block assist, .455 hitting

Paige Grobolsek (Sheffield Village, Ohio/Brookside HS): 22 digs

Nilaysia Todd (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS): 9 kills, 3 blocks (one solo), .750 hitting

Recap:

The two previous meetings with the Lakers presented challenges for the Commodores with the first meeting going four sets and the second meeting going five.  On Wednesday the Lakers got off to a strong start by jumping out to a 9-5 lead against the Commodores. But that lead slowly dwindled and LCCC busted out an 11-5 run to close out the first set, 25-19.

LCCC kept the momentum going in the second game, using a 6-1 run to force Lakeland into a timeout. LCCC kept the lead throughout the set and forced a second timeout by the Lakers holding 22-18 lead. Out of the timeout, Isabella Beck connected for an ace.  After a service error by the Lakers, LCCC held set point and Ava Haddix hooked up Teniya Jenkins for a kill and the win.

LCCC scored the first six points of the third set and Lakeland called timeout. They continued to increase their lead with kills from Nilaysia Todd and Gabriella Habeck. Lakeland called a timeout with the Commodores leading 18-11 and after that, they started to find a rhythm. They used a 13-3 run to take the lead 25-24 and put the Commodores on the ropes. A service error by the Lakers tied things up and both teams traded points until a kill by Todd broke a 27-27 tie.  Habeck got a kill on the next volley to end the match.

Next Up:

The Commodores next game will be a non-conference meet up with Cuyahoga Community College on Wednesday Oct. 16 at Cuyahoga. Match begins at 6 p.m.