Oct. 25, 2008

Hope Stats
Mount Union Stats

ADRIAN, Mich. - The volleyball team played host to a triangular on Saturday and dropped a pair of matches to #17 Hope and Mount Union. The Bulldogs fell 25-27, 17-25, 22-25 to the Flying Dutch in the morning match and 26-24, 18-25, 17-25, 23-25 to the Raiders in the afternoon match. Both opponents are 20-win teams this season and Hope entered the match ranked 17th in Division III.

Rebecca Tincknell led Adrian with nine kills against Hope and hit .450 on 20 attacks with no errors. She also had five digs and one block assist. Valerie Smith added six kills and hit .333 with two errors and 12 attacks. She also had one block solo and two block assists. Natalie Niblock recorded 29 assists and six digs. Adrian hit .175 for the match while Hope hit .213 and had seven service aces.

Mary Rinke reached double figures with 10 kills against Mount Union. She hit .318 with three errors and 22 attacks. She also had two service aces and six digs. Katie Macfarlan recorded 31 assists and five digs at setter. Samantha Mercy led Adrian with 14 digs building on her all-time digs mark at the College. Courtney Sellers tallied six kills and a .174 hitting percentage. She also had five digs and one block assist.

Adrian is now 11-13 overall and 7-8 in the MIAA.