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LWC Volleyball's best season ever ends in National semifinals Lindsey Wilson Volleyball's season comes to an end with 3-0 loss to Columbia in NAIA National Semifinals before crowd of 482. Fabulous team concludes the 2015 campaign with a 37-4 record, the most wins in program history, while advancing to the program's first-ever national semifinals. By Charles Balcom News from Lindsey Wilson College SIOUX CITY, IOWA (Sat 5 Dec 2015) - The Lindsey Wilson volleyball team finally saw their 2015 season come to an end on Saturday in the NAIA National Championship Semifinal round as the top-seeded Blue Raiders fell to No. 4 seed Columbia (Mo.) by a 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-19) margin at the Tyson Events Center. The two teams came into the match ranked No. 1 and 2 in team hitting percentages in the NAIA, and by the end of the match the Cougars (32-7) had done enough to outhit the Blue Raiders and knock them out of the national tournament. Lindsey Wilson entered the day having won their previous 29 matches, a streak that included a 3-1 win over Columbia way back on September 5, 2015. But this time around, it would be the Cougars that emerged victorious over the Blue Raiders. The match started with both teams trading points as Columbia inched ahead until Lindsey Wilson took their first lead at 6-5 and later extended it to 8-5. The Cougars quickly responded though and retook the lead 11-10, forcing a Blue Raider timeout. Both squads were evenly matched with each making strong plays along with a few mistakes in the early goings. Columbia created a little separation using an ace and a pair of Blue Raider attack errors to take an 18-14 advantage. Lindsey Wilson hit their powerful shots as they have all tournament but the Columbia back row was there to dig the ball up and extend the action. The Blue Raiders continued to battle and cut it to one at 19-18, but the Cougars responded with three-straight points to take a 22-18 lead. Lindsey Wilson came up with some big points down the stretch including an ace from Anna-Lena Elbers to cut the lead down to 23-21 and even fought off a pair of set points, but Columbia ultimately took the set 25-23 on the kill that sailed just off the fingertips of Candace Timberlake to give the Cougars the 1-0 lead. The opening set was evenly matched by the numbers as the Blue Raiders outhit the Cougars .163 to .156 in the set, with Lindsey Wilson garnering one more kill and Columbia making one less attacking error. Columbia carried the momentum into set two as they opened a 6-0 lead over Lindsey Wilson as the Blue Raiders made three attack errors and were unable to slow the Cougar offense who recorded the other three points on kills. The Blue Raiders needed a rally to get back into the set and rally they did, slowly but surely. Lindsey Wilson began chipping away at the Cougar lead, grabbing points where they could until they were finally able to come all the way back and tie things up at 19-19. The Blue Raiders eventually took their first lead of the set at 21-20 after a kill by Jamie Jehne. But the Cougars promptly responded with four-straight points to take set point at 24-21. Lindsey Wilson fought off two-straight set points and appeared to have fought off a third and brought the match level at 24-24, but it was ruled a Blue Raider touched a ball on a Cougar attack before it sailed out of bounds, giving Columbia the set 25-23 and the 2-0 match lead. The slow start proved to be too much to overcome for Lindsey Wilson in the hard-fought set. The Cougars posted a .300 attacking percentage in the set compared to Lindsey Wilson's .200 mark. When the Blue Raiders struggled to hit around the block, they elected to dump the ball beyond the blockers but with the size and length of the Columbia front line, the Cougars were able to reach up and knock the ball right back to the Lindsey Wilson side of the net. Lindsey Wilson finally got off to a good start in set three as they opened up a 10-6 lead over the Cougars. But Columbia once again put together a string of points and took a 13-12 lead over the Blue Raiders using a 7-4 run. Once again the Blue Raiders found themselves behind and had to work to dig their way out of the deficit. Columbia continued to nurse their small lead and kept the Blue Raiders at a comfortable distance. Leading 20-18, the Cougars continued their powerful shots and scored five of the next six points to win the set 25-19 and take the match 3-0. Lindsey Wilson played lights out in the final set amassing a .412 attacking percentage while committing just one error, but the Blue Raiders were unable to slow down Columbia and the freight train that is Penny Liu as the Cougars matched the intensity with a .409 hitting percentage in the final set. Columbia outhit the Blue Raiders .287 to .248 in the match while holding a slight lead in kills, blocks, assists and aces. Ragni Knudsen led the team with 15 kills while hitting .382 in the loss. Carol Siqueira finished with 11 kills as Makenzie Montano finished with a double-double with 34 assists and 11 digs. Caitlyn Tino led the team with 13 digs. Columbia's Liu powered her way to 20 kills with a .378 attacking percentage in the victory. Lindsey Wilson concludes the 2015 campaign with a 37-4 record, the most wins in program history, while advancing to the program's first-ever national semifinals. This story was posted on 2015-12-05 15:33:19
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