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Box Score vs. Central State / Box Score vs. Cedarville

Note: Ursuline College played Central State University in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference semifinal on Nov. 16. Later that night, the Arrows battled Cedarville University. The recaps are below in chronological order.

CEDARVILLE, Ohio ­– The Ursuline College (7-29, 2-6 G-MAC) volleyball team – seeded fourth at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Volleyball Championships - defeated fifth-seeded Central State University (0-18, 0-8) for the third time this season on Friday (Nov. 16) afternoon. The Arrows swept the Marauders 3-0 in the opening match of the postseason tournament. Set scores were 25-4, 25-14 and 25-16.

While it was the third time that the Arrows got past their conference foe, Friday’s victory was clearly the most important as it advanced Donna Day’s team to tonight’s G-MAC Volleyball Championships semifinal against top-seeded Cedarville University (30-6, 8-0 G-MAC). The Yellow Jackets beat Ursuline in the first two meetings of the 2012 season but the Arrows have a shot at revenge in the match that is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

Junior Alex Leister led the team with 10 kills while freshman Elise Harcek had eight and sophomore Brittany Kempf chipped in seven. Junior setter Ashley Reinhart put her teammates in a position to succeed with 31 assists while sophomore libero Kelly Stenger led the defense with nine digs.

Fans can watch a free webcast of tonight’s semifinal and follow free live stats by clicking here.
 
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Update: Nov. 16, 2012 - 9:15 p.m.

CEDARVILLE, Ohio ­– The 2012 Ursuline College volleyball season came to an end on Friday (Nov. 16) night as the Arrows fell to the regular season champions from Cedarville University in the semifinal round of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Volleyball Championships. The match was decided in three sets: 25-22, 25-16, 25-18.

The Arrows finished the season with a 7-30 mark while Cedarville improved to 31-6 and clinched a spot in the G-MAC Championship Match against Trevecca Nazarene University. The final will be held tomorrow (Nov. 17) in Cedarville, Ohio at 1:00 p.m.

Junior Maureen Kelly had nine or Ursuline’s 20 kills against the Yellow Jackets while her classmate Alex Leister was credited with five. Freshman Elise Harcek – tabbed earlier in the day as an honorable mention all-conference selection – had five kills while junior setter Ashley Reinhart chipped in the other two.

Reinhart also assisted on 16 of Ursuline’s 20 kills while sophomore libero Kelly Stenger had a match-high 17 digs.

Tori Thompson led Cedarville with 16 kills and the Yellow Jackets received 10 more kills from Stephanie Rogers. Maddie Anderson had 24 assists while Erica Bartholomew handed out 13 helpers.

Cedarville and Trevecca Nazarene met twice during the regular season with the Yellow Jackets taking both matches. On Oct. 6, CU won in three sets and just last Saturday (Nov. 10) the Trojans pushed it to four sets, reaching at least 19 points in every game.

Fans can watch Saturday’s final or follow the live stats, both available by clicking here.