Tigers Cruise Past Kenyon And Denison

The Wittenberg Tigers continued to take care of business against North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) competition, taking a pair of matches by 3-0 scores on Day 1 of the conference's Power Weekend activities at the College of Wooster.

Kenyon

11-14, 5-6 NCAC

Wittenberg

21-2, 10-0 NCAC

Final	1	2	3	T
Kenyon 11-14, 5-6 NCAC	15	9	10	0
Wittenberg 21-2, 10-0 NCAC	25	25	25	3

Denison

10-11, 5-4 NCAC

Wittenberg

22-2, 11-0 NCAC

Final	1	2	3	T
Denison 10-11, 5-4 NCAC	13	13	15	0
Wittenberg 22-2, 11-0 NCAC	25	25	25	3

October 15, 2011

Game Leaders

Kenyon

K: 2 Players (#7, #9) - 4

B: 2 Players (#9, #16) - 1

D: 2 Players (#6, #7) - 7

SA: Hannah Shank - 1

Wittenberg

K: 2 Players (#18, #22) - 11

B: Andrea Behling - 5

D: Christina Gilene - 11

SA: Meghan Vodopich - 4

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Kenyon	Wittenberg
Hitting %	.000	.464
Blocks	2.0	10.0
Digs	33	46
Aces	1	7

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Game Leaders

Denison

K: Lauren Strowder - 6

B: Madison Owen - 4

D: Brittany Brannon - 9

SA: N/A

Wittenberg

K: Kimmie Dyer - 13

B: 2 Players (#6, #18) - 2

D: Christina Gilene - 9

SA: 2 Players (#12, #21) - 3

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Denison	Wittenberg
Hitting %	.153	.392
Blocks	5.0	3.0
Digs	28	28
Aces	0	11

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Kate Shoemaker

WOOSTER, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers continued to take care of business against North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) competition, taking a pair of matches by 3-0 scores on Day 1 of the conference's Power Weekend activities at the College of Wooster.

Wins over Kenyon and Denison moved the fourth-ranked Tigers to 22-2 overall and 11-0 in the NCAC. The Tigers have a two-game lead with five matches to play, starting with a pair on Sunday against winless Oberlin and third-place DePauw. Wittenberg is in search of its 16th NCAC regular season title in the last 17 years and sixth in a row.

The win over Kenyon, Wittenberg's second in four days, came by set scores of 25-15, 25-9, 25-10. Sophomore Andrea Behling (Columbus, Ind./North) was simply outstanding, pounding a whopping 11 kills on just 12 attempts for a blistering .917 attack percentage. Freshman Meghan Vodopich (Canton, Ohio/Perry) was strong as well, finishing with four aces, five kills and 29 assists.

Against Denison, the Tigers were victors by set scores of 25-13, 25-12, 25-16. Senior Kimmie Dyer (Copley, Ohio/Copley) led the offense with eight kills, while the defense got a lift from a pair of freshman. Ali Hock-James (Cincinnati, Ohio/Amelia) contributed three blocks and Kate Shoemaker (Valvonia, Ind./Brownstown Central) chipped in eight digs.