Volleyball team splits week­end matches

Photo By: Kristyn Sonnenberg | Photo EditorRedshirt fresh­man Samantha Fordyce sets it up for the spike at the match against Saginaw Valley State on Friday, in which she chalked up 30 of the Bulldogs’ 31 assists. The team ended up los­ing 0–3, but came back on Saturday to win 3–0 against Lake Superior State.

The Bulldog vol­ley­ball team spilt two home meet­ings this weekend.

Ferris began the week­end with a matchup against Saginaw Valley State on Friday, los­ing in straight sets.

The Bulldogs fell behind by 10 points in the first set, but man­aged to pull within five points late in the match, only to fall 25–19.

The sec­ond set proved to be more com­pet­i­tive for Ferris. The Bulldogs led late in the set 26–25, but could not hold on as Saginaw Valley responded with three straight points to close out the set, 28–26.

Saginaw Valley con­tin­ued its momen­tum from the end of the sec­ond set, jump­ing out to a 3–0 lead to start the third. Ferris was unable to over­come the fast start and strug­gled through the rest of the set, ulti­mately los­ing 25–16.

Junior Arielle Goodson led the way with 10 kills and added four blocks. Redshirt fresh­man Samantha Fordyce car­ried the Bulldogs in assists, notch­ing 30 of the team’s 31 assists. Senior Kristy Gilchrist tal­lied the most digs for the team with 11, while sopho­more Lisa Tobiczyk and sopho­more Ashley Huntey each had 10 digs.

The Bulldogs reclaimed home-court advan­tage on Saturday and com­pleted a sweep of their own, win­ning in three straight sets against Lake Superior State.

Ferris raced to an 8–1 lead early in the first set and posted a 12–5 run dur­ing the mid­dle of the set. Lake Superior State never recov­ered as Ferris went on to con­vinc­ingly win the set, 25–10.

The sec­ond set was closer, as Lake Superior State man­aged to force a 10–10 tie early in the match. Ferris responded with four straight points and never trailed after that, despite a late rally by Lake Superior State that pulled them within two points. The Bulldogs shut the door on the come­back with three kills and an ace, win­ning the match 25–20.

Ferris jumped out to 13–5 advan­tage early in the set. Lake Superior State man­aged to rally to within five points fol­low­ing the run, but could never over­come the quick start by Ferris. The Bulldogs took advan­tage of mul­ti­ple errors by Lake Superior State and com­pleted the sweep with a 25–16 vic­tory in the final set.

Freshman Anne Sutton led the team with a match-high 13 kills. Redshirt fresh­man Samantha Fordyce had a match-high 27 assists for Ferris, scor­ing 27 of the team’s 34 assists. Sophomores Lisa Tobiczyk and Ashley Huntey led the team in digs, with 12 and five respectively.

After this weekend’s home stand, the Bulldogs improved their record to 12–5 over­all and boosted their con­fer­ence record to 5–2. The Bulldogs are cur­rently in first place in the GLIAC North Division.

Ferris will be back in action next week­end with two matches on the road. The Bulldogs will face Findlay on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. and will play Hillsdale on Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. Hillsdale cur­rently leads the South Division with a 6–1 con­fer­ence record.

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