Volleyball Falls to Trevecca Nazarene 3-1 in GMAC Championship Semifinal

The Dragons fell to Trevecca Nazarene in the semifinals of the GMAC Championship tournament. (Photo by Jacob Hoffman)
The Dragons fell to Trevecca Nazarene in the semifinals of the GMAC Championship tournament. (Photo by Jacob Hoffman)

The Tiffin University Volleyball team (15-17, 8-9 GMAC) fell to the Trevecca Nazarene Trojans 3-1.

The Trojans won 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, and 25-14.

Trevecca jumped out to a 4-2 lead in the first set, but Tiffin bounced back with a 5-0 run to lead 8-6. The Trojans responded with a 3-0 run to lead 9-8, but the Dragons countered with a 5-1 run to lead 13-10. Trevecca chipped away at TU's lead as they went on a 7-3 run to lead 17-16. Tiffin rallied to outscore the Trojans 9-3 down the stretch to take the first set 25-20.

Tiffin kept their momentum in the second set and built a 10-7 lead, but Trevecca responded with a 3-0 run to tie the game at 10-10. The Dragons went on a 4-1 run to lead 14-11. However, the Trojans responded with a 7-2 run to take an 18-16 lead. In a back-and-forth game, Tiffin came back again with a 5-1 run to lead 21-19. Trevecca had the final rally and went on a 6-1 run to take the second set 25-22.

In the third set, the two teams were deadlocked early at 6-6. Tiffin was able to jump out to a 12-9 lead and held the lead until the Trojans went on a 3-0 run later in the set to lead 17-16. Trevecca outscored the Dragons 5-0 to lead 24-20 and held off a late surge from TU to win the third set 25-23.

The Trojans jumped out to an early 5-1 lead and built up a 9-4 lead early in the fourth set. Trevecca put on the pressure and went on a 7-1 run to take a 23-12 lead and won the fourth set 25-14.

The Dragons' offense was led by Kaylee Freund who had 12 kills, with a .280 hitting percentage, one block assist, and two solo blocks, Wakaya Wilson registered 10 kills, a .128 hitting percentage, five digs, and one block assist, and Taylor Peterson had nine kills, with a .167 hitting percentage, one dig, and one block assist.

Clare Kwiatkowski tallied 44 assists, nine digs, and two block assists, Josie Reinhart had nine kills with a .086 hitting percentage, seven digs, and one block assist, and Diana Heitkamp recorded 23 digs and two assists.