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Marian University Ind.

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University of Northw UNIVERSI 4-3
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Winner Marian (IN) MARIAN ( 4-1
University of Northw UNIVERSI
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Marian (IN) MARIAN (
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University of Northw UNIVERSI 20 13 14 (0)
Marian (IN) MARIAN ( 25 25 25 (3)
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Indiana East INDIANA 6-2
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Winner Marian (IN) MARIAN ( 5-1
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Marian (IN) MARIAN (
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Indiana East INDIANA 18 29 18 25 12 (2)
Marian (IN) MARIAN ( 25 27 25 23 15 (3)

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8/29/2024 | 6:00 PM ET

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Game Recap: Volleyball |

Knights Finish off Onset Invite on a High Note

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Fort Wayne, Ind.- Marian ended off the onset invite with back-to-back victories with a 3-0 win over UNOH and a 3-2 win over IU-East. The Nights are now 5-1 overall on the season.

Game 1| Marian 3-0 UNOH| 25-20, 25-13, 25-14

The Knights got out to an early lead with back to back kills from Gabby Fish and Khori Dryden. Marian soon went on a 8-0 run starting off with Nicole Wilkinson's kill to push an UNOH timeout setting the score 10-2. Throughout the set Marian never gave up the lead with kills from Sarah Bennett, Mikayala Christiansen, Fish, and Madison Brooks highlighting the set. The Knights ended the set with a kill by Christiansen settling the set score 25-20. Garnering Marian the lead in the match.

Marian got up early in the second set with Fish's kills, Wilkinson's and Dryden's blocks highlighting the first run of the set, claiming the 5-1 lead for Marian. Wilkinson was a key player through the set claiming six kills and two blocks to claim the 25-13 set win for the Knights.

Unlike the first two matches the third was a very back-and-forth battle for both sides tallying five tie sets before the Knights turned the heat up to increase the lead. Fish led the first run claiming 2 kills in the 5-0 run for Marian. Chrisitiansen played a key role in the second run tallying two kills.  The Knights finished off the set off of a serve from Sami Luttle to force an attack error from UNOH to secure the 25-14 win for the Knights. 

Fish led the team in kills with 13 in the match, while Christiansen was close behind with 10. Logan Smith dominated and led the team in assists with 24. Emma Lyons led the team in digs with 17 for the match and Wilkinson led the team in block assists with seven.

Game 2 | Marian 3-2 IU-East| 25-18, 27-29, 25-18, 23-25, 15-12

The Knights started off the match against IU-East fighting for the lead with Gabby Fish recording two kills in a row, followed up by two attacking errors off of the red wolves to level the set 4–4. The set continued to go back-and-forth on the court tallying five ties before Marian pushed forward. With Sarah Bennett at the serve, she claimed one ace and multiple attacking errors from IU-East to extend the Knights lead. Marian finished off the set with kills from Bennett, Madison Brooks, and Mikayla Christiansen as well as a service Ace from Sydney Schaeffer, to claim the 25-18 victory in the first set.

Marian scored early in the second set with Nicole Wilkinson and Fish having key kills early to gain the lead. Brooks, Bennett, and Kori Dryden all had key blocks on the opponents kills to extend the lead 10-6. Both sides of the court swapped points with the night still in the lead until the red wolves gained the upper hand with the extra points to take the 29-27 victory in set two.

After the tough loss in set two the Knights, picked it back up and set three taking the early lead with fish leading the way and kills with three consecutive kills to take the 7-1 lead. After a couple back-and-forth points, Marian went on a 4-0 run with Fish and Logan Smith claiming kills to increase the score to 18-12. The nights went on one more run before ending the set after back-and-forth points with Dryden leading the run with a kill. Marian came out victorious 25-18 and the third set taking the 2-1 lead in the match.

Marian got off to an early start taking the lead with Wilkinson,Dryden, Smith, and Fish all claiming kills early in the set. IU-East pushed at the night lead, but Marian pushed back equally as tough, having 11 ties with Dryden, Christiansen, and Avery Toole claiming points for the Knights. Before the red wolves took charge finishing the set off in a 25-23 victory over Marian.

IU-East claimed the lead early in the fifth set out scoring the Knights 8-3. But Marian continued to put up the final fight going on a 4-0 run followed up by a 3-0 run to claim the lead. Brooks claimed a kill in each run, giving the nights the 10-9 lead. At match-point Christiansen hit two back-to-back kills to claim the 15-12 set win as well as the 3-2 win for Marian.

Fish led the team in kills with 17, with Christiansen not far behind with 15. Smith tallied 32 assists and Sami Luttel tallied 25. Christiansen also claimed the most digs with 28 while Emma Lyons had 22. Bennett and Wilkinson each had 3 block assists in the game.

The Knights will be back in action next week on the road for their New Orleans tournament starting off with a game against Loyola (La.) on Thursday, August 29th at 6:00 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Sarah Bennett

#19 Sarah Bennett

MH
6' 0"
Junior
Madison Brooks

#9 Madison Brooks

OH
6' 1"
Senior
Mikayla Christiansen

#15 Mikayla Christiansen

OH
6' 1"
Senior
Khori Dryden

#22 Khori Dryden

OH
5' 9"
Sophomore
Gabby Fish

#6 Gabby Fish

RS
5' 10"
Senior
Sami Luttel

#5 Sami Luttel

S
5' 6"
Sophomore
Emma Lyons

#12 Emma Lyons

DS/L
5' 8"
Junior
Logan Smith

#1 Logan Smith

S
5' 8"
Senior
Avery Toole

#17 Avery Toole

OH/RS
5' 11"
Junior
Nicole Wilkinson

#7 Nicole Wilkinson

MH
5' 11"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Sarah Bennett

#19 Sarah Bennett

6' 0"
Junior
MH
Madison Brooks

#9 Madison Brooks

6' 1"
Senior
OH
Mikayla Christiansen

#15 Mikayla Christiansen

6' 1"
Senior
OH
Khori Dryden

#22 Khori Dryden

5' 9"
Sophomore
OH
Gabby Fish

#6 Gabby Fish

5' 10"
Senior
RS
Sami Luttel

#5 Sami Luttel

5' 6"
Sophomore
S
Emma Lyons

#12 Emma Lyons

5' 8"
Junior
DS/L
Logan Smith

#1 Logan Smith

5' 8"
Senior
S
Avery Toole

#17 Avery Toole

5' 11"
Junior
OH/RS
Nicole Wilkinson

#7 Nicole Wilkinson

5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
MH