Volleyball Team (10/14/23)
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Harper College HARPER C
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Winner Lake Michigan Colleg LAKE MIC
Harper College HARPER C
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Final
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Lake Michigan Colleg LAKE MIC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Harper College HARPER C 17 25 27 19 (1)
Lake Michigan Colleg LAKE MIC 25 21 29 25 (3)
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Harper College HARPER C
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Winner Southwestern Michiga SOUTHWES
Harper College HARPER C
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Final
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Southwestern Michiga SOUTHWES
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Harper College HARPER C 22 25 16 (0)
Southwestern Michiga SOUTHWES 25 27 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Harper Volleyball loses 2 in Michigan this weekend

Volleyball Quad (4-teams) at Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 10-14-2023
Harper College lost to Southwestern Michigan 22-25, 25-27, 16-25
Benton Harbor, MI: Last year, Harper volleyball defeated this Southwestern Michigan College first year volleyball program, with nearly all-first-year players in a close match in 5 sets. This year, many of those 1st year players are now 2nd year players, and this year Harper Volleyball struggled to a 22-25, 25-27, 16-25 loss. 

In the first set, scores were level at 2-2 and 10-10, when Stacy Maimur clobbered a smash. There were additional ties at 11-11, 12-12 and 16-16 before Taylor Knuth served twice to take a slim 18-16 lead. Southwestern Michigan tied the score at 19-19, 21-21 and 22-22, before Harper fell 22-25. Knuth was in high-gear with 7 kills. Regina Anelli added 4 kills. Ava Belluomini and Abby Major each had 6 digs.

In the second set, Harper took a major 8-1 lead. But in the next rotation, Southwestern Michigan tied the score at 8-8. There were more ties at 9-9, 10-10, 16-16, 18-18, and then 21-21, 22-22, 24-24, and 25-25, before Southwestern Michigan won the last two points and the second set. Knuth added 7 more kills in this set. Anelli added 3 kills of her own. Cana Jones had 5 digs. Jones was 8-9 serving.

In the last set, Harper started out behind 1-3, and just couldn't close the gap at 11-15, 25-16, 25-20 on the way to a 16-25 loss. Belluomini had 4 kills, while Knuth also had 4 kills, and Anelli added her 2 kills for this set. Knuth led Harper with 4 digs. Anelli was 6-6 serving with 2 aces.

Harper College lost to Lake Michigan 17-25, 25-21, 27-29, 19-25
The score started out close in this first set at 6-6, but Harper Volleyball fell behind 14-22 and lost 17-25. Knuth was on-fire with 5 kills. Eden Suh had 9 digs, and Knuth had 9 digs. Jasmine Nitu (Mount Prospect/Rolling Meadows H.S.) was 4-5 serving with an ace.

The second set started out at 3-3, but Harper took an early 5-point lead, 8-3, and Harper maintained that lead, 10-5, 13-8, 20-15… lost some ground to 20-18, but then extended to 23-20 on the way to a 25-21 win. Knuth was even hotter with 7 kills. Anelli added 3 kills. Jasmine Nitu had 7 digs. Nitu was 4-5 serving this time with 2 aces. Anelli was 9-9 serving with 2 aces.

In the 3rd set, we had a zillion ties (actually… 11 ties) at 6-6, 11-11, 12-12, 13-13, 14-14, 19-19… 21-21, 23-23, 24-24, 25-25, 26-26 when the referee missed a major net call while watching the ball fly out of bounds. So instead of 27-26 in favor of Harper, the score was 26-27. After another tie at 27-27, Harper fell 27-29, to fall behind 0-2 in sets against this strong Lake Michigan team. Knuth had 6 kills. Knuth had 6 digs. 

In the 4th set, there were ties at 6-6, 8-8, 9-9 and 12-12, until Harper fell behind 14-19 and lost 19-25. Maimur and Knuth led Harper with 3 kills each. Knuth finished this match with 21 kills total! Jones, inserted into this match was 5-5 serving. Knuth also had 20 digs in this match for a very healthy statistical double-double (21 kills, 20 digs). Suh had a mere mortal double-double with 29 assists and 16 digs… in this big-time 4-set loss. 



Next matches:
  • Next Harper Volleyball match will be driving into Chicago during rush hour, at Olive-Harvey College on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
  • On Wednesday, Harper hosts a MUCH improved Milwaukee team after needing to reschedule it from October 10, due to a building gas-leak. 
  • On Thursday, for Sophomore night, Harper will host Oakton College.
  • Finally, on Saturday, Harper will travel to Triton to play both Triton and Olive-Harvey, again in a Tri-Match.
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