Carthage College

Women's Volleyball 9/2/2023 8:31:00 PM

Women's Volleyball Closes Out California Trip with 3-1 Win over Chapman

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 LA VERNE, Calif. - The Carthage College women's volleyball team capped off their trip to California with a 3-1 victory over Chapman Saturday afternoon on the University of La Verne campus.

Game One

Final score: No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3 - Carthage 0
Location: Claremont, Calif. - Roberts Pavilion
Records: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 1-0, Carthage 0-1

Game Two

Final score: La Verne 3 - Carthage 1
Location: La Verne, Calif.
Records: La Verne 2-0, Carthage 0-2

Game Three

Final score: Carthage 3 - Chapman 1
Location: La Verne, Calif.
Records: Carthage 1-2, Chapman 2-1

The Athenas held a quick 12-5 with two straight kills in set one.
Carthage battled back to get within five with a block from Kaitie Rohe.
Later, a combined block from Devinn Bell and Katie Boston cut the lead to four.
Claremont-Mudd Scripps ranked No. 3 in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) coaches' poll, went on to win the first set 25-15.
In the second set, the Firebirds went ahead 5-3 with an ace from Liv Carel.
Rohe added a kill, putting Carthage ahead 6-4.
Following an ace from Tatum Kebisek, the Athenas went on a 14-2 run, closing out the set 25-11.

The home team held a 10-5 lead off three consecutive kills in the third.
Later, a kill from Carel cut the margin to eight; however, Claremont-Mudd Scripps took the game 25-17.
Carthage tied it in the second game in California at eight as Leena Ajibola connected on a kill against La Verne.
Two kills from Rohe and Carel got within two.
Following a timeout, La Verne held on to take the set 25-18.
Madilyn Danielson connected on an ace, which gave Carthage a one-point margin.
A combined block from Ajibola and Kristina Manojlovic moved the Firebirds ahead by two.
The Firebirds used an 8-4 run to go in front 21-17.
Carel closed out the set in favor of Carthage with a kill 25-22.
La Verne went in front 6-1 to start the third.
Later in the set, an ace from Aubree Bucheger narrowed the lead to eight; however, La Verne collected the third 25-16.
Ava McTeague used a kill, shrinking the lead to 10-5 in the fourth.
Though back-to-back kills from Carel and McTeague got it to 10, La Verne took the fourth 25-12.

It was all Carthage to start the final game of the trip as a combined block from Ajibola and Carel followed by Manojlovic, put them ahead by five to start.
Chapman battled back, taking control of the set 15-11.
The Firebirds rallied, tying it at 19 with a kill from Boston and an ace from Carel.
Though Carthage tied it at 24 off another Carel kill, Chapman tallied the final two points to win the set 26-24.
In the second, kills from Kinsey Bakhaus and McTeague moved the team ahead 17-8.
Two consecutive aces from Carel pushed the margin to 10 as Carthage won the set 25-15, closing with an ace from Kebisek.
McTeague and Boston combined on a block, tied the third set at 15.
Carthage used the momentum and scored the next 10 of 16 points to go up 2-1closing it out with kills from Ajibola and Carel.
The Firebirds were clicking on all cylinders in the fourth as two blocks from Boston and Bell saw Carthage control a 12-3 score.
Carthage won the game 25-17 with two kills from Carel.

Liv Carel led the Firebirds in kills totaling 33 in three matches played.
Carel was named to the All-Tournament list following her three-day performance.
First year Kristina Manojlovic added 24 kills while Leena Ajiboloa had 17.
Carel registered a team-best nine aces during the weekend along with Tatum Kebisek totalling six.
Kebisek was the team leader in assists followed closely by Devinn Bell.

"We learned a lot about what it takes to compete at a high level this weekend," commented head coach Leanne Ulmer. "CMS is a very talented team, and La Verne is as well. We started to figure things out during the Laverne match and carried that over into the Chapman match. It feels good to get one in the win column. Our schedule is tough, so we need to continue to be mentally strong and improve each day. Liv Carel had a very strong match to close out the tournament. We had some strong play from three first-years, Ava McTeague, Kristina Manojlovic, and Kinsey Bakhaus. Katie Boston stepped up with some big blocks. I'm excited to get home and regroup for a tough week ahead."

The Firebirds return to Wisconsin for a single match against Concordia (Wis.) on Wednesday, September 6 at 7 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#20 Devinn Bell: S; 6' 0"; Junior

#3 Aubree Bucheger: L/DS; 5' 8"; Senior

#6 Madilyn Danielson: OH/DS; 5' 6"; Sophomore

#8 Leena Ajibola: MB/RS; 5' 10"; Senior

#9 Katie Boston: MB; 6' 2"; Sophomore

#2 Liv Carel: RS/OH; 6' 1"; Junior

#18 Tatum Kebisek: S; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#4 Kaitie Rohe: OH/RS; 5' 11"; Junior

#22 Ava McTeague: OH; 5' 9"; Freshman

#13 Kinsey Bakhaus: OH/S; 5' 8"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#20 Devinn Bell
: 6' 0"; Junior
: S

#3 Aubree Bucheger
: 5' 8"; Senior
: L/DS

#6 Madilyn Danielson
: 5' 6"; Sophomore
: OH/DS

#8 Leena Ajibola
: 5' 10"; Senior
: MB/RS

#9 Katie Boston
: 6' 2"; Sophomore
: MB

#2 Liv Carel
: 6' 1"; Junior
: RS/OH

#18 Tatum Kebisek
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: S

#4 Kaitie Rohe
: 5' 11"; Junior
: OH/RS

#22 Ava McTeague
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: OH

#13 Kinsey Bakhaus
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: OH/S