GALESBURG, Ill. — The Lawrence University volleyball team topped Knox College 3-2 in a Midwest Conference match on Friday night to hand the Prairie Fire its first league loss.
Lawrence won the match 25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-12.
After the teams split the first four sets, Lawrence (5-16, 4-2 MWC) had just one hitting error in the final set and hit .235 for the set. Knox (9-12, 4-1) had six attack errors in the final set.
Lawrence’s balanced attack was paced by rookie Arianna Neumeyer, who picked up 16 kills. Arianna Cohen and Megan Conley had nine kills apiece, and Liz Arco, Cyra Bammer and Rachael Wuensch added six kills apiece.
Setters Lauren Ray and Sydney Nelson combined for 43 assists. Ray had 27 and Nelson added 16.
Kyleigh Guthals led Knox with 15 kills, and Casey Stachelski had 44 assists.