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Corban Falls to D-III Member George Fox
Corban's women's volleyball team attempted to extend its winning streak to two matches, but could not overcome 50 kills by George Fox Tuesday night.

Corban Falls to D-III Member George Fox

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NEWBERG, Ore. – Despite a match-high tying 13 kills from sophomore Tiffany Land (Independence, Ore.), Corban's women's volleyball team fell to NCAA Division III member George Fox, 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 20-25, 21-25), Tuesday night inside the Wheeler Sports Center.

Coming off a three-set victory over conference rival Northwest Christian on Friday, Corban was looking to extend its unbeaten streak to a season-high two matches. Unfortunately, the visiting Warriors ran into a GFU squad that was coming off a three-set sweep of NCU on Saturday and has now won seven of its last nine matches.

In the opening set, Corban held two leads (1-0 & 2-1) following a service ace by freshman Karisa Calderon (Murrieta, Calif.) to open the match followed by a bad set by George Fox. The host Bruins would grab a four-point lead (13-9) after a block by GFU's Eliza Pledger. Corban would fight back to tie the set at 18-18 after a kill by Land before George Fox would use a set-closing 7-4 run that was capped by a bad set by the Warriors for the opening three-point victory (25-22) for the Bruins.

Set #2 would see Corban fall behind early (8-2) following back-to-back kills by Pledger before the visiting Warriors would battle back to claim a five-point lead (23-18) late thanks to a kill by junior Teri Braun (Dallas, Ore.). Both teams would trade points over the next combined four, as Corban would grab the victory (25-20) via another Land kill that knotted the match at one set apiece.

The third set was controlled by George Fox, as the Bruins jumped out to a quick four-point lead (6-2) before extending their advantage to as much as six points (24-18) after a Betsy Wilhelm kill. Corban would get as close as four points (24-20) after a GFU attack error. Unfortunately, the Warriors could not get any closer as George Fox used another Wilhelm kill for the five-point win (25-20).

In the fourth and final set, George Fox scored the opening eight points before Corban used a 10-3 run to pull within one point (11-10) after a service ace by freshman Chandra Baskoro (Gresham, Ore.). George Fox would never give up the lead though, as the Bruins pushed their advantage to as much as five points (21-16) following a Kaityln Maddams kill. Another kill by Braun would pull the Warriors to within three points (22-19) before George Fox used a set-closing 3-2 run for the 25-21 victory and four-set win.

Besides Land's match-high tying kills performance, Baskoro and Braun added 10 and 9 kills respectively. Calderon led the Warriors' offense with a team-best 28 assists, while junior Rebecca Franke (Pendleton, Ore.) anchored Corban's back line with a match-high 27 digs. At the net, Corban registered a match-high 10 blocks led by freshmen Morgan Hirzel (Fullerton, Calif.) and McKenzie Purnell's (Adrian, Ore.) team-leading three blocks each.

George Fox was led by Jennifer Panico's match-high tying 13 kills, while Lyndsey Hovee and Pledger added 10 kills each. Offensively, the host Bruins were led by Ali Toedtemeier's match-high 29 assists to go along with Hovee's team-best 23 digs.

With tonight's loss, Corban falls to 3-10 overall versus George Fox's 7-3 win-loss record. The Warriors will return to the court on Friday, September 25th, when they host the Hustlin' Owls of Oregon Tech beginning at 7:00 p.m. inside the C.E. Jeffers Sports Center.

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