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Six Straight for Gawlik's Squad After Night Two in Kent
11/4/2023 7:28:00 PM | Volleyball
KENT, Ohio – In the final regular season road game of the 2023 season, Central Michigan defeated the Kent State Golden Flashes 3-1 in the MAC Center. The Chippewas move to 14-13 overall and 8-7 in Mid-American Conference play.
After dropping the first set to the Golden Flashes 23-25, Central Michigan went on to win the next three giving them the match. The sets won by the Chippewas were 25-21, 25-19 and 25-15.
Next, the Chippewas will host the Ohio Bobcats for a weekend meeting, Friday and Saturday, November 10th and 11th inside McGuirk Arena. On Saturday, the Chippewas will celebrate their four graduating seniors, Devon Bright, Austyn DeWeese, Kayla Brandon, and Elly Medendorp.
How the Victory Over Kent State Unfolded
In the first set, the only one the Chippewas dropped on the afternoon, the team hit .179 – their lowest in a set on the weekend, committed six attack errors and blocked five balls.
The second set is where the offense started to pick up for Central Michigan. The Chippewas left the second set hitting .368 and registering 18 kills as a team. In that set, Lauren Schrock recorded half of the team kills with nine and hit .727 for the set. Sophomore Maddy Gebhardt also sparked for the Chippewas with five kills (.444) in the second set.
In the third set, Gebhardt mirrored her five kills again (.300) and blocked two solo balls as CMU registered a 25-19 victory over the Golden Flashes. Central Michigan hit .265 in the set and recorded three service aces.
Set four, which won the match for the Chippewas was evenly spread offensively amongst Central Michigan's' squad as CMU went on a few scoring runs that ultimately secured the win.
"Lauren had a really good weekend. She was just really terminal over two matches. When you couple that with some good efficiency and everyone kind of chipping in." said Head Coach Mike Gawlik. "We four players with more than two kills per set."
In the closing game against Kent State, Schrock led the offense with her 19 kills, Gebhardt added an impressive 12, while Krystina Kasson also aided in the victory with nine and fellow opposite Linnea Willer was right behind with eight. The Chippewas have learned to share the offense in their recent stretch of wins and that is something Coach Gawlik thinks is helpful for his team moving forward.
"I think we can look to get our right sides more involved as we move forward, but you know, you ride the hot hand and with Lauren killing 19 and Gebhardt killing 12 – getting 31 kills out of two players in four sets, is really good offense."
Closing Out MAC Play at Home
Central Michigan Volleyball will return to McGuirk Arena for their final three regular season games of the 2023 season. The Chippewas are set to host Ohio for a Friday-Saturday matchup and will close the regular season out with Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, November 15th.
The Chippewas make their win streak six with the Saturday victory over Kent State and that is best for the second longest win streak in the Mid-American Conference behind Western Michigan who has won 15 in a row, to be undefeated in conference play.
Mike Gawlik and his squad are looking for a berth in the MAC Tournament which will be held in Kalamazoo – the top 6 finishing teams in the conference make the tournament.
The weekend series against Ohio could be the solidifying stretch for the Chippewas in earning that berth.
"This week it is important that we recover. We want to be mindful of taking care of bodies of our athletes while also getting better at certain things that we need to get better at. We made some strides today and this weekend, we are stringing together some competitive matches and coming out with wins." Said Gawlik. "The next match that we have is the most important one, that for us is playing Ohio in our building. They are good and we are good. It is going to be fun."
After dropping the first set to the Golden Flashes 23-25, Central Michigan went on to win the next three giving them the match. The sets won by the Chippewas were 25-21, 25-19 and 25-15.
Next, the Chippewas will host the Ohio Bobcats for a weekend meeting, Friday and Saturday, November 10th and 11th inside McGuirk Arena. On Saturday, the Chippewas will celebrate their four graduating seniors, Devon Bright, Austyn DeWeese, Kayla Brandon, and Elly Medendorp.
How the Victory Over Kent State Unfolded
In the first set, the only one the Chippewas dropped on the afternoon, the team hit .179 – their lowest in a set on the weekend, committed six attack errors and blocked five balls.
The second set is where the offense started to pick up for Central Michigan. The Chippewas left the second set hitting .368 and registering 18 kills as a team. In that set, Lauren Schrock recorded half of the team kills with nine and hit .727 for the set. Sophomore Maddy Gebhardt also sparked for the Chippewas with five kills (.444) in the second set.
In the third set, Gebhardt mirrored her five kills again (.300) and blocked two solo balls as CMU registered a 25-19 victory over the Golden Flashes. Central Michigan hit .265 in the set and recorded three service aces.
Set four, which won the match for the Chippewas was evenly spread offensively amongst Central Michigan's' squad as CMU went on a few scoring runs that ultimately secured the win.
"Lauren had a really good weekend. She was just really terminal over two matches. When you couple that with some good efficiency and everyone kind of chipping in." said Head Coach Mike Gawlik. "We four players with more than two kills per set."
In the closing game against Kent State, Schrock led the offense with her 19 kills, Gebhardt added an impressive 12, while Krystina Kasson also aided in the victory with nine and fellow opposite Linnea Willer was right behind with eight. The Chippewas have learned to share the offense in their recent stretch of wins and that is something Coach Gawlik thinks is helpful for his team moving forward.
"I think we can look to get our right sides more involved as we move forward, but you know, you ride the hot hand and with Lauren killing 19 and Gebhardt killing 12 – getting 31 kills out of two players in four sets, is really good offense."
Closing Out MAC Play at Home
Central Michigan Volleyball will return to McGuirk Arena for their final three regular season games of the 2023 season. The Chippewas are set to host Ohio for a Friday-Saturday matchup and will close the regular season out with Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, November 15th.
The Chippewas make their win streak six with the Saturday victory over Kent State and that is best for the second longest win streak in the Mid-American Conference behind Western Michigan who has won 15 in a row, to be undefeated in conference play.
Mike Gawlik and his squad are looking for a berth in the MAC Tournament which will be held in Kalamazoo – the top 6 finishing teams in the conference make the tournament.
The weekend series against Ohio could be the solidifying stretch for the Chippewas in earning that berth.
"This week it is important that we recover. We want to be mindful of taking care of bodies of our athletes while also getting better at certain things that we need to get better at. We made some strides today and this weekend, we are stringing together some competitive matches and coming out with wins." Said Gawlik. "The next match that we have is the most important one, that for us is playing Ohio in our building. They are good and we are good. It is going to be fun."
Team Stats
CMU
KentSt
Kills
57
47
Errors
19
22
Attempts
148
137
Hitting %
.257
.182
Points
75.0
60.0
Assists
55
46
Aces
8
3
Blocks
10
10
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
19
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
2
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