Women’s volleyball team swept by Hope

HOLLAND, Mich. – The Olivet College women's volleyball team lost in three sets to Hope College in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) match tonight at DeVos Fieldhouse.

• Final Score: Hope defeated Olivet 25-12, 25-20, 25-8
• Location: DeVos Fieldhouse; Holland, Michigan
• Records: Olivet 4-20 overall, 1-6 MIAA; Hope 18-5 overall, 6-1 MIAA

• In the first set, the Comets held a 4-3 lead. The Flying Dutch scored 11 of the next 12 points to go up 14-5. Hope did not give up the lead for the rest of the set, winning it by a 25-12 score.
• The Flying Dutch built a four-point lead, 6-2, in the second set. Olivet answered with five straight points – three Hope attack errors and two aces by junior Olivia DuFore – made the score 7-6. The teams traded points to create four tied scores at 7-7, 8-8, 9-9 and 10-10. The Flying Dutch came back to lead by seven points, 19-12. The Comets responded with 7-2 run to cut their deficit to two points, 21-19. Hope ended the set on a 4-1 run to win 25-20.
• The Flying Dutch led the third set from start-to-finish.

• Freshman Violet Porter recorded six of the 16 Olivet kills. She had one error on 13 attempts for a .385 attack percentage.
• Senior Ellie Louiselle was next with four kills.
• Senior Kennedy Blackburn dished out 13 set assists.
• Junior libero Emily Keeler topped the defense with 13 digs.

• Annie Lockett tallied 13 of the 43 Hope kills.
• Jenna Core registered eight kills.
• Lauren Lee had a match-best 40 set assists.
• Grace Marshall led the defense with 16 digs.

• The Comets are on the road Saturday to play Trine (Ind.) University at 1 p.m. The match is the season-finale for Olivet.