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Quakers drop two at Marietta

WC falls to Marietta, Franciscan

October 15, 2011

Natalie Sparks (at left) and Ashley Miller look to roof an attack.

MARIETTA — Wilmington dropped both ends of a tri-match played at Marietta College Saturday.

The Quakers lost to Marietta, 3-0, in the opener and fell to Franciscan, 3-0.

Wilmington is now 1-5 in the OAC, 10-14 overall.

“We just couldn’t get our offense going,” Wilmington head coach Ron Mullikin said. “We were getting our hits; we just couldn’t get them down.”

In the opener with Marietta, the Pioneers (4-1 OAC, 12-10 overall) jumped out quickly, taking the opening set, 25-13.

Things got no better in set two as Marietta posted a 25-12 win.

The Quakers got their attack untracked in set three, but fell, 25-20.

Chelcey Lyons (Springfield/Shawnee) finished with six kills and 13 digs.

Sara Fisher (London/Madison-Plains) put down four kills while Ashley Miller (Arcanum/Franklin Monroe), Caitlin Baker (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) and Anne Keenan (Beavercreek) contributed three kills apiece.

Amy McClelland (Xenia) put up 21 assists.

Against Franciscan (9-10), Wilmington lost the opening set, 25-21. Set two went to the Barons, 25-19, and set three ended, 25-20.

Miller led Wilmington’s attack with seven kills.

McClelland added 23 assists.

Tabitha Biegler (Columbus/Briggs) led Wilmington’s defensive effort with 16 digs. Tessa Bailey (Urbana/West Liberty-Salem) and Courtney Hurley (DeGraff/Riverside) added 10 digs apiece.