Rockford, Illinois - Day two of the NJCAA Opening Weekend Tournament at RV Health Sports Factory in Rockford, Illinois proved to be a strong for the SCF volleyball team (1-3) as they split the second day by defeating Illinois Central (2-2) 3-1 (25-21, 25-14, 20-25, 26-24) before losing to #11 Grand Rapids CC (2-2) 3-0 (18-25, 22-25, 22-25).
SCF vs Illinois Central:
First set was a battle between both teams as they fought to claim the point, but a costly attack error from the Cougars gave the Manatees the first set. In the second set, it was serving that proved to be in favor for the Manatees thanks to three combined service aces from freshmen Kendal Steinert and Isabella Rebimbas and kills from classmates Caelen Cook and Haley Rhoads and sophomore Lana Sandanom, who received her first start this season.
With the Manatees up 21-10 after a kill by freshman Shelby Pillow, the Cougars would start to creep on offense for the next two points before back-to-back kills occurred from Rebimbas and Sandanom. After the Cougars got their final point off of a kill, Sandanom would seal the second set as the native of Toulouse, France would send a tip kill to the front left to give the Manatees a 2-0 lead.
The third and fourth sets also turned to dogfights similar to the first set as the Cougars would take the third set, despite the Manatees comeback from a couple of deficits of at least eight points. In the fourth set, the Manatees faced a challenge towards the end as they were down 23-21, but with their grit and will to not give up, while taking advantage of a Cougar ball-handling error and a kill from Sandanom, the Manatees would tie the set at 23 apiece before the Cougars called timeout.
After the timeout, the Cougars started with an attack before another timeout was called and a Manatee ball-handling error tied the match at 24 apiece, but the Manatees would take advantage of another attack error before Rhoads sealed it with a kill for their first win of the season.
Sandanom would lead the way offensively in the first match as she finished with a career-high 15 kills, one assist, two digs and one block. Rhoads would round out the order in double digit kills as she finished with 12 kills, two digs, one ace and four blocks (two solo).
Cook and Rebimbas followed with nine and six kills respectively. Cook added five digs, while Rebimbas added 10 digs, two aces, one assist and a block.
Freshman Kendall Steinert would lead with 35 assists, a season-high five aces, five kills, six digs and two blocks.
Alongside Rhoads' blocks, the defense was lead by Pillow and McGee. Pillow finished with four blocks (three solo), three kills and one assist, while McGee finished with 24 digs, four assists and one ace.
Sophomore Lison Stoffel contributed with two assists, one ace and five digs.
SCF vs #11 GRCC:
While the first set was challenging for the Manatees, the second and third set was their fighting chances, but they would ultimately fall as the Raiders secured the win.
Rebimbas lead the Manatees offensively as she finished with eight kills, two block, two aces, two assists and nine digs. Pillow would follow suit as she finished with seven kills, one dig and two blocks (one solo). Sandanom rounded out the order with five kills, one dig and two blocks.
Rhoads was the defensive leader as she finished with five blocks (two solo), three kills and three digs, while McGee added 11 digs, four assists and one ace.
Steinert finished with 20 assists, three kills, three aces, one block and eight digs. She would finish day two with 53 assists, eight kills, nine aces, seven blocks and 11 digs.
Stoffel (five digs), Cook (two kills, one dig and two blocks) and freshmen Rachel Carroll (four digs) and Kloe Pinto (one assist) also contributed in the match.
Other Tournament Scores:
#1 Parkland (1-1) split their first day as they swept Roane State CC 3-0 before losing 3-2 to #3 Johnson County CC 3-2. As a result of the loss, the Lady Cobras' winning streak was halted at 39 straight wins.
Other Sun Lakes Scores:
St. Pete College (0-1) were swept by Eastern Florida State College (3-0) 3-0 in their season/home opener. The Titans remain at home and welcome the Webber International University Wednesday night, August 24 at 6 pm.
Up Next:
The Manatees will wrap up their Illinois weekend as they will face Ancilla College at Marin University (0-1) at 10 am eastern (9 am central) and #1 Parkland at 12 pm (11 am central).
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