UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley
State University volleyball team hosted its annual "Senior Night"
in the Cardinal Gymnasium on Friday night (Nov. 6), and the seniors
were sent-out on a high note. The Cardinals took care of
business with a 3-0 sweep of Lake Superior State University by
identical scores of 25-12, 25-12, and 25-12. Seniors Kait Harris
(Essexville, Mich./Garber HS), Jaclyn Carnago
(St. Clair, Mich.), Allison
Schlinkert (Marysville, Mich.), and Ashley Hendrick
(Cass City, Mich.) were all honored prior to the contest as they
competed in their final home regular season contest.
Carnago went-out swinging, as she posted eight kills on 11 total
attacks while hitting .727 on the evening. She also recorded
four service aces, in a row, as well as one block. Harris
recorded 36 assists and four aces in the Cardinal sweep.
Junior Jessica Treiber
(Sebewaing, Mich./USA HS) had 12 kills in the contest while hitting
.579 and sophomore Annie Buxton
(Aurora, Ont.) posted eight kills and eight digs. Schlinkert
had four kills and seven digs on the night while Hendrick had three
digs and an assist. The Cardinals hit .360 overall as a team
on the evening as well as recording 11 service aces.
With the victory, the Cardinals move to 19-8 overall on the
season with a 12-4 record in the GLIAC while Lake State falls to
3-24 overall and 2-14 in league play. SVSU will host a
First-Round GLIAC Tournament match on Wednesday against an unknown
opponent at this point.
