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EAST PEORIA, IL – In the first round of the 2016 Great Lakes Valley Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament, the higher seeded teams in each match – No. 1E Lewis University, No. 1W Rockhurst University, No. 2 East McKendree University and No. 2 West Truman State University all advanced to Saturday’s semifinal matches, which will be held in East Peoria, Ill., at the EastSide Centre.
Truman got the quarterfinal action started with a four-set win over No. 3E Drury University, 3-1. The Bulldogs took the first two sets 25-23 before Drury rallied for a third-set win of 25-22. Truman then closed out the opening match with a 25-21 victory to seal its fate and advance to the semifinals.
Lewis won the second quarterfinal match over No. 4W Quincy University 3-0. The Flyers opened with a 25-17 win before the Hawks put up a serious fight in the second, taking Lewis all the way to 28-26. Lewis then closed things out at 25-18 to cap off the match. The win gets the Flyers one step closer to defending their GLVC crown.
McKendree followed suit with a sweep of its own, not really letting No. 3W University of Missouri-St. Louis get too close with scores of 25-17, 25-12, 25-22. The Bearcats had their best match for hitting percentage all season with a .467 mark, and they also committed the least amount of errors in 2016 with just six.
Despite being shutout by Rockhurst, University of Indianapolis put up quite the fight in the quarterfinal nightcap, scoring 20 or more in all three sets and totaling 13 more points this match than when the teams faced off in the regular season. The final set scores to send the Hawks onto the semifinal round were 25-20, 25-22, 25-23.
No. 1E Lewis will face No. 2W Truman State on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. Central Time in the first of two semifinal matches. No. 1W Rockhurst will follow against No. 2E McKendree at 5:30 p.m. to conclude the semifinal round. Both matches can be seen live and free of charge on the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN) at GLVCSN.com.
Additional information, including ticket prices, live stats links, GLVCSN information and more is available on the tournament Web site at GLVCsports.com/2016Volleyball.