Box Score
For the first time in program history Lourdes University's women's volleyball team defeated Indiana Tech on Wednesday evening, posting a 25-15, 25-23, 19-25, 25-16 win at Tam-o-Shanter to notch the Gray Wolves' first Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference victory of the season.
 
"This was a great win for us tonight," head coach Greg Reitz stated.  "It's the first time beating Indiana Tech and one of the first times we've put up a good fight and played with much more discipline for an entire match."
 
Lourdes hit .208 for the match, its second best offensive night of the season, led by Keyonna Gregory's (Holland, Ohio/Springfield H.S.) 14 kills and .542 hitting percentage.  Stephanie Richards (Toledo, Ohio/Perrysburg H.S.) and Ali Mass (Walbridge, Ohio/Tiffin Calvert H.S.) both tallied double figure kill totals as well with 13 and 10 respectively.
 
The Gray Wolves took the lead from the first two points of set one and never trailed the rest of the set.  Committing just three errors, Lourdes hit .355 for the stanza while holding Indiana Tech to just a .057 clip.
 
Lourdes had to rally in the second to take a 2-0 advantage in the match.  Trailing 20-14, the Gray Wolves scored nine consecutive points, eight off of the serve of Richards, to battle back and take the lead on the way to the two-point victory.
 
The Warriors took a 14-9 lead in the third only to see Lourdes respond with six consecutive points to take a 15-14 lead.  Indiana Tech answered with six straight of its own to extend the match to the fourth set.
 
A run with Richards serving in the fourth proved to be the difference yet again.  Eight straight points by the Gray Wolves allowed the hosts to pick up their first victory against their conference foes in five tries dating back to the program's first season of 2010.
 
Lexie Curtis (Toledo, Ohio/Bedford H.S.) posted a double-double, handing out 49 assists and registering 16 digs.  Richards added 14 digs to her kill total and Mass contributed 12 digs to give Lourdes three players with double-doubles on the night.  Michi Jimenez (Vega Baja, P.R./Juan Quirindongo Morell H.S.) recorded a match-high 28 digs while Alyssa Pelish (Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic H.S.) added 10 digs for Lourdes.
 
Suzanne Taylor led Indiana Tech (4-15, 2-2 WHAC) with 13 kills while Taylor Kelso had 25 digs defensively.
 
Lourdes (9-6, 1-2) will head to Lima, Ohio on Friday evening to battle first place Northwestern Ohio.  First serve is slated for 7 p.m. at Racer Gymnasium.