(Ann Arbor, MI) - Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) play resumed tonight as the Concordia Cardinals volleyball team took on the Warriors from Indiana Tech. The Cardinals entered the match at 10-2 overall with a 1-0 WHAC record, while the Warriors were 12-2 and 2-0 in WHAC play. 

Game 1: Indiana Tech 3, Concordia 1

Set 1: Indiana Tech 25, Concordia 21

The Cards scored first in the set thanks to an IIT attacking error. The Warriors would respond immediately, grabbing five points before Kayla Peters earned the first Cardinal kill. Teams would battle back and forth throughout the first set as the Warrior's largest lead would stretch to six. A Madalyn Lisman kill would begin a CUAA rally, as they rattled off five straight to tie the set at 19. From there IIT scored the final six of eight points in the set to take it. 

Set 2: Concordia 25, Indiana Tech 23

Set two would once again begin with the Cardinals taking the first point as Jessalyn Peavyhouse and Claudia Grepke would combine for the block. CUAA controlled the first half of the set as they would go up 18-11 on a Kayla Peters kill. IIT would get the score back to a 24-23 game but would fall as Peters earned a kill for the final point. 

Set 3: Indiana Tech 25, Concordia 10

Claudia Grepke evened set number three at one with a kill and Emiline Wood grabbed a kill to put the score at 4-3. That would be the closest the Cardinals would get in the set though as Indiana Tech would hold CUAA to 10 points and score 13 of the final 15 to take the set. 

Set 2: Indiana Tech 25, Concordia 15

The final set of the night began with IIT scoring the first three points before a Jacey Powell kill to open the scoring for CUAA. Once again the Warriors would ride a couple of hot hands serving jumping out to a 15-6 lead. Madalyn Lisman would end the Cardinal's scoring drought with a kill and help attempt a comeback. The Warriors ended up closing CUAA out with an ace. 

Up Next

The Cardinals will be back in action on Friday, September 15 when they travel to the University of Northwestern Ohio for a match that begins at 7 PM.