BANNOCKBURN, Ill. --- Following a week away from competition, the TIU women's volleyball team returned home to Van Dixhorn Arena on Tuesday night as they hosted the Lakers of Roosevelt University in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) play. Coming off a tough loss at first place IU-South Bend a week ago, the Trojans looked to bounce back and maintain their position in the league standings.

TIU and Roosevelt would engage in a difficult back-and-forth opening set before Trinity broke through with a 4-0 run aided by kills by Brianna Torres and Nadia Wheeler. The Trojans would take advantage of Laker errors throughout the night, jumping ahead and holding off a late Roosevelt rally to win the first set 25-23.

In the second frame, TIU would again have to rally after a slow start, but didn't trail for long with an impressive stat line with 16 team kills and just three errors. With the ability to place their attacks in the back corners of the court, the Trojans were able to take the second set 25-19.

Trinity put on another strong performance in the third set, opening on a 14-4 run. Despite Roosevelt being able to crawl back within five points, the Trojans closed strong with Jazmin Coronado providing a clutch service ace, and Madison Williams putting the final touch on the evening with a cross court kill to give TIU the 25-18 win, and the three-set sweep over the Lakers.

Torres led all attackers with 18 total kills, plus a match-high 11 digs. Setter Anna Skrzypchak posted an impressive 35 assists in the win, as well as ten digs. Williams posted a pair of blocks of the nets, while Wheeler and Grace Mauersberger each recorded one as well. Coronado would end the night with two crucial aces to lead all Trojans.

ADDITIONAL GAME NOTES

• With their victory over Roosevelt on Tuesday night, the Trojans inch closer to evening their all-time record against the Lakers, in which they trail 9-11. TIU has now won the last six consecutive meetings.

• Five of Trinity's last six wins against the Lakers have come in three-set sweeps, including the last three in a row.

• At the midway point of the CCAC schedule, the Trojans sit at 6-3. In sixth place in the conference standings, TIU trails first place IU-South Bend by three games.

• The Trojans improve to 4-4 in matches this season coming off a loss.

• TIU is 10-2 in their last 12 matches. This includes eight three-set sweeps.

• The Trojans improve to 9-3 in three-set wins this season with Tuesday's win.

• Brianna Torres' 18 kills against the Lakers are the most she has posted against a CCAC opponent this season.

• Torres surpassed Rachel Gunderson (2002-04) for the fourth most kills in program history on Tuesday night, reaching 1,324 in her career

• Jazmin Coronado's two service aces tie her single-match career high. Coronado recorded two aces against Calumet St. Joseph in a win last season.

• Setter Anna Skrzypchak's 35 assists are the most she has recorded in a three-set win over a conference opponent this season.

• Madeline Trippett recorded her 200th career dig in TIU's win. The senior transfer from Albany, Oregon recorded four digs on defense as Trinity libero.

UP NEXT

The Trojans (11-8) return to action on Friday, October 8 as they open up play at Grace College's two-day Lancer Classic in Winona Lake, Indiana. Trinity will face off against Grace at 6:00pm EST at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, followed by the seventh-ranked Knights of Marian University at 8:00pm EST. All matches at the Lancer Classic can be watched LIVE on the Grace College Livestream. 

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Trinity International University is a comprehensive, national university affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America and located in Bannockburn, Illinois, 25 miles north of Chicago. TIU educates men and women to engage in God's redemptive work in the world by cultivating academic excellence, Christian faithfulness and lifelong learning.