Stephanie Mugleston goes for the kill.Friday night’s game was against SOCC and looked to be up against a tough opponent as the Road Runners were down by seven before scoring their first point, and lost the first game 16-25. But that was not the end as the Road Runners made quick work of the third game winning 25-17 and eventually winning the next two games with scores of 25-21 and 26-24 for the match’s win of 3-1. Sophomore Stephanie Mugleston led the team’s kills with 17 for the night, while team mate freshman Mackenzie Gundlach led the team’s assists with 36.
Saturday’s game against Umpqua looked to be fairly easy for the Road Runners as they handled their opponents 25-16. But in the second game the visiting team showed a comeback although the Road Runners kept it close, they lost game two 22-25. The third game was a flip-flop of the first as the roadrunners won 25-22, then 25-17 for the overall match win of 3-1. Top players for the match included Sophomore Luci DeLong with 15 kills, Stephanie Mugleston with 14 kills, Mackenzie Gundlach with 50 assists and freshman Emily Buchheit with six aces.
“From day one we have dealt with injuries, from back injuries to illness’s like H1N1 for every single match” said head coach Jayme Frazier, commenting that her team has not been at full strength thus far in the season. “For this weekend I asked the team and individuals to step up, and they did and proved that they can do it.” That was the biggest part of the weekend she said, was with a lot of players out with illness, the individuals she asked to step up really did and that allowed the games to end in Linn-Benton’s favor, that and playing consistent for both matches.
Linn-Benton is currently in fourth for NWAACC’s southern region league and has one more away game against Clackamas before the NWAACC Championships.
Nice job, this turned into a good article. It was fun going to the games too.
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