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Box Score 2 RICHMOND, Ind. – The Albion College volleyball team completed action in the Earlham College Quaker Classic with a pair of matches on Saturday.
Albion d. Spaulding, Ky. (25-23, 25-23, 25-18)
Albion scored the final two points in the first and second sets and it held off a Spaulding rally in the third to win the match.
Setter Grace VanDorn scored off a rare attack for set point in the first set.
Chloe Webber terminated the point to push Albion to a 24-23 lead in the second set and the Britons scored the set point as the Spaulding setter could not get the ball to one of her hitters.
Albion led by 11, 24-13, in the third set, but had trouble scoring the match point until Webber terminated the ball.
Kate Winter led Albion with nine kills, while Webber and Kelsey Gustafson finished with eight apiece. VanDorn completed a double-double of 24 assists and 10 digs.
Denison, Ohio d. Albion (25-21, 25-22, 32-30)
Winter (12) and Brielle Brown and Gustafson (10 each) all finished in double figures in kills. Gustafson added 11 digs to complete a double-double.
Albion, now 7-4 on the season, will play a Tuesday night match at Defiance College.
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Joe and Julie Serra have given a $5 million leadership gift to launch a fundraising initiative to make two dreams a reality at Albion College. The first is a newly expanded fitness and student activity facility at the site of the current Dow Recreation and Wellness Center. The second is a new or renovated competition facility for the volleyball, men's basketball and women's basketball teams that currently call Kresge Gymnasium home.
The College is continuing to raise funds in support of both projects. To learn more, call 517/629-0446 or email advancement@albion.edu