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SOUTH WHITLEY – After dropping the first two games of its match with visiting Columbia City, Whitko came back to beat the Lady Eagles 26-28, 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-11 Tuesday night.
Haley Yohe had 45 assists in the marathon match. Kaity Reed had four aces, 18 digs and 21 kills. Brianna Tackett added four blocks.
Whitko (2-0) travels to Manchester on Thursday.
LADY SPARTANS PICKED FIFTH
NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester University’s women’s tennis team landed in the top five of the 2016 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference’s preseason coaches’ poll, released Tuesday.
The Spartans, sporting a run of six consecutive Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference postseason tournament berths, received 45 points for a fifth-place selection. Three-time defending champion Hanover College was named the preseason favorite, accumulating 79 points and seven first-place votes, while Rose-Hulman (66 points – two first-place votes) and Franklin College (65 points) were neck-and-neck for second and third.
MU had three student-athletes noted on the Players to Watch section. They were juniors Erin Cordill, North Manchester’s Katie Peden and Leesburg’s Katy Ashpole.
MU starts its 2016-17 campaign traveling to Franklin College Sept. 3, for a non-conference dual.
LAKELAND CHRISTIAN VB FALLS
WINONA LAKE – Lakeland Christian Academy had 11 digs from Heather Plastow and nine digs, two kills and an ace from Cami Dahms in a 25-11, 25-15, 25-12 loss to Bethany Christian Tuesday.
The Lady Cougar junior varsity dropped a pair of games to the Lady Bruins 25-12, 25-6.
LCA will host the Southside Michiana Crusaders on Saturday.
WAWASEE FALLS TO CENTRAL NOBLE
SYRACUSE – While the set scores were close, Wawasee’s girls volleyball team lost in three sets, 25-17, 26-24, 25-21 to visiting Central Noble in the Hardwood Tepee Tuesday.
Madie Wilson had 24 digs, Seaquinn Bright had 13 digs and Olivia Clouse had 5 kills for the Lady Warriors.
The Wawasee junior varsity won in two sets by identical 25-19 scores. Caitlin Wortinger and Elizabeth Kleopfer had eight digs each, and Faith Swihart and Janae Hapner had three kills each.
The Lady Warriors (1-3) travel to Goshen to take on Bethany Christian on Thursday.
