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Ashley Cohlmia Recorded a Season High 22 Kills in the Victory
Volleyball - Mon, Oct 12, 2009

Hillsboro, Kan. - Constant improvement is what every coach looks for throughout the year and if Friday was any indication the Tabor College Volleyball Team is doing just that as the Bluejays defeated visiting Southern Nazarene (Bethany, Okla.) (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21) in four games.


The win for Tabor avenged an early season loss at Southern Nazarene, a match in which the Bluejays were swept in three games by the Crimson Storm.


Tabor wasted no time getting going on Friday, as the Bluejays took game one by three points. Southern Nazarene would flip the tables on Tabor in game two, as the Storm won by three points to even the match at one apiece. The Bluejays would fail to fall to the pressure as Tabor won games three and four by a total of six points to earn its 11th victory of the season.


Senior Ashley Cohlmia (Wichita, Kan.) and sophomore Tina Frick (Durham, Kan.) produced huge nights offensively for the Bluejays as Cohlmia racked up a season high 22 kills while Frick added an equally impressive 19 kills in the match.


Tabor also got help offensively from senior Carly Kroeker (Henderson, Neb.) who added eight kills while sophomore Mandi Phillips (Halstead continued her impressive play dishing out 54 assists in the match.


Defensively Tabor had four players register double-digit digs in the match led by Cohlmia and senior Audra Schenk (Hillsboro, Kan.) with 15 apiece while Phillips and sophomore Gina Hullet (Abilene, Kan.) racked up 11 each.


Tabor (8-1 KCAC, 11-7 Overall) will resume conference play Wednesday Oct. 14, as the Bluejays play host to Southwestern College at 7 p.m.