Lake Forest College Sports Information
September 8, 2009
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Foresters Drop Heartbreaker to Visiting Wheaton College
Five sets decided by a total of 11 points

Mandi Mulliner
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - The Lake Forest College volleyball team was edged out in five long sets (25-22, 24-26, 26-28, 26-24, 16-14) by Wheaton College in the Foresters' first home match of the season. It was Lake Forest's sixth loss in as many matches and the Thunder raised their record to 3-2.

Junior Mandi Mulliner (Elmhurst, Ill./York) led the Foresters with a career-high 19 kills and committed only one error in 31 attempts for a .581 hitting percentage. She also had a pair of aces in the match. Freshmen Cori Cooper (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) and Megan Trubich (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central) also reached double figures in kills with 15 and 13, respectively, and Trubich added three blocks. Junior Deena Blanchard (Sparta, Mich./Sparta) had a season-high 45 assists. Freshman Molly McCloskey (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) tallied 20 digs in the contest, Trubich and sophomore Theresa Converse (Warrentown, Va./Notre Dame Academy) had 15 each, and Cooper finished with 13.

Lake Forest will travel to UW-Oshkosh for the Pizza Hut Classic this weekend (September 11-12). The Foresters will take on St. Norbert College at 3:30 p.m. on Friday and Millikin University at 7:30. They will also play two matches on Saturday at times and against opponents to be determined.

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