Women’s volleyball: Lions fall in five

Megan Godfrey had 19 kills and 20 digs for Vanguard University, but

it wasn’t enough as visiting Christian Heritage College defeated the

Lions, 20-30, 30-25, 22-30, 31-29, 15-12, in a Golden State Athletic

Conference women’s volleyball match Saturday.

In the first game, the Lions committed only three attacking errors and

had 16 kills to defeat the visitors.

The Hawks came on strong in the second game, committing three less

attacking errors than Vanguard and producing two more blocks.

But the Lions would not go quietly. Vanguard took an early lead in the

third game and led by as many as 13. Godfrey had two consecutive kills to

set up game point and Carly Birkhauser tapped the ball over the net to

give the Lions a victory in the third game.

Vanguard was one point away from winning game four, but a VU error and

three kills by Emily Hethcock completed the Hawks’ comeback to force a

fifth game.

The Hawks took a 12-7 lead in the final game, but Vanguard squeaked

back to trail, 14-12. The Lions tried to overcome the Hawks, but a

Vanguard serving error ended the game and the match.

Hethcock led Christian Heritage (10-15, 5-11 in the GSAC) with 27

kills.

Leading Vanguard (5-22, 2-15) were Birkhauser with 13 kills and

Jennifer Johnson with 26 assists.