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WARREN, Mich. – Oh, what a night! Macomb Volleyball hosted its first VOLLEYPALOOZA event on Wednesday (Oct. 13) and took full advantage of a raucous crowd to upset first-place Oakland Community College in four sets (27-25, 18-25, 26-24, 25-17). The win boosts the Monarchs record to 13-9 overall and 7-2 in the MCCAA Eastern Conference. The visiting OCC Raiders fell to 9-12 overall and 7-2 in league play.

Macomb's victory, its fourth in a row, vaulted Mott Community College (6-1 MCCAA East) into first place in the MCCAA Eastern Conference, just ahead of the Monarchs and Raiders at 7-2 in the league.

The Monarchs earned the four-set victory over OCC behind one of their most balanced efforts of the season. In all, the Monarchs had four players record double-digits kills and four who posted 14-or-more digs, and were led in each category by Natalie Husson (Marysville, Mich./Marysville) with 12 kills and Khloee Stoll (Macomb, Mich./Anchor Bay) with 36 digs.

Husson's 12-kill night was followed closely by Ja'Nae Davis (Grand Rapids, Mich./Godwin Heights) who tallied 11 kills, while Erika Knieper (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) and Kara Lewicki (Macomb, Mich./Lutheran North) slammed home 10 kills each.

The balanced attack was jump-started by another strong defensive showing as Juliana Bollini (Washington, Mich./Romeo) continued her impressive play with 24 digs, six ahead of Kara Lewicki who checked in with 18 digs to accompany 10 kills for her seventh double-double of the season. Emily Langlois (Macomb, Mich./L'Anse Creuse-North) rounded out the double-digit digs party with a career-best 14 in the four-set victory.

A NEW RECORD

Congratulations to head coach Lauren "Doogie" Duquette! Wednesday's victory set a new single-season record for wins for Coach Doogie, eclipsing her previous best of 12 wins in 2019.

UP NEXT

The Monarchs are off until Tuesday (Oct. 19) when they visit OCC for a 7:00 p.m. league contest.