HANOVER, Ind. – The Franklin College volleyball team made the short trip south on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 17-18) for three games at the Hanover Invitational.

After dropping the opener on Friday night to Trine, the Grizzlies (6-6) rebounded with two wins on Saturday. Franklin held off a push from Berea to win the opening match in five sets and kept momentum going with a sweep of Wilmington to close out the weekend.

At the conclusion of the tournament, junior setter Billie Jarrett was Franklin's representative on the all-tournament team. 

Match One: Trine 3 – Franklin 1 (25-11, 25-19, 16-25, 25-22)
Down by a pair of sets, the Grizzlies took four of the first five points of set three to take control of the game. Franklin's lead would grow to as many as 11 points in set three, which culminated with a Sara Allen kill to give FC their lone set of the match.

Allen paced the Grizzlies with 12 kills in the match with Jarrett handing out 25 assists. Maddie Holubik set a new career-high with four aces and Allison Thompson anchored the back line with 20 digs. 

Match Two: Franklin 3 – Berea 2 (25-20, 25-20, 19-25, 23-25, 15-12)
The Grizzlies erased an early deficit in the first set and took control of the game with an 8-1 run that turned a tie game into a 21-13 Grizzly lead. Chloe Holder put the finishing touches on the first set with a kill and a 1-0 FC lead. Franklin kept that momentum going in set two, taking the lead for good early and holding off any attempt at a Berea comeback to seal set two.

The Mountaineers pushed back and sent the game to a deciding fifth game. The final set saw Franklin take an early 7-2 lead and end the win with a kill from Alyssa Zemlyak.

Allen put down a team-high 16 kills in the match and was joined in double figure kill totals by Miranda Wilson (12) and Zemlyak (11). Jarrett added 45 assists in the match to go with a team and career-high 25 digs. Holubik continued her excellence behind the service line with three more aces.

Match Three: Franklin 3 – Wilmington 0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-22)
Locked in a tight battle early, Franklin used a 7-2 run to open some separation between the teams and Allen closed out another game with a kill to put the Griz out in front. Set two went down to the wire and was tied at 23 before back-to-back kills from Wilson sealed a win and put Franklin in the driver's seat. 

Game three followed a similar formula and the two teams sat tied at 21 late. Wilson and Zemlyak combined for three kills and a Quaker service error proved to be the final point in Franklin's second straight win.

Wilson swung at a .241 clip and led the Grizzlies with 12 kills in the sweep. Jarrett handed out 27 assists and Thompson led the team with nine digs and four assists.

Up Next
Franklin will open up play on their home floor on Tuesday (Sept. 21) night, when the welcome Berea College to the Spurlock Center for a rematch between the two teams. First serve is set for 7:00 p.m.