Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 26, 2004
Contact:  Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Tops Wheaton College in Four Games
Balcerzak leads team in kills for second straight match

 Janelle Balcerzak is hitting .585 over her last two matches.
WHEATON, IL - The Forester volleyball team traveled to Wheaton College Tuesday (October 26) night and returned home with a 29-31, 33-31, 31-29, 30-24 victory. Lake Forest is now 16-11 on the season while the Thunder’s record falls to 14-20.

After posting a .591 hitting percentage and leading the Foresters with 13 kills in a three-game match on Saturday against Grinnell College, sophomore Janelle Balcerzak (Milwaukee, WI/Pius XI) continued her stellar play with a team-high 19 kills on Tuesday. She committed just one error in 31 attempts for a .581 hitting percentage. Balcerzak also added three blocks and an ace, leaving her just two aces shy of the school record of 65.

Senior Andrea Krueger (Tinley Park, IL/Andrew) tallied 46 assists in the match and chipped in with a dozen digs. With a team-high 31 digs on Tuesday, junior Meghan Miller (Williams Bay, WI/Williams Bay) moved into second place in the program’s record books with 1,362 in her career, six shy of the school record. Senior Amy Krueger (Tinley Park, IL/Andrew) reached double figures in both kills (14) and digs (24) and trails Miller’s career digs total by just 14.

The Foresters will play again Thursday (October 28) night at 7:00 at Elmhurst College, the 23rd-ranked team in the nation (American Volleyball Coaches Association). The team will then conclude the regular season with a home match Saturday (October 30) morning against Concordia University (IL).

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