Lake Forest College Sports Information
September 8th, 2001 
Contact:  Mike Wajerski, SID

Reinboldt Makes All-Tournament Team at Elmhurst Tourney
Foresters fall to tough competition

ELMHURST, IL - The level of competition was high at the Elmhurst Invitational this weekend (September 7-8th), and the Forester volleyball team was unable to defeat any of their four opponents. Those four teams, Wittenberg University, Elmhurst College, Illinois Wesleyan University and Wheaton College, entered the tournament with a combined record of 11-1.

In Friday's three-game loss to Wittenberg (30-19, 30-20, 30-22), senior Stephanie Reinboldt (McHenry, IL/Marian Central Catholic) led the team with nine kills and 16 digs. Sophomores Stephanie Metzger (Chicago, IL/Lane Tech) and Jenny Anderson (Sebastopol, CA/El Molino) each had seven kills and added 16 and 12 digs, respectively. Freshman DeAnna Bauer (Tinley Park, IL/Andrew) tallied 34 assists.

In the Foresters' other Friday match, another three-game loss to Elmhurst (30-21, 30-11, 31-29), Anderson was the team leader in both kills (10) and digs (12).

On Saturday, Lake Forest started the day with a loss to Illinois Wesleyan (30-26, 30-19, 31-29). Freshman Andrea Krueger (Tinley Park, IL/Andrew) got her first start of the year at setter and recorded 24 assists. Reinboldt led the team with nine kills and tied for the team lead in digs with eight. Anderson served up four aces in the match.

The final match of the invitational was a loss to Wheaton College (30-19, 26-30, 30-24, 30-21). Reinboldt was again the team leader in kills with 14 and she added as many digs. Anderson recorded 11 kills and 15 digs and Krueger tallied another 33 assists.

Following play on Saturday, Reinboldt was named to the all-tournament team. In 13 games, she led the Foresters with 38 kills and was second on the team with 45 digs.

Lake Forest will look to rebound on Tuesday (September 11th) when they host UW-Whitewater. Whitewater was the runner-up in the NCAA Tournament last fall.
 

LF - Wittenberg Box Score
LF - Elmhurst Box Score
LF - Illinois Wesleyan Box Score
LF - Wheaton Box Score