The No. 6 Hope College Volleyball team finished out the MIAA/NCAC Crossover Tournament at 2-1.

Freshman setter Lauren Lee racked up 26 assists in the 3-0 shutout in Hope's second game of the day versus Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday, September 10 at DeVos Fieldhouse. sophomore Annie Lockett (Mason, Ohio / William Mason HS) and senior Emma Post (Hudsonville, Michigan / Hudsonville) combined for 18 kills in the orange and blue's sixth win of the season. 

The dominant 25-15, 25-16, and 25-19 wins over the Battling Bishops also saw a team-high 13 digs from junior Olivia Fiebing (Traverse City, Michigan / Central), while Lee successfully completed 11 digs. 

Hope held reign over every statistical category against Ohio Wesleyan including completing eight blocks to the visitors two, and tallying 50 points to the Battling Bishops 33. 

"The plan of this season is just to continue to get better, there's a lot of new faces on our court and we've got some room to grow from a standpoint of an offensive rhythm and flow, learning about each other's defensive capabilities and what we can do in order to put ourselves in the best spot to win," said head coach Becky Schmidt. 

In the Flying Dutch's opening game on Saturday, it was a battle with Wittenberg University, in a four set loss for Hope. Wittenberg would complete the match in the fourth set with a second over .300 hitting percentage set after Hope picked up a win in set three as they tried to begin their comeback, but the Tigers held tight to their play and kept things locked up. 

Senior Charlotte Brecht (Grosse Pointe Farms / Grosse Pointe South) sank 11 kills, combining forces with outside hitter Post, who sent out 10 kills, to lead the charge. Fiebing tallied a team-high 22 digs for the Flying Dutch and Lee, a Plymouth, Michigan (Skyline) native had a team-high 36 assists against Wittenberg. 

"We got pushed, and that was really, really good. We got pushed by every team that we competed against, and at this point in the season, I'm happy that we continue to battle through that adversity, you win some and you lose some, but they kept the fight."

Hope returns to the court on Wednesday, September 14, as they welcome University of Chicago to DeVos Fieldhouse at 7 p.m.