Atchison, Kansas - Grand View took the third set but fell in four to Benedictine (KS), 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 25-17, on the road at Ralph Nolan Gym in Atchison, Kansas.
Set 1
Benedictine jumped out to an early lead and was up 19-11 when Grand View called timeout. The Vikings kept chipping away with kills from Maria Eduarda dos Passos, Ava Renner, Brooklyn Roder and Victoria Gasparini, plus blocks from Jocelyn Barrett and Gasparini, including one that trimmed the deficit to 18-23, but Benedictine held on to take the opener, 25-18.
Set 2
Grand View came out sharp in the second set, using blocks from Maria Eduarda dos Passos and Jocelyn Barrett, a Juliana Neves service ace and a Renner kill to build a 6-2 lead and force a Benedictine timeout. Ava Renner then took over at the service line, ripping off three straight aces to stretch the lead to 12-4. Benedictine rallied to tie the set at 15, 16 and 17, and after Grand View called a timeout down 18-21, the Vikings answered with a Barrett kill and a dos Passos kill, with a Benedictine error in between, to even it back up at 21-21. Benedictine closed out the set, 25-22.
Set 3
Grand View jumped ahead 2-0 on kills from Luisa de Paula and Ava Renner, but Benedictine answered with a six-point run, forcing a Grand View timeout. The Vikings regrouped and fought back. A Renner kill and a Renner service ace sparked a 4-0 run that tied the set at 6-6, and the teams traded points through a stretch of ties from there. With the score level at 18-18, Maria Eduarda dos Passos took over, putting down three kills and Juliana Neves added a service ace as Grand View ran off four straight to lead 21-18, with a Benedictine timeout along the way. Lindsey Hrbek and Luisa de Paula each added a kill down the stretch, and Renner finished off the set with a kill to win it, 25-22.
Set 4
Benedictine scored the first five points of the fourth set, forcing an early Grand View timeout. The Vikings kept battling with back-to-back kills from Maria Eduarda dos Passos, a service ace from Clarissa Hasty and another from Beniz Tasdemir, along with kills from Luisa de Paula and Ava Renner, but Benedictine pulled away to close out the match, 25-17.
Match Notes
- Maria Eduarda dos Passos led Grand View with 14 kills.
- Ava Renner added 13 kills and a team-high 4 service aces, along with 9 digs.
- Luisa de Paula chipped in 7 kills.
- Jocelyn Barrett posted a team-high 5.0 points off the block, and Victoria Gasparini added 2.0 points off the block to go with 11 digs.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 40 assists and added 2 service aces.
- Beniz Tasdemir led the Grand View defense with a team-high 22 digs.
- Clarissa Hasty added a service ace.
- As a team, Grand View finished with 43 kills, 8 service aces, 42 assists and 59 digs.
UP NEXT
Grand View wrapped up its weekend swing Saturday at Baker University (Kan.) in Baldwin City, Kansas, picking up a 3-0 win.
