Baldwin City, Kansas - Grand View closed out its weekend in Kansas with a sweep of Baker (KS), winning 25-20, 25-23, 25-19 in Baldwin City.
Set 1
Baker scored the first two points, but Grand View answered with kills from Lindsey Hrbek, Jocelyn Barrett, Ava Renner and Victoria Gasparini, and the score was tied at 2, 3 and 4 early. The Vikings stayed within a point or two through the middle of the set, with Baker holding a 12-11 edge, and then Victoria Gasparini went to the service line and took over. She ran off six straight points, including three service aces, a Barrett kill and a block from Barrett and Juliana Neves, to push Grand View ahead 17-12 and force two Baker timeouts. Grand View kept control from there, with a Renner kill and a Renner service ace late, and closed out the set, 25-20.
Set 2
Grand View jumped on top early behind a kill from Gasparini, a block from Renner and Barrett, and a Renner kill to lead 3-0. The teams then traded points through five ties (5-5 through 9-9) before the Vikings edged ahead on kills from Gasparini and a Cecilia Campos service ace, building a 13-11 lead. Baker answered with a six-point run to lead 17-13, but Grand View responded with four straight, getting a block from Lindsey Hrbek and Maria Eduarda dos Passos, a Hrbek kill and a dos Passos kill to tie it at 17 and force a Baker timeout. Baker moved back in front, 21-19, and Grand View called timeout, then rallied with a dos Passos kill and a Baker error to tie the set at 21. Baker went up 23-21, but the Vikings finished the set on a four-point run, getting a Renner kill, a Cecilia Campos service ace, a Gasparini kill and a closing Renner kill, to win it, 25-23.
Set 3
Seven ties (from 1-1 through 7-7) marked the early going before Grand View took control. A block from Hrbek and dos Passos, a Gasparini kill and a Renner kill helped the Vikings build a 12-9 lead, and they pushed it to 15-12 with a dos Passos kill and a Baker error. After Baker cut it to 15-13, Grand View ran off five straight, with a dos Passos kill, to lead 20-13 and force a Baker timeout along the way. Grand View then scored two more, including a Clarissa Hasty service ace, to go up 22-14 and force another Baker timeout. The Vikings closed out the match with a Renner kill and a final Gasparini kill to win the set 25-19 and complete the sweep.
Match Notes
- Victoria Gasparini led all players with 14 kills and 3 service aces.
- Maria Eduarda dos Passos and Ava Renner each added 9 kills.
- Jocelyn Barrett posted a team-high 7.0 points off the block, and Juliana Neves and Ava Renner each added 3.0 points off the block.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 30 assists and added 8 digs.
- Cecilia Campos led the Grand View defense with a team-high 15 digs, adding 2 service aces and 2 assists.
- Ava Renner added 12 digs.
- Clarissa Hasty chipped in a service ace, and Victoria Gasparini added an assist.
- As a team, Grand View finished with 38 kills, 7 service aces, 9 total blocks, 35 assists and 53 digs.
UP NEXT
Grand View returns home Tuesday, October 13, at 7:00 PM, hosting William Penn University (Iowa) at Charles S. Johnson Wellness Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
