Des Moines, Iowa - Grand View defeated William Penn University (Iowa) in four sets, 25-23, 25-18, 17-25, 25-16, Tuesday night at Charles S. Johnson Wellness Center in Des Moines. The Vikings improve to 12-10 overall and 7-5 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.
Set 1
The opener was a back-and-forth battle, with the score tied 12 times. Victoria Gasparini put Grand View up 5-4 with a service ace, and William Penn pushed ahead to lead 10-7 and later 15-13. Grand View answered with a five-point run, getting a Maria Eduarda dos Passos kill, a Lindsey Hrbek block, two William Penn errors and an Aydia Mayotte service ace to lead 18-15 and force a William Penn timeout. William Penn tied it at 18, and the teams traded points through ties at 19, 20, 21 and 22. With William Penn up 22-21, Grand View called timeout, then Gasparini took over with three straight kills, including one that tied the set at 22 and another that made it 24-22 after a William Penn timeout. Jocelyn Barrett finished it with a kill to win the set, 25-23.
Set 2
Grand View raced out to a 7-1 lead, opening with three straight kills from dos Passos and a Juliana Neves service ace, then adding an Ava Renner kill, a Clarissa Hasty service ace and a Gasparini kill to force a William Penn timeout. The Vikings kept the cushion at 14-8 and then ran off three more points, a Renner kill, a Hasty service ace and a block from Gasparini, to lead 16-8 and force another William Penn timeout. After William Penn cut it to 16-11, Grand View responded with four straight, getting a Hrbek kill, a Gasparini kill, a Barrett/Gasparini block and another Gasparini kill to lead 20-11. Gasparini added two more kills to push the lead to 22-13, a block from Hrbek and dos Passos made it 24-16, and Hrbek put away the final kill to close it out, 25-18.
Set 3
Grand View opened with a Barrett kill, a Hrbek/dos Passos block and a Mayotte service ace to lead 3-1, and a dos Passos kill later tied the set at 5. William Penn then ran off six straight to lead 11-5, and Grand View called timeout. The Vikings kept fighting, and after trailing 14-6, Grand View answered with a 4-0 run on a Barrett kill, a Gasparini kill and two William Penn errors. Gasparini and Barrett kills trimmed the deficit to 15-12 and forced a William Penn timeout, and dos Passos added back-to-back kills to cut it to 16-14. William Penn held on to take the set, 25-17.
Set 4
Grand View opened the final set with a dos Passos kill and a Hrbek/dos Passos block, and after William Penn took a 3-2 lead, the Vikings ran off five straight, getting a Renner kill, a Hrbek/Renner block, two William Penn errors and a Gasparini kill to lead 7-3. Grand View stretched the lead to 10-4 on kills from Renner, Neves and Gasparini, and a Barrett kill made it 11-5. A second Barrett kill, a dos Passos kill and a Gasparini service ace then gave the Vikings a 14-7 advantage. Ana Julia Goncalves and Renner kills extended the lead to 17-11, and Grand View used a four-point run, with a Hrbek/dos Passos block and kills from Renner and Gasparini, to lead 21-12 and force a William Penn timeout. Barrett and Gasparini kills made it 24-15, and dos Passos sealed the match with a kill, 25-16.
Match Notes
- Victoria Gasparini led all players with 20 kills, adding 2 service aces and 2.0 points off the block.
- Maria Eduarda dos Passos added 15 kills and 4.0 points off the block.
- Ava Renner chipped in 9 kills and 12 digs.
- Lindsey Hrbek led the Grand View block with 6.0 points.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 52 assists and added 7 digs.
- Cecilia Campos led the Grand View defense with a team-high 25 digs, adding 3 assists.
- Aydia Mayotte and Clarissa Hasty each recorded 2 service aces, and Hasty added 2 assists.
- As a team, Grand View finished with 61 kills, 7 service aces, 8 total blocks, 60 assists and 60 digs.
UP NEXT
Grand View hits the road Friday, October 16, at 7:00 PM, to face Central Methodist University (Mo.) in Fayette, Missouri.
