Des Moines, Iowa - Grand View defeated St. Ambrose University in four sets, 25-21, 23-25, 25-10, 25-13, Thursday night at home in Des Moines. The Vikings improve to 16-10 overall and 11-5 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.
Set 1
Grand View led early, going up 4-1 on kills from Jocelyn Barrett, Ana Julia Goncalves and Maria Eduarda dos Passos, but St. Ambrose ran off five straight to lead 6-4. Back-to-back dos Passos kills tied it at 6, though St. Ambrose pulled ahead 10-6. The Vikings answered with five straight points, getting a Brooklyn Roder kill, two Victoria Gasparini kills, a St. Ambrose error and a Clarissa Hasty service ace, to take an 11-10 lead. The set was tied at 12, 13, 14 and 15, with Gasparini and Barrett kills and an Ava Renner service ace keeping Grand View in the mix, before the Vikings pulled ahead on a St. Ambrose service error and a Renner kill to lead 17-15. Renner added another kill at 19-18, and Grand View closed on four straight points, getting two Gasparini kills, a Barrett kill and a St. Ambrose error, to lead 23-18 and force a St. Ambrose timeout. A Barrett kill made it 24-19, and dos Passos put away the final kill to win the set, 25-21.
Set 2
St. Ambrose took the first three points of the second set, and dos Passos answered with two kills to keep Grand View close. After a Renner kill, a St. Ambrose service error and a block from Barrett and Juliana Neves pulled the Vikings within 8-6, and a Gasparini kill and a Gasparini service ace made it 10-8. dos Passos added a kill at 11-9 and another at 12-10, and after a Grand View timeout down 14-10, the Vikings kept fighting. Down 22-16, Grand View got a dos Passos kill and back-to-back Neves service aces to pull within 22-18 and force a St. Ambrose timeout. After a St. Ambrose service error made it 23-19, the Vikings closed on a four-point run, getting a Renner kill, a Cecilia Campos service ace and two Gasparini kills, to cut the deficit to 24-23 before St. Ambrose closed out the set, 25-23.
Set 3
Grand View dominated the third set from the start. dos Passos opened with a kill, and the Vikings got a block from dos Passos and Barrett, plus two St. Ambrose errors, to lead 4-0. A St. Ambrose error, a Neves kill and a Roder kill pushed the lead to 7-1 and forced a St. Ambrose timeout, and kills from dos Passos, dos Passos, Roder and dos Passos made it 11-2 and forced a second St. Ambrose timeout. Grand View later ran off eight straight points, getting a Gasparini kill, a Renner kill, a Campos service ace, a St. Ambrose error, a Barrett kill, another Renner kill and two more St. Ambrose errors, to lead 21-5. Campos served seven of those points. A Barrett kill made it 22-6 and Gasparini added a kill for 23-9, and dos Passos put away the final two kills of the set to win it, 25-10. Grand View held St. Ambrose to just three kills in the set.
Set 4
Grand View came out firing in the fourth set, taking the first nine points. After a St. Ambrose error and a Roder kill, two more St. Ambrose errors gave the Vikings a 4-0 lead and forced an early St. Ambrose timeout. A Neves service ace, a dos Passos kill, two Renner kills and another dos Passos kill then made it 9-0. Neves served eight straight points in the run. The Vikings later ran off four straight, getting two Gasparini kills and two blocks, one from Barrett and one from Renner and Barrett, to lead 14-4 and force another St. Ambrose timeout. Barrett and Gasparini kills kept the lead comfortable, and a dos Passos kill made it 20-10. Roder and Gasparini kills made it 22-11, and a final St. Ambrose error ended the match, 25-13.
Match Notes
- Maria Eduarda dos Passos led all players with 19 kills.
- Victoria Gasparini added 18 kills, 3 assists and a service ace.
- Ava Renner chipped in 8 kills and 15 digs.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 48 assists, 3 service aces, 14 digs and 1.0 point off the block.
- Cecilia Campos led the Grand View defense with a team-high 29 digs, adding 2 service aces and 5 assists.
- Jocelyn Barrett posted a team-high 4.0 points off the block.
- Clarissa Hasty and Ava Renner each added a service ace.
- As a team, Grand View finished with 60 kills, 8 service aces, 58 assists and 80 digs, and held St. Ambrose to 41 kills.
UP NEXT
Grand View hosts Culver-Stockton College (Mo.) on Friday, October 23, at 7:00 PM at Charles S. Johnson Wellness Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
