Des Moines, Iowa - Grand View swept Culver-Stockton College (Mo.), 25-23, 25-22, 25-14, Friday night on Senior Night at home in Des Moines. The Vikings improve to 17-10 overall and 12-5 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.
Set 1
Victoria Gasparini got Grand View started in the opening set with a kill and a service ace, and a Maria Eduarda dos Passos kill gave the Vikings a 3-0 lead. Gasparini added kills to stretch it to 5-2, and after Culver-Stockton tied it at 6, Grand View went back in front on a Culver-Stockton error and a Gasparini kill, and another Gasparini kill made it 11-8. A Jocelyn Barrett kill, a dos Passos kill and a Culver-Stockton error made it 14-9, and Ava Renner's kill made it 16-10 and forced a Culver-Stockton timeout. Back-to-back dos Passos kills gave the Vikings an 18-10 lead, and a block from dos Passos and a block from Gasparini and Brooklyn Roder made it 20-12. Culver-Stockton rallied with five straight points to cut it to 20-17, but Grand View got three Culver-Stockton errors, the last off a block from Barrett, to lead 23-18. Culver-Stockton came back to tie the set at 23, but Gasparini put away a kill for the 24-23 lead and Barrett finished it with a kill, 25-23.
Set 2
Grand View jumped on top in the second set with a service ace, a Culver-Stockton error, a Roder kill and a block from Roder, taking a 4-0 lead. A dos Passos kill made it 5-1, and the Vikings later ran off six straight points, getting blocks from Roder and Gasparini, kills from Barrett, Renner and Barrett, and a Culver-Stockton error, to lead 12-4 and force a Culver-Stockton timeout along the way. A Renner kill and a Culver-Stockton error made it 14-5, and Clarissa Hasty, Barrett and dos Passos kills gave Grand View a 17-7 lead. dos Passos kills made it 18-10 and 19-11, and a Culver-Stockton error and Renner and Gasparini kills made it 22-12. Gasparini added another kill, assisted by Roder, to make it 23-13. Culver-Stockton ran off seven straight points to cut it to 23-20, but the Vikings answered with a kill to make it 24-20 and finished the set on a Culver-Stockton error off a block from Juliana Neves and a teammate, 25-22.
Set 3
Roder opened the third set with a kill, and a block from Renner and Roder helped Grand View build a 4-1 lead. The set was tied at 5 and 6, with a Roder kill evening it at 6, and Culver-Stockton led 12-9 midway through. Grand View then took over, running off seven straight points, six of them with Neves serving. A Culver-Stockton error, a Neves kill, another Culver-Stockton error, two Neves service aces and a dos Passos kill pushed the Vikings to a 15-12 lead and forced a Culver-Stockton timeout, and another Culver-Stockton error made it 16-12. Hasty then served a run of four straight points, getting an ace, a block from Gasparini and Roder, a Renner kill and a Roder kill, to make it 21-13. Renner added a kill, a block from Barrett and Gasparini made it 24-14, and Cecilia Campos finished the match with a service ace, 25-14.
Match Notes
- Maria Eduarda dos Passos led Grand View with 10 kills.
- Victoria Gasparini added 8 kills, a service ace and 4.0 points off the block.
- Ava Renner chipped in 6 kills.
- Brooklyn Roder posted a team-high 5.0 points off the block, and Jocelyn Barrett added 2.0.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 25 assists, 2 service aces and 9 digs.
- Cecilia Campos led the Grand View defense with a team-high 21 digs, adding a service ace and 2 assists.
- Clarissa Hasty added 7 digs and a service ace.
- As a team, Grand View finished with 37 kills, 6 service aces, 32 assists and 10 total blocks, out-blocking Culver-Stockton 10-7.
UP NEXT
Grand View hits the road Tuesday, October 27, at 7:00 PM, to face Graceland University (Iowa) in Lamoni, Iowa.
