Grand View swept Graceland University (Iowa), 25-18, 25-17, 25-12, Tuesday night at Morden Center in Lamoni, Iowa. The Vikings improve to 18-10 overall and 13-5 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.
Set 1
Grand View took control right away, opening with a 5-0 run behind a Jocelyn Barrett kill, two Maria Eduarda dos Passos kills, a Victoria Gasparini kill and a Graceland error. A dos Passos kill, a Juliana Neves service ace and another Graceland error made it 8-1, and a dos Passos kill pushed the lead to 9-2. Kills from Brooklyn Roder, Barrett and Gasparini, twice, made it 13-4, and Gasparini added three more kills to stretch the lead to 16-6. Graceland rallied to cut it to 17-11 and later pulled within 19-15, but a Graceland service error, a Barrett kill and a Gasparini kill pushed Grand View's lead back to 22-16. A Graceland error made it 23-17, and a Barrett kill and a final Graceland error closed out the set, 25-18.
Set 2
Gasparini opened the second set with a kill and Cecilia Campos followed with a service ace to give Grand View a 2-0 lead. Another Gasparini kill, a Barrett kill, a Graceland error, an Ana Julia Goncalves kill and another Graceland error pushed the lead to 7-2. Graceland came back to tie the set at 8, but Grand View answered, getting a Barrett kill and a Graceland error to lead 10-8. After Graceland pulled within 10-9, the Vikings ripped off six straight points. A Graceland service error, a block from Goncalves and Roder, back-to-back dos Passos kills, a Graceland error and a Neves service ace made it 16-9. Graceland cut it to 16-12 and later 18-15, but Roder and dos Passos kills made it 20-16, and Roder added another kill to make it 21-17. A block from Barrett and Gasparini made it 22-17, and after a Graceland error, Gasparini put down a kill for 24-17. Campos finished off the set with a service ace, 25-17.
Set 3
Grand View jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the third set on a Graceland service error, a Roder kill, a Graceland error and a dos Passos kill, then pushed the lead to 8-2 behind a dos Passos kill, a Goncalves kill, a Neves service ace and a Graceland error. Two Graceland service errors helped make it 10-4, and a Gasparini kill and a Neves kill pushed the lead to 12-6. Barrett then put down three straight kills to make it 15-6, and another Barrett kill and a Graceland error made it 17-8. Grand View later ran off four straight points, getting two dos Passos kills, a dos Passos block and a Neves service ace, to lead 21-10. After a Graceland timeout, Kaylee Stalder put down a kill to make it 23-11, and Stalder added a kill at 24-12 and the final kill of the match, 25-12.
Match Notes
- Victoria Gasparini and Maria Eduarda dos Passos each led Grand View with 11 kills.
- Jocelyn Barrett added 10 kills.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 30 assists and served 4 aces.
- Cecilia Campos served 2 aces and added 9 digs and 3 assists, and Ana Julia Goncalves also had 9 digs.
- Gasparini, Roder and dos Passos each added 1.0 point off the block.
- Aydia Mayotte added 2 assists.
- As a team, Grand View finished with 43 kills, 6 service aces, 36 assists and 48 digs, and held Graceland to 17 kills.
UP NEXT
Grand View stays on the road Thursday, October 29, at 7:00 PM, to face Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska.
