St. Louis, Missouri - Grand View's season came to an end with a 3-1 loss to Missouri Baptist (21-25, 17-25, 25-21, 18-25) in the semifinals of the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Tuesday night at the Petty SRC in St. Louis, Missouri. The Vikings finish the season 19-12.
Set 1
Grand View took a 1-0 lead on a Missouri Baptist error, but Missouri Baptist ran off ten straight points to lead 10-1, and the Vikings called timeout down 6-1. A Jocelyn Barrett kill ended the run. After a Missouri Baptist error, Aydia Mayotte served an ace and Maria Eduarda dos Passos added a kill to cut it to 12-5, and a Missouri Baptist service error and a Juliana Neves service ace made it 14-7. Ava Renner and Kaylee Stalder kills made it 16-10, and after a Missouri Baptist service error and a Missouri Baptist error off a block from Barrett and Neves made it 17-12, a Barrett kill made it 18-13. Back-to-back dos Passos kills pulled Grand View within 19-15 and forced a Missouri Baptist timeout. Missouri Baptist went up 22-16, and Grand View called timeout. A Brooklyn Roder kill and a dos Passos kill kept the Vikings coming, and after Missouri Baptist went up 23-17, Grand View rallied with four straight points, getting three Stalder kills and a Cecilia Campos service ace, to pull within 23-21 and force a Missouri Baptist timeout. Campos served the final three points of the run. Missouri Baptist took the final two points to win the set, 25-21.
Set 2
Dos Passos opened the second set with a kill, and a Renner kill and a Missouri Baptist error kept Grand View within 4-3. Missouri Baptist then ran off six straight points to lead 10-3, and the Vikings called timeout. Out of the timeout, kills from dos Passos, Ana Julia Goncalves and Stalder and a Missouri Baptist error made it 15-7. After Missouri Baptist stretched the lead to 20-8, Grand View answered with five straight points, getting a dos Passos kill, a Roder kill, another dos Passos kill and two Missouri Baptist errors, to make it 20-13 and force a Missouri Baptist timeout. Mayotte served the final four points of the run. Dos Passos added kills at 21-14 and 21-15, and a Missouri Baptist error made it 21-16. A Roder kill made it 23-17 before Missouri Baptist closed out the set, 25-17.
Set 3
Grand View came out strong in the third set, taking a 5-0 lead on a Renner service ace and four Missouri Baptist errors, with Renner serving all five points, and forcing a Missouri Baptist timeout. A Barrett kill and another Missouri Baptist error made it 7-1, and a Missouri Baptist service error made it 8-3. Missouri Baptist rallied with seven straight points to lead 10-8, and Grand View called timeout. Back-to-back dos Passos kills tied it at 10, and a Missouri Baptist error off a block from dos Passos and Roder put the Vikings back in front, 11-10. Missouri Baptist tied it at 11, but a dos Passos kill and a Roder kill made it 13-11, a Missouri Baptist error made it 14-11, and after Missouri Baptist cut it to 14-12, a Victoria Gasparini kill made it 15-12. Grand View stayed in front the rest of the way behind Gasparini kills, kills from dos Passos and Barrett, a Missouri Baptist error off a block from dos Passos and Barrett and another off a block from dos Passos and Roder. Gasparini put away the final kill to win the set, 25-21.
Set 4
Missouri Baptist took the first five points of the fourth set. A Missouri Baptist error and a Roder kill got Grand View on the board, and dos Passos kills and a Gasparini kill kept the Vikings within 8-5. Missouri Baptist stretched the lead to 13-6, and Grand View called timeout. Missouri Baptist went up 15-6, but a Missouri Baptist service error, a Missouri Baptist error off a block from Barrett and Neves and a Gasparini service ace cut it to 15-9. After Missouri Baptist went up 18-9 and Grand View called another timeout, Barrett and dos Passos kills and a Missouri Baptist error pulled the Vikings within 20-12. A Missouri Baptist service error made it 22-13, and a Renner kill made it 23-14. A Missouri Baptist error off a block from Barrett and Gasparini and another Missouri Baptist error made it 23-16, and a Barrett kill and a Missouri Baptist error made it 24-18 before Missouri Baptist closed out the match, 25-18.
Match Notes
- Maria Eduarda dos Passos led Grand View with 17 kills and added 3.0 points off the block.
- Victoria Gasparini and Brooklyn Roder each added 6 kills, and Gasparini served an ace.
- Jocelyn Barrett posted a team-high 6.0 points off the block.
- Juliana Neves ran the offense with 39 assists, 3.0 points off the block, 9 digs and a service ace.
- Cecilia Campos led the Grand View defense with a team-high 20 digs and served an ace, and Ava Renner added 12 digs.
