The Dordt Defender volleyball team ended its week with a 25-20, 25-16, 25-16 road loss to the College of Saint Mary Flames in GPAC play on Saturday afternoon, October 1.
Dordt started fast in set one, building a 4-0 lead but the Flames steadily worked their way back to ties at 17, 18 and 19. The hosts took their first lead of the set at 20-19 and Dordt only got as close as 21-20 before falling 25-20 with a four point run by the College of Saint Mary ending the set.
The momentum shift lasted in to the second set as the Flames took a 7-4 lead only to see Dordt get up 12-10 after a
Danielle Vande Voort kill and a Vande Voort and
Allison Timmermans block. An 8-2 run followed for the College of Saint Mary and the Flames went on to win by a final of 25-16 and hit for a .484 kill efficiency in the set.
The Defenders never recovered as the Flames raced to a 6-0 lead in set three and finished the set in control with a 25-16 final.
THE NUMBERS
- Dordt had a .196 kill efficiency with Danielle Vande Voort getting 10 kills and Brenna Krommendyk and Grace Langemeier each had seven.
- Megan Raszler and Sophie Johnson had 13 and 11 assists each and Makenna Kooima got to a team high 13 digs.
- The Flames had a .343 kill efficiency and got 13 from Lexie Langley while Kamryn Willman added 11 and Rachel Rosenquist 10.
- Dordt is now 10-5 overall and 4-3 in the league and will resume play on Friday, October 7 with a match against Hastings.
- The College of Saint Mary is 14-4 and is now 4-4 in league play.
COACH JACKI SMITH SAID
"The College of Saint Mary was blistering in the match…they hit .440 in the second set and we didn't have an answer for them across the board. This is a serve and pass game and we didn't accomplish what we needed to from the service line. We knew we had to serve aggressively—we had two service aces and four errors and the College of Saint Mary did and had seven aces and six errors. Those seven aces are impactful points in a match like this. We had the momentum in set one and they made some adjustments—we were keyed in on their outsides and single blocking their middles and they started to pumping their middles and that was a momentum shift for them."
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