WHEN

Dordt will face Morningside on Wednesday, September 21 with the JV match starting at 6:00 and the varsity contest at about 7:30.

WHERE

The game will be played at the DeWitt Gym in Sioux Center, Iowa.

HOW TO FOLLOW

Watch the game with video produced by the Dordt Media Network. 
In game stats    
KIHK Radio 

DORDT

Overall record/GPAC record: 7-3/1-1
Losses to: Vanguard, Corban, Northwestern
Kills per set/allowed:  11.8/11.3
Kill Efficiency/allowed:  .202/.123
Blocks per set/allowed:  2.96/1.49
Aces/allowed: 59/77

Individuals

• Corrina Timmermans: 2.97 kills per set; 6 service aces; 2.64 digs per set; .69 blocks per set
• Brenna Krommendyk: 1.79 kills per set; .337 kill efficiency; 1.38 blocks per set
• Ellie Voss: 1.79 kills per set; .256 kill efficiency; 1.28 blocks per set
• Alli Timmermans: 1.73 kills per set; .278 kill efficiency; .73 blocks per set
• Grace Langemeier: 1.72 kills per set; .69 blocks per set
• Isabella Cumana: 1.65 kills per set
• Sophie Johnson: 3.9 assists per set; 1.74 digs per set; 11 aces
• Megan Raszler: 4.59 assists per set; 1.56 digs per set; 11 aces
• Mia Gamet: 7 ace serves; 1.08 digs per set
• Madison Vis; 2.67 digs per set; 13 ace serves
• Makenna Kooima: 4.84 digs per set

MORNINGSIDE

Overall record/GPAC record: 4-12/1-3
GPAC win over: Briar Cliff (3-0)
Kills per set/allowed: 11.8/12.3
Kill Efficiency/allowed:.160/.203   
Blocks per set/allowed: 1.4/1.6   
Total aces/allowed:  77/109

Individuals

• Sydney Marlow: 3.9 kills per set; 2.8 digs per set; 20 service aces
• Payton Lode: 2.6 kills per set
• Claire Wilson: 2.1 kills per set
• Nienke Van Drunen: 1.3 kills per set
• Gillian De Pauw: 7.2 assists per set; 17 service aces
• Bridget Smith: 2.3 assists per set; 2.9 digs per set
• Payton Shoquist: 2.9 digs per set; 14 service aces; 2.3 assists per set
• Aureana Bernales: 5.6 digs per set

RECENTLY

The Defenders were scheduled to play Jamestown on Saturday, September 17 and were tied 1-1 with the Jimmies when a medical emergency involving a spectator from Jamestown halted the match and the contest didn't continue.  Dordt had a five match winning streak stopped on September 10 in a 3-2 loss to Northwestern.  Dordt dropped sets one and two 25-23, 25-19 and came back to win sets three and four 25-20 and 25-23. Northwestern secured the match win with a 15-9 victory. Dordt scored 11 points on blocks but Northwestern had 65 kills to Dordt's 50. Corrina Timmermans had 12 kills and Isabella Cumana put down 11. Brenna Krommendyk added nine kills and Allison Timmermans had seven. Sophie Johnson put up 22 aces and Megan Raszler had 18. Johnson got to 15 digs and Makenna Kooima had 14 while Ellie Foss assisted on five blocks and Brenna Krommendyk had two solo and three assisted blocks.

Morningside has lost three matches in a row with 3-0 losses to Jamestown, Dakota State and Dakota Wesleyan starting on September 10. Against Dakota Wesleyan on September 17 the Mustangs hosted and lost to the Tigers 25-20, 25-23, 25-20. Sydney Marlow and Claire Wilson each had 10 kills and Nienke van Drunen had eight kills. Marlow accounted for 18 digs and two of Morningside's aces and  De Pauw put up 31 assists.

THE SERIES

Dordt is 7-1 in the series since 2017 with the lone loss in the run coming on October 7, 2020.  Most recently Dordt beat Morningside 3-0 and 3-1 last season.  In the October 6, 2021 match Dordt had a 53-50 kills advantage and hit for a .243 kill efficiency. Corrina Timmermans had 19 kills and Jessi Franken added 11. Mia Gamet had three ace serves and Megan Raszler put up 46 assists.  Morningside got 12 kills from Marlow and she also had 13 digs and Claire Wilson had 11 kills. 
Dordt leads the overall series 33-19.

GPAC

Standings (September 20, 2022)
Jamestown 2-0/13-1
College of Saint Mary 3-1/13-1
Concordia 3-1/12-1
Midland 3-1/13-2
Dakota Wesleyan 3-1/10-2
Northwestern 2-2/10-3
Hastings 2-2/13-5
Dordt 1-1/7-3
Mount Marty 1-3/6-6
Morningside 1-3/4-12
Briar Cliff 0-2/5-6
Doane 0-4/6-12
 
September 21
Morningside @ Dordt
Dakota Wesleyan @ Jamestown
Briar Cliff @ Northwestern
Midland @ College of Saint Mary
Hastings @ Doane
Concordia @ Mount Marty
 
September 24
Concordia @ Dordt
Doane Morningside
Mount Marty @ Jamestown
Midland @ Northwestern
 
August 31
Northwestern def. Morningside 3-0
Midland def. Doane 3-1
Concordia def. Hastings 3-0
 
September 6
Jamestown def. Northwestern 3-0
 
September 7
Dordt def. Dakota Wesleyan  3-0
Midland def. Concordia 3-2
Doane def. Mount Marty 3-1
College of Saint Mary def. Hastings 3-1
Morningside def. Briar Cliff 3-0
 
September 9
Dakota Wesleyan def. Briar Cliff 3-1
 
September 10
College of Saint Mary def. Doane 3-0
Jamestown def. Morningside 3-0
Hastings def. Mount Marty 3-1
Northwestern def. Dordt 3-2
 
September 14
Dakota Wesleyan def. Northwestern 3-1
Hastings def. Midland 3-2
Concordia def. Doane
College of Saint Mary def. Mount Marty 3-0
 
September 16
Midland def. Mount Marty 3-0
 
September 17
Concordia def. College of Saint Mary 3-0
Dakota Wesleyan def. Morningside 3-0