WHEN

The Dordt Defender men's volleyball team will travel to Angwin, California to conclude their matches this week in a match against Pacific Union.  

HOW TO FOLLOW

Live Scoring   https://godordt.com/sidearmstats/mvball/summary
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DORDT

2023 Overall record/GPAC record: 13-2/7-1
National Rating: 14
2023 Schedule

• Def. Central Christian  3-0
• Def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
• Lost to Jamestown 3-2
• Def. UC Merced 3-1
• Def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
• Def.  St. Ambrose 3-1
• Def. Viterbo 3-0
• Def. Morningside 3-0
• Def. Ottawa 3-0
• Def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
• Def. Central Christian 3-0
• Def. Jamestown 3-1
• Def. Simpson (California) 3-1
• Lost to Menlo 3-0
• Def. UC Merced 3-2
• March 10 @ Pacific Union
• March 16 @ Morningside
• March 18 @ Ottawa

Team Stats

• Kills per set: 11.8
• Kills per set allowed: 9.3
• Aces: 95
• Aces Allowed: 51
• Digs per set: 9.9
• Digs per set allowed: 9.5
• Blocks per set: 2.3
• Blocks per set allowed:  1.2

Individuals

• Caleb Kulesza: 3.88 kps, 22 ace serves, .291 kill %, 4-time GPAC Attacker of the Week
• Brady Frost: 2.4 kps, .253 kill %
• Luke Nelson: 1.47 kps, 4 ace serves, .412 kill %
• Andres Guzman: 2.16 kps, 28 ace serves
• Lukas Van Groningen: 9.0 aps, 2-time GPAC Setter of the Week
• Robert Piekarz: 3.4 dps, 12 ace serves, 2-time GPAC Defensive Player of the Week

PACIFIC UNION

2023 Overall record/California Pacific Conference record: 0-12/0-6
National Rating: UR
2023 Schedule

• Lost to Saint Katherine 3-0
• Lost to Hope International 3-0
• Lost to Ottawa Arizona 3-1
• Lost to Menlo 3-0
• Lost to Simpson 3-0
• Lost to UC Merced 3-0
• Lost to Simpson 3-2
• Lost to UC Merced 3-1
• Lost to Arizona Christian 3-1
• Lost to Park-Gilbert 3-2
• Lost to Benedictine Mesa 3-0
• Lost to Arizona Christian 3-1
• March 10 vs Dordt
• March 11 vs Saint Katherine

Team Stats

• Kills per set:  9.6
• Kills per set allowed: 12.0
• Aces: 44
• Aces Allowed: 71
• Digs per set: 9.1
• Digs per set allowed: 9.6
• Blocks per set: 1.0
• Blocks per set allowed:  2.2

Individuals

• JT Kuderca 2.93k, .117kill efficiency, 10 ace serves, 1.5 dps
• Dakota Hrabowy: 2.8 k
• Khalid Pal: 8.2 aps

RECENTLY

Pacific Union lost to Arizona Christian on March 9 by set scores of 15-25, 26-24, 10-25, 20-25 with Kuderca putting down 15 kills and Hrabowy had nine. Pal put up 28 assists.

Dordt beat UC Merced on Wednesday night in five sets, coming from behind 3-1 to secure the win. Caleb Kulesza had 22 kills and Andres Guzman 14 while Brady Frost put down 10. Lukas Van Groningen had 45 assists and Robert Piekarz got to 19 digs.

THE SERIES

Dordt won the only meeting in the series between the two teams on February 10, 2023 at Jamestown. Dordt was a 25-12, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23 winner behind 17 kills from Caleb Kulesza and Brady Frost had 13. Lukas Van Groningen put up 32 assists and Andres Guzman had four service aces.

NEXT

The Defenders will conclude regular season play on March 16 and 18 on the road against Morningside and Ottawa.

GPAC

Standings (March 10, 2023)
Dordt 7-1/13-2
Jamestown 6-1/16-3
Morningside 5-3/7-9
Kansas Wesleyan 3-6/6-12
Ottawa 2-4/4-8
Central Christian 0-7/0-12
 
March 8
Ottawa @ Central Christian
 
March 11
Jamestown @ Ottawa
 
March 15
Ottawa @ Jamestown
 
March 16
Dordt @ Morningside
 
March 18
Jamestown @ Morningside
Dordt @ Ottawa
 
 
January 26
Dordt def. Central Christian 3-0
 
January 27
Jamestown def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
January 28
Jamestown def. Central Christian 3-0
Dordt def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
February 1
Morningside def. Ottawa 3-1
 
February 3
Jamestown def. Dordt 3-2
Kansas Wesleyan def. Ottawa 3-1
Morningside def. Central Christian 3-0
 
February 4
Morningside def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
February 16
Dordt def. Morningside 3-0
 
February 18
Dordt def. Ottawa 3-0
 
February 19
Jamestown def. Morningside 3-0
February 23
Morningside def. Ottawa 3-1
 
February 24
Jamestown def. Central Christian 3-0
Dordt def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
February 25
Jamestown def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
Dordt def.  Central Christian 3-0
 
March 2
Dordt def. Jamestown 3-1
Ottawa def. Central Christian 3-0
 
March 3
Kansas Wesleyan def. Morningside 3-1
 
March 4
Ottawa def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
Morningside def. Central Christian 3-0