FINAL

Dordt def. Mount Mercy 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-14)
Viterbo def. Dordt 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-19)

VS MOUNT MERCY

Dordt managed a sweep of Mount Mercy in their first contest on Saturday, September 2 at a classic hosted by the College of Saint Mary in North Sioux City, South Dakota.

The Defenders were up 10-6 early but a four-point run by the Mustangs tied the score 14-14. The set was tied again at 15 with Mount Mercy getting a three point run and leading 18-15. A Tarren Spartz kill followed by a pair of Riley Doenhoefer kills tied the score at 18-18 and Dordt was still down 23-21 when the Defenders called a timeout. A service error followed and Ellie Dokter had a kill. 
An attack error gave Dordt the lead at 24-23 and after the Mustangs tied the score Dokter had two kills in a row to end the set.

Dordt pushed ahead 19-12 in set two and managed a 21-12 lead after two errors by the Mustangs. Mount Mercy did rally to within 24-22, surviving three set point serves but an attack error ended the set with a Dordt 25-22 win.

Dordt never trailed in set three and finished the set with a six-point run that included three Doenhoefer kills and three Brooklyn Leusink kills.

THE NUMBERS VS MOUNT MERCY

• Riley Doenhoefer had 12 kills.
• Ellie Dokter had nine kills and Bryleigh Schweer accounted for seven with two service aces.
• Makenna Kooima got to 20 digs and Macy Kamler had 16.
• Sophie Johnson put up 23 assists.
• Dordt had a 39-30 kills edge and hit for a .171 kill efficiency.
• Dordt had five service aces and Mount Mercy had four.
• Mount Mercy had four points on blocks and Dordt had three.

VS VITERBO

The Defenders stood toe-to-toe with the no. 4 in the nation Viterbo V-Hawks but fell 3-0. The first set was tight with 12 ties up to 17-17. Viterbo managed to take a 21-18 lead but kills by Bryleigh Schweer and Tarren Spartz later got the Defenders to within 24-23 but the V-Hawks were 25-23 winners with a kill on the next point ending the set.

Viterbo led start to finish in set two with the Defenders creeping to within 20-18 on a block by Brooklyn Leusink, but that's as close as the Defenders got before losing 25-20. An early 4-0 run turned into a 6-3 lead for Viterbo and the Defenders played much of the remainder of the set at a five-point deficit on the way to the 25-19 loss.

THE NUMBERS VS VITERBO

• Viterbo had a 43-35 kills advantage with eight service aces to Dordt's six.  Both teams had 10 service errors.
• Viterbo had a .407 kill efficiency while Dordt's was .242.
• Riley Doenhoefer had 12 kills and Tarren Spartz had eight.
• Bryleigh Schweer added five kills and two ace serves.
• Sophie Johnson put up 30 assists and had two ace serves.
• Makenna Kooima got to 11 digs.  

NEXT

Dordt will travel to Dakota Wesleyan on Wednesday night, September 6 starting with JV action at 6:00 and varsity play at 7:30.
  Read Full Article