The Dordt Defender volleyball team will travel to Mitchell, South Dakota to face Dakota Wesleyan on Saturday, November 8 in a GPAC Quarterfinal Round match at 7pm.

COVERAGE
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DAKOTA WESLEYAN
2025 Record Overall/GPAC: 17-10/10-6
Wins: Valley City State 3-0, Missouri Valley 3-1, Rocky Mountain 3-0, IU Kokomo 3-1, Benedictine 3-1, Dakota State 3-2, Waldorf 3-1, Briar Cliff 3-1, Morningside 3-1, Mount Marty 3-0, Doane 3-0, Hastings 3-0, Morningside 3-1, Waldorf 3-1, Dakota State 3-2, Dordt 3-0, Briar Cliff 3-0
Losses: Dickinson State 3-1, McPherson 3-0, Bellevue 3-0, Providence 3-0, Northwestern 3-0, Dordt 3-2, Midland 3-0, College of Saint Mary 3-2, Concordia 3-0, Northwestern 3-0

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 11.9/13.1
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .180/.150
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 120/102
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 20.2/20.3
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 1.9/2.1

 Individual Leaders

• Evy Knoblock | 3.4 kps | 13 aces | 1.2 dps
• Karly VanDerWerff | 2.6 kps | 1.0 bps
• Lily Ranschau | 2.5 kps | 1.0 dps
• Kayleigh Hybertson | 10.0 aps | 16 aces | 2.8 dps
• Elizabeth Tyler | 5.7 dps | 25 aces

DORDT
Overall/GPAC: 19-8/10-6
Wins: Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.)  3-0, Embry Riddle (Ariz.) 3-0, Life Pacific (Cal.) 3-1, Southwestern (Kan.) 3-0, Graceland (Iowa) 3-0, Clarke (Iowa) 3-1, Waldorf 3-2, St. Ambrose 3-0, Governors State 3-0, Cumberland (Tenn.) 3-2, Dakota Wesleyan 3-2, Briar Cliff 3-0, Mount Marty 3-1, College of Saint Mary 3-1, Doane 3-1, Briar Cliff 3-0, Midland 3-2, Waldorf 3-1, Morningside 3-1
Losses: Northwest (Wash.) 2-3, William Penn (Iowa) 2-3, Northwestern 2-3, Morningside 1-3, Concordia 3-0, Hastings 3-1, Northwestern 3-0, Dakota Wesleyan 3-0

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 12.7/10.5 
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .161/.144
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 207/150
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 15.7/15.0
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 1.9/2.0

Individual Leaders

• Laney Wolfswinkel | 2.6 kps | 2.1 dps | 34 aces
• Tarren Spartz | 2.2 kps |
• Haley Kuperus | 2.5 kps | 1.0 bps | .276 kill efficiency
• Ellie Dokter | 2.2 kps
• Kylie Beckering | 4.5dps | 45 aces
• Carlee Jackson | 5.8 aps | 1.9 dps | 34 aces
• Chloe Huisman | 4.6 aps | 1.8 dps | 29 aces
• Haley Wielenga | 38 aces | 2.3 dps

 
LAST TIME
 
Dakota Wesleyan was a 3-0 winner over Briar Cliff, 25-12, 25-13, 25-15 on November 4

• Wesleyan had a 40-26 kills advantage and hit for a .282 kill efficiency while Briar Cliff had 21 attack errors.
• Evy Knoblock | 11k
• Karly VanDerWerff | 10k
• Lily Ranschau | 10k
• Elizabeth Tyler | 23d
• Kayleigh Hybertson | 37ast

 Dordt was a 3-1 winner at Morningside on November 4, 25-21, 18-25, 25-14, 25-22.

• Dordt had a 58-33 kills advantage and a 9-4 ace serves edge.

• Ellie Dokter | 15k
• Laney Wolfswinkel | 13k | 9d
• Myra Carlson | 12k
• Haley Kuperus | 11k
• Kylie Beckering | 14d
• Carlee Jackson 47 asst

THE SERIES
Dordt leads the series 58-7 and the teams have split their last four meetings. Dordt and Dakota Wesleyan played on October 29 and Wesleyan beat Dordt 3-0 (28-26, 25-23, 25-17).  Dordt had a 38-35 kills advantage but Wesleyan took advantage of 35 Dordt attack errors.
 
Dordt Leaders

• Haley Kuperus | 11k
• Ellie Weg | 6k
• Carlee Jackson | 19ast
• Chloe Huisman | 12ast
• Kylie Beckering | 17d

Dakota Wesleyan Leaders

• Evy Knoblock | 11k
• Karly VanDerWerff | 9k
• Lily Ranschau | 9k
• Kayleigh Hybertson | 31ast
• Elizabeth Tyler | 22d

 
2025 GPAC STANDINGS AND GPAC SCHEDULE
 

Team GPAC Overall Northwestern 16-0 25-3 Concordia 15-1 22-2 Midland 12-4 17-9 Dordt 10-6 19-8 Dakota Wesleyan 10-6 17-10 Morningside 7-9 14-13 CSM 8-8 15-12 Mount Marty 5-11 12-15 Briar Cliff 4-12 10-17 Doane 3-13 12-19 Hastings 3-13 6-20 Waldorf 3-13 11-13

  
Saturday, November 8 GPAC Quarterfinals
Dordt @ Dakota Wesleyan
College of Saint Mary @ Midland
Morningside @ Concordia
Mount Marty @ Northwestern
 
Saturday, September 6
Concordia def. Mount Marty 3-0
Dakota Wesleyan def. Waldorf 3-1
Northwestern def. Dordt 3-2
Midland def. College of Saint Mary 3-2
 
Wednesday, September 10
Hastings def. Doane 3-1
Dordt def. Waldorf 3-2
Midland def. Mount Marty 3-2
Morningside def. Briar Cliff 3-1
Concordia def. College of Saint Mary 3-0
Northwestern def. Dakota Wesleyan 3-0
 
Saturday, September 13
Doane def. Mount Marty 3-1
College of Saint Mary def. Hastings 3-1
Morningside def. Waldorf 3-0
Northwestern def. Briar Cliff 3-0
 
Wednesday, September 17
Dordt def. Dakota Wesleyan 3-2
Concordia def. Midland 3-1
Mount Marty def. Hastings 3-0
Briar Cliff def. Waldorf 3-1
Northwestern def. Morningside 3-1
College of Saint Mary def. Doane 3-2
 
Saturday, September 20
Morningside def. Dordt 3-1
Midland def. Hastings 3-0
Concordia def.  Doane 3-1
Dakota Wesleyan def. Briar Cliff 3-1
 
Wednesday, September 24
Dordt def. Briar Cliff 3-0
Concordia def. Hastings 3-0
College of Saint Mary def. Mount Marty 3-1
Midland def. Doane 3-1
Dakota Wesleyan def. Morningside 3-1
Northwestern def. Waldorf 3-0
 
Saturday, September 27
Concordia def. Dordt 3-0
Mount Marty def. College of Saint Mary 3-2
Briar Cliff def. Hastings 3-1
Northwestern def. College of Saint Mary 3-0
Midland def. Dakota Wesleyan 3-0
Doane def. Morningside 3-2 


Friday, October 3
Dordt def. Mount Marty 3-1
Midland def. Briar Cliff 3-0
Doane def.  Waldorf 3-1
College of Saint Mary def.  Dakota Wesleyan 3-2
Concordia def. Morningside 3-2
Northwestern def. Hastings 3-0
 
Saturday, October 4
Waldorf def. Hastings 3-2
Dakota Wesleyan def. Mount Marty 3-0
Concordia def. Briar Cliff 3-2
Northwestern def. Doane 3-0
Dordt def. College of Saint Mary 3-1
Midland def. Morningside 3-1


Friday, October 10
Morningside def. Mount Marty 3-0
Midland def. Waldorf 3-2
Hastings def. Dordt 3-1
Dakota Wesleyan def. Doane 3-0
College of Saint Mary def. Briar Cliff 3-0
Northwestern def.  Concordia 3-1
 
Saturday, October 11
Dordt def. Doane 3-1
Dakota Wesleyan def. Hastings 3-0
Northwestern def. Midland 3-0
Mount Marty def. Briar Cliff 3-0
Concordia def. Waldorf 3-0
Morningside def. College of Saint Mary 3-1


Wednesday, October 15
Midland def. Doane 3-0
Dordt def. Briar Cliff 3-0
Dakota Wesleyan def. Morningside 3-1
Concordia def. Hastings 3-0
Northwestern def. Mount Marty 3-0
 
Saturday, October 18
Waldorf def. Waldorf 3-1
Morningside def. Hastings 3-0
Concordia def. Dakota Wesleyan 3-0
Dordt def. Midland 3-2
Briar Cliff def. Doane 3-1
 
Wednesday, October 22
Dakota Wesleyan def.  Waldorf 3-1
Northwestern def. Dordt 3-0
Morningside def.  Briar Cliff 3-0
Midland def. College of Saint Mary 3-2
Concordia def. Mount Marty 3-0
 
Saturday, October 25
Hastings def. Doane 3-1
Concordia def. College of Saint Mary 3-1
Midland def. Mount Marty 3-1
Dordt def. Waldorf 3-1
 
Wednesday, October 29
Dakota Wesleyan def. Dordt 3-0
Waldorf def. Morningside 3-1
Mount Marty def. Hastings 3-1
College of Saint Mary def. Doane
Northwestern def. Briar Cliff
 
Saturday, November 1
Northwestern def. Morningside 3-0
College of Saint Mary def. Hastings 3-2
Briar Cliff def. Waldorf 3-2
Concordia def.  Midland 3-2
Mount Marty def. Doane 3-0
 
Tuesday, November 4
Northwestern def. Waldorf 3-0
Midland def. Hastings 3-2
Concordia def. Doane 3-0
Dordt def. Morningside 3-1
Dakota Wesleyan def. Briar Cliff 3-0
College of Saint Mary def.  Mount Marty  3-1