The Dordt Defender volleyball team split its two matches on Friday, August 29 in Oskaloosa, Iowa in a classic hosted by William Penn. The Defenders swept Southwestern (Kansas) and lost a five-set match with William Penn to end the day.
VS SOUTHWESTERN
Box Score (PDF)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1 featured nine ties and six lead changes before Dordt closed on an 11–2 run. The set also included
Kylie Beckering serving four straight points (including 3 aces) to turn a 14–14 tie into an 18–14 lead.
Set 2 saw Southwestern take an early 5–2 lead, but Dordt rallied behind five straight points from the service line to pull ahead for good. A six-point Dordt burst (from 5–5 to 11–5) broke the set open.
Set 3 was controlled by Dordt throughout, with the Defenders building their largest lead of the match at 13 points (25–12 final).
Peyton Poppema scored six points (4 kills, 2 aces) during a mid-set stretch.
THE NUMBERS
Laney Wolfswinkel – 12 kills, 5 digs
Sara Holleman – 7 kills, 2 blocks
Carlee Jackson – 13 assists, 3 aces, 6 digs
Chloe Huisman – 14 assists, 5 digs
Kylie Beckering – 10 aces, 4 digs
Myra Carlson – 3 blocks
Kills: Dordt 39 – Southwestern 21
Digs: Dordt 35 – Southwestern 30
Aces: Dordt 17 – Southwestern 6
Blocks: Dordt 5 – Southwestern 2
VS WILLIAM PENN
Box Score (PDF)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1: William Penn built an early 9–4 lead behind two Alyssa Herrera kills and never trailed. Dordt closed to within 18–17 on a
Laney Wolfswinkel kill, but the Statesmen finished on a 7–3 run to win 25–20.
Set 2: Tied 19–19,
Carlee Jackson served two straight points and
Sara Holleman added a kill to give Dordt the separation they needed to even the match 25–21.
Set 3: Dordt led 14–11, but William Penn used a 6–1 run highlighted by Reagan Lewis at the net to take control and win 25–21.
Set 4: Dordt answered big as
Kylie Beckering served three aces during a 9–2 burst that turned a 9–8 edge into an 18–10 lead. The Defenders forced a deciding set with a 25–16 win.
Set 5: The hosts never trailed and built a 7-2 lead that eventually grew to 12-5. Dordt rallied with four straight points on a pair of
Laney Wolfswinkel kills and
Tarren Spartz added the other two. William Penn used a time out and broke the string only to have Wolfswinkel spark a another four-point run to get within 13-12. Dordt never tied the set as the teams traded points and William Penn eventually prevailed 15-13.
THE NUMBERS
Laney Wolfswinkel – 15 kills, 9 digs
Sara Holleman – 12 kills, 2 blocks
Carlee Jackson – 24 assists, 2 aces, 9 digs
Chloe Huisman – 20 assists, 7 digs
Myra Carlson – 5 blocks, 6 kills
Kylie Beckering – 4 aces, 8 digs
Kills: Dordt 56 – William Penn 59
Digs: Dordt 55 – William Penn 52
Aces: Dordt 12 – William Penn 7
Blocks: Dordt 7 – William Penn 6
NEXT
Dordt is scheduled to face Graceland (Iowa) and Clarke (Iowa) on Saturday, August 30 and will take a 4-2 record into the day.
