For the second straight weekend the Dordt Defender volleyball team went 3-1 at a classic with the lone setback a five-set loss. Dordt earned a pair of wins on Saturday at the event in Oskaloosa, Iowa hosted by William Penn. Dordt was a 3-0 winner over Graceland and a 3-1 winner over Clarke to improve to 6-2 this season.
VS GRACELAND
BOX SCORE (PDF)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set one featured nine ties up to 14-14 before
Haley Kuperus had a kill followed by a
Sara Holleman kill. The Defenders went up 18-14 by the time their run was over and Dordt went on to win 25-17.
Set two was equally tight up to a 15-15 tie when
Myra Carlson gave Dordt the lead for good and
Carlee Jackson had an ace serve. After a Graceland timeout the Defenders got another two points and the Yellow Jackets never got closer than three with Dordt winning by a 25-19 margin.
A 4-0 start in set three by the Defenders put the in control and after a pair of two-point leads the Defenders pushed the lead to five points. Graceland never got closer than four, the last time at 20-16, and Dordt rolled to a five-point streak to close the set with
Haley Wielenga serving the final four points with an ace and kills by
Haley Kuperus and
Madyson Fey to finish it.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt Leaders
Team Totals
- Dordt: 42 kills • 39 assists • 3 aces • 4.0 total blocks • 39 digs
- Graceland: 27 kills • 25 assists • 2 aces • 3.0 total blocks • 35 digs
VS CLARKE
BOX SCORE (PDF)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1 saw the teams play to a 9-9 tie early before Dordt's 6-1 run put them in control, 16-10. The run included four points in a row where four different players,
Haley Kuperus,
Sara Holleman,
Chloe Huisman and Myr Carlson had kills. Dordt used that margin to go on and win 25-19.
Clarke grabbed a 10-3 lead in set two with Dordt's rallied coming up short in a 26-24 deficit.
A 10-0 run midway through set three put Dordt in control and the Defenders rolled on to a 25-12 win.
Set four was tied 16-16 before a 9-1 finish by Dordt finished the match for Dordt.
Laney Wolfswinkel and
Sara Holleman provided kills and
Haley Wielenga handled the serving with seven straight points.
THE NUMBERS
Dordt Leaders
Team Totals
- Dordt: 56 kills • 54 assists • 9 aces • 6.0 total blocks • 53 digs
- Clarke: 28 kills • 27 assists • 5 aces • 8.0 total blocks • 40 digs
NEXT
Dordt is 6-2 this season and will host Northwestern on Saturday, September 6 in the GPAC opener at the De Witt Gym at 5pm.
