The Dordt Defender men's volleyball team will host Morningside on Tuesday, March 10 with the junior varsity match at 5pm and the varsity at 7pm.
 
COVERAGE
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DORDT
Record Overall/HAAC: 16-6/6-4
Wins: Midway 3-0, Rio Grande 3-0, Olivet Nazrarene 3-1, Illinois Tech 3-1, Viterbo 3-0, Jamestown 3-0, Hastings 3-1, Arizona Christian 3-0, Grand View 3-2, Graceland 3-0, Missouri Baptist 3-1, UHSP 3-1, Clarke 3-0, Governors State 3-0, Viterbo 3-1, Ottawa 3-1
Losses: Mount Vernon Nazarene 0-3, Jamestown 3-1, Morningside 3-1, William Penn 3-1, Mount Mercy 3-1, Park 3-0
Last 5: 3-2
Last 10: 7-3
Home: 7-2
Away: 9-4

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 12.5/11.4
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .261/.197   
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 113/68
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 10.6/9.6
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 2.6/1.8 

Individual Leaders

• Joel Van Groningen | 3.9kps | .290kill efficiency | 43aces | 1.5dps
• Cade Schmidt | 2.5kps | 1.5dps
• Kai Chapman | 1.8kps | .263kill efficiency
• Lance Vermeer | 1.7kps | 1.1bps | .385kill efficiency
• Cory Kuperus | 1.0kps | 1.3bps | .302kill efficiency
• Nicodemus Elliott | 1.6kps | .240kill efficiency
• Colt Schmidt | 3.8dps | 12aces
• Joseph Jang | 5.9aps

MORNINGSIDE
Record Overall/Conference:  17-7/5-6
Wins: Goshen 3-0, Avila 3-0, Westcliff 3-2, Governors State 3-2, Hastings 3-0, Olivet Nazarene 3-1, Central Christian 3-1, Hastings 3-1, Arizona Christian 3-0, Jamestown 3-1, Viterbo 3-1, Dordt 3-1, Grand View 3-2, UHSP 3-0, Graceland 3-0, Clarke 3-2, St. Ambrose 3-2,
Losses: Ottawa-Arizona 3-0, William Penn 3-2, Missouri Baptist 3-1, Mount Mercy 3-1, Grand View 3-2, Park 3-0, Ottawa 3-0
Last 5: 2-3  
Last 10: 5-5
Home: 9-4
Away: 8-3  

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 12.5/12.1
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .248/.202   
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 91/108  
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 12.6/11.3
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 2.0/2.2 

Individual Leaders

• Natan Alves | 4.1kps | .317k% | 17aces | 1.8dps
• Mohamed Benkrid | 2.5kps | .235k%
• Mauro Verstraeten | 1.7kps | .232k%
• Braden Maneja | 2.1dps  
• Tucker Juhnke | 3.5dps
• Malu Wilcox | 7.1aps

LAST TIME
Ottawa turned away Morningside on March 7 in Sioux City, 25-22, 25-18, 25-19.  Ottawa attacked for a .356 efficiency and recorded eight points on blocks while Morningside hit .153 with four aces.
 
Box Score  
 
Morningside Leaders
Natan Alves | 9k
Ferdinando  Vinit | 9k
Malu Wilcox | 19
Tucker Juhnke | 13d
 
The Defenders lost to Park 25-19, 25-17, 25-16 Saturday afternoon, March 7.  Dordt scored five points on blocks and managed a .051 kill efficiency. 
 
Box Score
 
Dordt Leaders
Cade Schmidt | 6k
Nicodemus Elliott | 6k
Justin Hofman | 11a
Colt Schmidt | 5d
 
THE SERIES
Dordt leads the series 12-11 but Morningside won the last meeting on February 10 in Sioux City, 25-18, 21-25, 23-25, 23-25.  Morningside had a 53-52 kills advantage. Dordt had a 13-9 points from blocks edge and a 3-2 ace serves advantage.
 
Dordt Leaders
Joel Van Groningen | 16k | 2 aces | 5 ba
Cade Schmidt | 11k
Lance Vermeer | 9 ba
Joseph Jang | 25 a
Colt Schmidt 18d
 
Morningside Leaders
Natan Alves | 18k
Mohamed Bankrid | 14k
Braden Maneja | 12d
Lucca Stoelinga | 23a
Malu Wilcox | 21a
 
Box Score
 
2026 HAAC STANDINGS
 

Park	11-0	19-0
Missouri Valley	7-1	13-1
Mount Mercy	8-2	12-2
Ottawa	7-3	14-5
William Penn	6-3	9-4
Dordt	6-4	16-6
Grand View	6-4	7-5
Morningside	5-6	17-7
UHSP	4-6	7-9
Missouri Baptist	4-6	10-9
Graceland	1-7	2-16
Kansas Wesleyan	1-8	4-8
Clarke	1-9	4-12
Culver Stockton	0-8	1-15

Saturday, March 7
William Penn def. Culver Stockton 3-2
Mount Mercy def. UHSP 3-1
Missouri Baptist def. Clarke 3-1
Park def. Dordt 3-0
Ottawa def. Morningside 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Grand View 3-2
 
Tuesday, March 10
Clarke @ Grand View
Culver Stockton @ UHSP
Mount Mercy @ William Penn
Missouri Baptist @ Missouri Valley
Morningside @ Dordt
 
Friday, March 13
Culver Stockton @ Park
Dordt @ William Penn
Graceland @ Clarke
Kansas Wesleyan @ Missouri Baptist
 
Saturday, March 14
Kansas Wesleyan @ UHSP
Graceland @ Mount Mercy
Morningside @ William Penn
Ottawa @ Missouri Baptist
Missouri Valley @ Park
 
Tuesday, March 17
Grand View @ Mount Mercy
UHSP @ Missouri Baptist
Culver Stockton @ Missouri Valley
William Penn @ Clarke
Dordt @ Graceland
Park @ Ottawa
 
Friday, March 20
Missouri Valley @ Dordt
UHSP @ Grand View
Culver Stockton @ Morningside
Missouri Baptist @ William Penn
Clarke @ Kansas Wesleyan
 
Saturday, March 21
Mount Mercy @ Kansas Wesleyan
UHSP @ William Penn
Ottawa @ Graceland
Missouri Baptist @ Grand View
Culver Stockton @ Dordt
Missouri Valley @ Morningside
 
Tuesday, March 24
Graceland @ Culver Stockton
UHSP @ Missouri Valley
Grand View @ Ottawa
 
Friday, March 27
Clarke @ Dordt
Mount Mercy @ Morningside
UHSP @ Park
Ottawa @ Culver Stockton
Kansas Wesleyan @ Missouri Valley
 
Saturday, March 28
Clarke @ Morningside
Kansas Wesleyan @ Culver Stockton
Mount Mercy @ Dordt
Grand View @ Graceland
Missouri Baptist @ park
 
Tuesday, March 31
Graceland @ Missouri Valley
Ottawa @ William Penn
Park @ Grand View
 
Friday, April 3
Morningside @ Kansas Wesleyan
Dordt @ Grand View
Ottawa @ UHSP
Culver Stockton @ Mount Mercy
Missouri Valley @ Clarke
Graceland @ Missouri Baptist
 
Tuesday, February 10
Morningside def. Dordt 3-1
Park def. Graceland 3-0
Mount Mercy def. William Penn 3-0
UHSP def. Culver Stockton 3-2
Grand View def. Clarke 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Missouri Baptist 3-1
Ottawa def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-1
 
Thursday, February 12
Park def.  Culver Stockton 3-0
 
Friday, February 13
William Penn def. Morningside 3-2
Ottawa def. UHSP 3-1
Mount Mercy def. Graceland 3-0
Dordt def. Grand View 3-2
St. Ambrose def. Culver Stockton 3-0
Missouri Baptist def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-1
 
Saturday, February 14
William Penn def. Dordt 3-1
UHSP @ Kansas Wesleyan 3-2
Ottawa def. Missouri Baptist 3-1
Park def.  Missouri Valley 3-1
Morningside def. Grand View 3-2
Clarke def.  Graceland 3-1
 
Tuesday, February 17
William Penn def. Clarke 3-0
Mount Mercy def.  Grand View 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Culver Stockton 3-0
UHSP def. Missouri Baptist 3-2
Dordt def. Graceland 3-0
Park def. Ottawa 3-1
 
Friday, February 20
Ottawa def. Clarke 3-1
Morningside def. UHSP 3-0
Park def. Mount Mercy 3-0
Dordt def. Missouri Baptist 3-1
 
Saturday, February 21
Dordt def. UHSP 3-1
Park def. Clarke 3-0
Ottawa def. Mount Mercy 3-2
Missouri Baptist def. Morningside 3-1
Grand View def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Sunday, February 22
William Penn def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Tuesday, February 24
Mount Mercy def. Clarke 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Ottawa 3-2
Morningside def. Graceland 3-0
Park def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Wednesday, February 25
Grand View def. William  Penn 3-2
Missouri Baptist def. Culver Stockton 3-0
 
Friday, February 27
Mount Mercy def. Morningside 3-1
Park def. UHSP 3-1
Ottawa def. Culver Stockton 3-2
Dordt def. Clarke 3-0
Missouri Valley def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
 
Saturday, February 28
Kansas Wesleyan def. Culver Stockton 3-1
Mount Mercy def. Dordt 3-1
Morningside def. Clarke 3-2
Grand View def. Graceland 3-0
Park def. Missouri Baptist 3-0
 
Tuesday, March 3
Missouri Valley def. UHSP 3-0
William Penn def. Graceland 3-0
 
Wednesday, March 4
Grand View def. Morningside 3-2
 
Friday, March 6
Park def. Morningside 3-0
Mount Mercy def. Missouri Baptist 3-0
Missouri Valley def. William Penn 3-0
Grand View def.  Culver Stockton 3-1
UHSP def. Clarke 3-0
Dordt def. Ottawa 3-1
Graceland def. Kansas Wesleyan 3-0