Oct. 12, 2007

Box Score

#8 Grand Valley State continued its winning ways, dominating Wayne State, 3-0 (30-13, 30-20, 30-19), Friday night at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. The Lakers extended their winning streak to 16 straight matches and improve to 21-2 overall and 11-0 in the GLIAC. Wayne State falls to 8-11 overall and 3-8 in GLIAC play. GVSU will host #10 Hillsdale on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 4:00 p.m. Tomorrow's match will feature two top 10 teams in the nation and the only two undefeated teams left in the GLIAC.

The Lakers started out strong, going ahead 8-3 and then pushed their lead to 17-10. GVSU then scored the next seven straight points to just out to a 24-10 lead. Wayne State scored one point, but once again the Lakers went on a 5-0 run to take a 29-11 lead. GVSU closed out the game three points later to win the first game, 30-13. The Lakers hit .394 as a team, while Wayne State hit just -.108 and tallied only four kills in the game.

Game two began the same way with GVSU going ahead 10-4. The Lakers went on a 7-3 run to go up, 17-7 and then took a 20-10 lead. GVSU went up by 13 points, 23-10, but Wayne State scored four straight points to make the score 23-14. The Lakers didn't give in, however, and kept at least a nine point lead the rest of the way. The Lakers won game two by a 30-20 margin. Wayne State hit just -.043 in the game, while the Lakers posted a .260 hitting percentage.

GVSU looked to close out the match by starting off game three with a 10-5 lead. The Lakers went on a 8-5 run to increase their lead to 18-10. The Warriors cut the lead to seven points, 21-14, but the Lakers went on a 3-0 run to take a 25-15 lead. Wayne State scored the next two points and then GVSU tallied the next four to take a 29-17 lead. The Warriors posted the next two points, but GVSU closed out the game and the match with a 30-19 game three win. GVSU hit .286 in the final game, while Wayne State hit -.023.

Grand Valley State recorded 54 kills, seven team blocks, and a .304 hitting percentage, while Wayne State posted just 19 kills and a -.055 team hitting percentage.

Junior middle blocker Danielle Alexander tallied 15 kills, four assisted blocks, two digs, and a .423 hitting percentage. Freshman middle blocker Rebeccah Rapin posted eight kills, three assisted blocks, two digs, and hit .538, while sophomore outside hitter Kaity Gormley added eight kills and two digs, while hitting .316. Senior middle blocker Erica Vandekopple added six kills, two digs, and a .385 hitting percentage, while junior outside hitter Lauren Reber had four kills and 15 digs. Senior libero Allyson Riley recorded 23 digs and two assists, while junior setter Jamie Ashmore had four kills, 33 assists, and five digs.

#8 Grand Valley State will host #10 Hillsdale on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 4:00 p.m. in a battle of the remaining undefeated teams in the GLIAC.