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Dordt College Volleyball vs. Northwestern-GPAC Quarterfinals

November 8, 2011

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(Orange City, Iowa) The Dordt College volleyball season came to and end on Tuesday night, November 8 in Orange City with a Great Plains Athletic Conference Quarterfinal round loss to Northwestern 3-0.

Dordt seized the early lead in set one 5-0 but the Raiders fought back to eventually tie it at 13-13 on a Kate Boersma kill. The Raiders scored six of seven points at one point to take a 17-14 lead and fought the Defenders off when the visitors cut the gap to 22-20 on a block. Three straight points gave Northwestern a 25-20 win in set one.

Set two had Northwestern getting up 4-0 only to have the Defenders cut the lead down and eventually tied it at 14-14 with Kiley Velgersdyk knotting it on a kill. A Dordt block pushed the difference to 15-14 for the Defenders and the set was tied again at 16, 17, 21, 22 and 23 but Northwestern scored the final three points of the set and they took the set 25-23.

Northwestern used a run of six out of seven points push the difference from 12-8 to an insurmountable 17-9 difference and rode that advantage to a 25-14 win.

"We weren't able to block consistently. We did have some good blocking and I don't want to take away from that but we weren't able to get enough from the blocking," said Dordt coach Chad Hanson. "We had great intensity to start the match."

Dordt was led by Katelyn Schuller with nine kills while Danae Geels had six and Loy Griess five. Jessica De Stigter and Kayla Gesink each had 13 and 11 assists and Jocelyn Bousema had a team high 17 digs with Gesink getting to 14.

Northwestern's Jaci Moret had nine kills with Kate Boersma and Rylee Hulstein each accounting for eight.

Northwestern advances to the semifinal round of the tournament on Thursday night at Morningside while Dordt's season comes to a close with a 16-17 record.

Dordt's Current Record: 16-17 (10-6)
Opponent's Current Record: 19-15 (0-0)

Team Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Final
Dordt College 20 23 14 0
Northwestern-GPAC Quarterfinals 25 25 25 3
Dordt Kill Leaders Total
Katelyn Schuller 9
Danae Geels 6
Loy Griess 5
Lindsey Moerman 4
Dordt Assist Leaders Total
Jessica De Stigter 13
Kayla Gesink 11
Dordt Dig Leaders Total
Jocelyn Bousema 17
Kayla Gesink 14
Dordt Serving Leaders Total
Jana Van Zanten 1 Aces (9/9)
Jocelyn Bousema 1 Aces (11/14)
Team Totals Total
Kills 29
Assists 26
Digs 69

For more information, please contact Mike Byker, Sports Information Director, at mbyker@dordt.edu or (712) 722-6301.