Oct. 14, 2006

Box Score

#6 Grand Valley State recorded its second straight sweep as it knocked off Saginaw Valley State, 3-0 (30-13, 30-27, 30-20) on Saturday afternoon. The Lakers improve to 20-2 overall and 13-1 in the GLIAC, while the Cardinals drop to 13-10 overall and 5-9 in the conference. GVSU will return home for three matches next week. The Lakers will host Lake Superior State on Thursday, Oct. 19, Michigan Tech on Friday, Oct. 20, and Northern Michigan on Saturday, Oct. 21.

GVSU jumped out to an 11-1 lead in game one and never looked back. The Lakers hit an outstanding .464 as a team in the game, while the Cardinals hit just -.031. GVSU tallied 10 more kills in the game than SVSU. Game two was closer, but GVSU still hung on to the lead during majority of the match. The Lakers went up 28-24, but the Cardinals scored the next three points to make it 28-27. GVSU posted the final to points to end the game, 30-27. In game three, the score was tied at 10-10 before Grand Valley took control and tallied a 19-12 lead. SVSU cut the lead to six points, 25-19, but GVSU rattled off five of the next six points to take the 30-20 win and the match.

Leading the way for the Lakers for the second straight day, was senior middle blocker Meghan Moore who tallied a match-high 17 kills, three digs, three assisted blocks, and a .379 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter Megan Helsen posted 11 kills, nine digs, three assisted blocks, while hitting .450, while sophomore outside hitter Lauren Reber added eight kills, two digs, and a .400 hitting percentage. Junior middle blocker Erica Vandekopple recorded seven kills, two assisted blocks, while hitting .400 and sophomore middle blocker Danielle Alexander had six kills, three assists, two digs, and an assisted blocks. Sophomore setter Jamie Ashmore tallied 45 assists, seven digs, and two kills, while junior libero Alyson Riley totaled 14 digs, four service aces, an assist, and two kills.

Grand Valley State hit .400 as a team, while Saginaw Valley State hit just .105. GVSU tallied 26 more kills, six more service aces, and four more total blocks than SVSU.