Grace Spikers Soar By Spring Arbor
September 17, 2016 at 6:41 a.m.
Grace Spikers Soar By Spring Arbor
By Josh Neuhart-
The Lady Lancers (7-8, 2-4 CL) bettered the Cougars in almost every facet of the game, winning 25-22, 25-15, 25-22.
The Cougars (2-8, 0-6 CL) were muted offensively, struggling to a .024 team hitting percentage. Spring Arbor never hit above .070 as a team in any of the three sets on Friday.
Grace used balanced production to beat Spring Arbor. Five players hit at least five kills, and four in the back row recorded double-digit digs.
Taylor Baird orchestrated Grace’s offense with a masterful performance. The senior setter stuffed the stat sheet with 27 assists, 10 digs, 5 kills and 4 block assists.
Sierra Smith led Grace’s attack with 10 kills, and Kelsee Zuidema’s busy night included 7 kills, 3 aces and 3 digs.
Tori Bontrager contributed on several fronts with 5 kills, 5 block assists and 2 aces, and Caylie Teel had a match-best 18 digs. Alexa Hill (11 digs), Sara Miller (10) and Baird (10) also recorded double figures in digs.
The Lady Lancers end the week at St. Francis on Saturday with the first serve slated for 4 p.m.
Lancers Run Well
BLOOMINGTON – A wet, soggy surface was not enough to hamper Grace’s cross country team on Friday at the Indiana Intercollegiates.
Grace waited out a major storm, which delayed the race, and finished eighth in the women’s race and 11th in the men’s.
Raven Arellano earned the spotlight for Grace, placing sixth in the small college division at 20:10. Her finish was Grace’s highest since MariJean Wegert in 2010. She was also the fastest NAIA runner in the meet by over 18 seconds.
Ben Rankin just missed the top-20 awards with a 22nd-place showing in the men’s race at 27:49.
Freshman Brooke Smith was second for the Lady Lancers in a time of 21:47, and McCallah Mast was six seconds behind her. Brigit Nemitz, Jessica Zvers, Liz Fox and Karla Singer made up Grace’s top seven.
On the men’s side, Nathan Lane in 28:38 and Joel Bertelsen in 28:46 made for a strong duo, and Tyler Houvener and Hunter Reed were seven seconds apart as Grace’s fourth and fifth runners.
Sophomores Brendan Hamilton and Sam Hall completed the Lancers’ top seven.
“There was a major storm that delayed the race and made the course muddy and slow,” said Grace head coach Jeff Raymond. “Despite those conditions I thought we competed fairly well. It's a great learning experience competing at this meet.”
The Lancers will travel to Rock Island, Ill., next weekend for the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational.
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The Lady Lancers (7-8, 2-4 CL) bettered the Cougars in almost every facet of the game, winning 25-22, 25-15, 25-22.
The Cougars (2-8, 0-6 CL) were muted offensively, struggling to a .024 team hitting percentage. Spring Arbor never hit above .070 as a team in any of the three sets on Friday.
Grace used balanced production to beat Spring Arbor. Five players hit at least five kills, and four in the back row recorded double-digit digs.
Taylor Baird orchestrated Grace’s offense with a masterful performance. The senior setter stuffed the stat sheet with 27 assists, 10 digs, 5 kills and 4 block assists.
Sierra Smith led Grace’s attack with 10 kills, and Kelsee Zuidema’s busy night included 7 kills, 3 aces and 3 digs.
Tori Bontrager contributed on several fronts with 5 kills, 5 block assists and 2 aces, and Caylie Teel had a match-best 18 digs. Alexa Hill (11 digs), Sara Miller (10) and Baird (10) also recorded double figures in digs.
The Lady Lancers end the week at St. Francis on Saturday with the first serve slated for 4 p.m.
Lancers Run Well
BLOOMINGTON – A wet, soggy surface was not enough to hamper Grace’s cross country team on Friday at the Indiana Intercollegiates.
Grace waited out a major storm, which delayed the race, and finished eighth in the women’s race and 11th in the men’s.
Raven Arellano earned the spotlight for Grace, placing sixth in the small college division at 20:10. Her finish was Grace’s highest since MariJean Wegert in 2010. She was also the fastest NAIA runner in the meet by over 18 seconds.
Ben Rankin just missed the top-20 awards with a 22nd-place showing in the men’s race at 27:49.
Freshman Brooke Smith was second for the Lady Lancers in a time of 21:47, and McCallah Mast was six seconds behind her. Brigit Nemitz, Jessica Zvers, Liz Fox and Karla Singer made up Grace’s top seven.
On the men’s side, Nathan Lane in 28:38 and Joel Bertelsen in 28:46 made for a strong duo, and Tyler Houvener and Hunter Reed were seven seconds apart as Grace’s fourth and fifth runners.
Sophomores Brendan Hamilton and Sam Hall completed the Lancers’ top seven.
“There was a major storm that delayed the race and made the course muddy and slow,” said Grace head coach Jeff Raymond. “Despite those conditions I thought we competed fairly well. It's a great learning experience competing at this meet.”
The Lancers will travel to Rock Island, Ill., next weekend for the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational.
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