BELLEVUE, NEB. (VCSU) – Valley City State’s Bailey Nelson recorded her 1,000th career kill Friday night in Bellevue, but the Vikings ultimately fell to the No. 15 Bellevue Bruins in straight sets 25-18, 25-12 and 25-19.

The Vikings couldn’t find a rhythm Friday as Bellevue’s .275 attack percentage and 22 blocks proved to be too much for the Vikings. VCSU falls to 8-14 overall and 3-6 in the North Star Athletic Association. Bellevue improves to 20-6 overall and 8-1 in the conference

Bailey Nelson tallied a team-best 10 kills in the match and now totals 1,005 career kills to rank 10th in VCSU history.

Emma Lucas chipped in five kills and Morgan Freije chipped in four. Danielle Hagler and Morgan Nelson each finished with three assisted blocks while Sadie Hansen totaled 15 set assists and JayCee Richter added 12 digs Friday.

Bellevue’s Jacki Apel totaled 13 kills on a .684 attack percentage to lead all players while Olivia Galas chipped in 40 assists. On the defensive side, Raeanne Kimoto posted 26 digs and Nicole Meyer added six assisted blocks for the Bruins.

UP NEXT: Valley City State faces Dakota State on Saturday in Madison, S.D. First serve is slated for 2 p.m.