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VCSU Def Carroll College 16-25,25-19,23-25,25-18,15-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.vcsuvikings.com\/article\/4477<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n BELLEVUE, NEB \u2013 (VCSU) The Valley City State volleyball team had four players post double-figure kills in Saturday’s five-set victory over No. 20 Carroll College, 14-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 15-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VCSU’s Bailey Nelson<\/a> tied a season-best 17 kills Saturday followed by Morgan Nelson<\/a> who totaled a career-high 13. Morgan Freije<\/a> chipped in a career-best 11 and Emma Lucas<\/a> added 10 kills Saturday. Ellie Rush<\/a> also contributed a pair of career-highs including 30 set assists and 19 digs for the Vikings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Valley City State improves to 3-4 overall this season while Carroll drops to 6-5. VCSU will travel to Havre, Mont. to play four matches at the North Star\/Frontier Crossover tournament Sept. 9-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Viking volleyball team set several new season-highs Saturday including 66 kills, 65 assists, 77 total points, 7 service aces and a .249 attack percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VCSU got a slow start, falling in the first set 25-14. From there, the Vikings stepped it up with 19 kills on a .425 attack percentage in set two, helped by a 9-3 run including three kills from Morgan Nelson<\/a> to pull away with a 25-19 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Saints battled back to build a 21-13 lead in the third set but the Vikings found a way to close the gap with a 9-2 run to trail by just a point at 23-22. The two teams traded points before Carroll finished the set 25-23 on an Elizabeth Heuiser kill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fourth set remained close throughout, but VCSU finished strong with six straight points to take the 25-18 win including a pair of kills from Bailey Nelson<\/a> and two service aces from JayCee Richter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vikings were determined to win the final set over the nationally ranked Saints, opening the fifth set with an 8-3 advantage. Carroll continued to inch closer, but the Vikings pulled out the 15-12 victory on a kill from Emma Lucas<\/a> to take the match 3-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Delani Clarke<\/a> finished with 26 set assists and 17 digs for a double double Saturday. JayCee Richter<\/a> chipped in 16 digs while Lexi Leroux<\/a> added 12. Danielle Hagler<\/a> totaled 10 digs, nine kills, and had a hand in all four of VCSU’s blocks Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carroll’s Elizabeth Heuiser totaled 17 kills and Katherine McEuen finished with 15. Julia Carr led all players with 33 digs, and Hannah Schweikert totaled 52 set assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n UP NEXT:<\/strong> VCSU is on the road at the North Star\/Frontier Crossover where they will play four matches Sept. 9-10 in Havre, Mont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bellevue, Neb. VCSU Def Carroll College 16-25,25-19,23-25,25-18,15-12 Box Score https:\/\/www.vcsuvikings.com\/article\/4477 BELLEVUE, NEB \u2013 (VCSU) The Valley City State volleyball team had four players post double-figure kills in Saturday’s five-set victory over No. 20 Carroll College, 14-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 15-12. VCSU’s Bailey Nelson tied a season-best 17 kills Saturday followed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":234166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255922,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255889\/revisions\/255922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/234166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=255889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=255889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}