{"id":233791,"date":"2021-09-03T21:53:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T02:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=233791"},"modified":"2021-09-03T21:53:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T02:53:45","slug":"vikings-volleyball-splits-at-bellevue-invitational-fri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=233791","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Volleyball Splits At Bellevue Invitational, Fri."},"content":{"rendered":"

Bellevue, NE\u00a0\u00a0 (VCSU<\/a>)\u00a0 The Valley City State volleyball team split games Friday, losing a 3-1 battle to No. 25 Rocky Mountain College and defeating MidAmerica Nazarene 3-2.<\/p>\n

The Vikings took the nationally ranked Battlin’ Bears to four sets but ultimately fell 25-22, 25-15, 21-25, 27-25. VCSU then followed up with a five-set victory over the Pioneers 25-16, 25-15, 22-25, 26-28, 15-13.<\/p>\n

The Vikings move to 2-5 overall this season. Valley City State continues its road campaign Sept. 10-11 at the DSU Crossover tournament in Dickinson, N.D. VCSU will play two games against University of Montana-Western and two games against University of Montana-Northern at the tournament.<\/p>\n

(25) Rocky Mountain 3, VCSU 1<\/u><\/strong>
\nThe Vikings outhit the Battlin’ Bears in the match with a season-high 54 team kills to Rocky Mountain’s 47, but RMC’s 15 blocks were enough to take the 3-1 victory over the Vikings.<\/p>\n

Valley City State trailed most of the first set, only tying things up at 16-16 on a kill from Makayla Wetzel<\/a>. The Vikings stayed in the game and trailed just 22-21 on a kill from Katie Juarez<\/a> but Rocky Mountain scored three of the next four points to take the first set, 25-22.\"\"<\/p>\n

The Vikings kept up with Rocky Mountain to start the second set, trailing just 9-7 early on. Rocky Mountain took a 7-3 run to expand their lead and the Vikings would never recover, dropping the second set 25-15.<\/p>\n

Valley City State found their momentum in the third set, hitting .283 and pounding 18 kills en route to a 25-21 win. Trailing 12-8, the Vikings took the next seven straight points capped by a kill from Ella Roaldson<\/a> to lead 15-12. The Vikings extended their lead up to five points on a Morgan Nelson<\/a> kill to make it 20-15. Ella Roaldson<\/a> put away the third set with a final kill to win 25-21.<\/p>\n

VCSU held an 18-14 lead in the fourth set when Rocky Mountain scored seven straight points to take a 21-18 advantage and force a Viking timeout. Trailing 24-20, VCSU’s Brooke Blessum<\/a> and Caitlyn Fischbach<\/a> blocked a Battlin’ Bear attack that sparked a four-point run to tie the game at 24-24. A service error gave Rocky Mountain a 25-24 lead, but a kill from Blessum kept the Vikings alive. From there, a kill and VCSU error gave Rocky Mountain the 27-25 win.<\/p>\n

Three Vikings tallied double-figure kills including Katie Juarez<\/a> who tallied 15, and Bailey Nelson<\/a> and Caitlyn Fischbach<\/a> who each recorded 10. Juarez added 12 digs for VCSU while Kallene Klever<\/a> added a team-high 22 digs.<\/p>\n

Sadie Hansen<\/a> finished with 24 set assists and 16 digs Friday, and Ellie Rush<\/a> added 19 assists.<\/p>\n

VCSU 3, MidAmerica Nazarene 2<\/u><\/strong>
\nValley City State took a 3-2 victory over MidAmerica Nazarene where the Vikings finished with a new season-high 67 kills and\u00a0hitting .220 in the game.<\/p>\n

The Vikings opened up strong in the first set with a 10-4 run capped by Roaldson kill from Ellie Rush<\/a>. VCSU led by as much as 11 points at 20-9 on a Caitlyn Fischbach<\/a> and Bailey Nelson<\/a> block. The Vikings tallied 17 kills and just four attack errors to hit a season-high .342 to win the first set, 25-16.<\/p>\n

Valley City State held a comfortable 11-7 lead early in the second set when back-to-back service aces from Jakenda Short<\/a> sparked a 5-2 run to lead 16-9. After two Pioneer points, the Vikings took a 6-1 run to lead 22-12 on a Roaldson kill. Ellie Rush<\/a> finished the set with a service ace to take the 25-15 victory.<\/p>\n

Neither team led by more than two points in early stages of the third set until a Bailey Nelson<\/a> kill sparked a four-point run for the Vikings to lead 14-10. The Pioneers brought it back within a point to trail 22-21 when a VCSU service error and three straight kills for MidAmerica Nazarene finished the 25-22 set in favor of the Pioneers.<\/p>\n

The Vikings and Pioneers battled through the fourth set, but the Vikings finally took a 6-1 run sparked by a kill from Bailey Nelson<\/a> to take a 23-17 lead. The Pioneers answered with an 8-1 rally of their own to take a\u00a025-24 advantage. A kill from Juarez halted the Pioneer set point, and a kill from Sadie Hansen<\/a> brought up set point for the Vikings. A pair of kills and a Viking error gave MidAmerica Nazarene the fourth set, 28-26.<\/p>\n

MidAmerica Nazarene then jumped out to a 7-2 lead to open the fifth set. Valley City State made a comeback with eight of the next 10 points to lead 10-9. The two teams traded points until VCSU found back-to-back kills from Roaldson and Nelson to lead 14-12. Bailey Nelson<\/a> finished with a kill to take the 15-13 set and 3-2 match.<\/p>\n

Katie Juarez<\/a> finished with a season-high 16 kills paired with 10 digs. Juarez has now recorded a double-double in kills and digs in five straight games.<\/p>\n

Bailey Nelson<\/a> added a season-high 14 kills and freshman Ella Roaldson<\/a> finished with a career-high 13 kills and four blocks for VCSU. Brooke Blessum<\/a> and Makayla Wetzel<\/a> each tallied nine kills and Wetzel added four blocks Friday.<\/p>\n

Sadie Hansen<\/a> finished with 27 set assists and 12 digs for her third straight double-double. Ellie Rush<\/a> finished with 24 assists, and Kallene Klever<\/a> added 28 digs while Anne-Elise Gest<\/a> finished with 14 digs for VCSU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bellevue, NE\u00a0\u00a0 (VCSU)\u00a0 The Valley City State volleyball team split games Friday, losing a 3-1 battle to No. 25 Rocky Mountain College and defeating MidAmerica Nazarene 3-2. The Vikings took the nationally ranked Battlin’ Bears to four sets but ultimately fell 25-22, 25-15, 21-25, 27-25. VCSU then followed up with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233792,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233791\/revisions\/233792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}