Roos Earn Second-Straight Sweep in Win over NDSU

Saturday, October 23

Kansas City, Mo.

1:00 PM

Kansas City

17-6,8-3Summit League

North Dakota State

9-14,3-8Summit League

North Dakota St.

Kansas City

Roos Earn Second-Straight Sweep in Win over NDSU

10/23/2021 3:27:00 PM | Volleyball

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De'Janae Arnold led the Roos with 12 kills on .462 hitting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Volleyball had little trouble disposing of North Dakota State this afternoon, sweeping the Bison 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-22). De'Janae Arnold paced the Kansas City attack, finishing with 12 kills on .462 hitting.

KEY MOMENTS

S1 | Melanie Brecka used a kill to put the Roos ahead early in the first set, 4-3.
S1 | De'Janae Arnold sent across a kill that slipped right through the hands of the Bison block, 8-5.
S1 | Blocking a Bison attack at the net, Carly Gillen and Alli Schomers tied the set, 11-11.
S1 | Brecka came through for the Roos once again with a kill that brought them within two, 15-13.
S1 | The Roos went on a 6-1 run to finish the first set, ending it with a kill by Gillen to win 25-22.
S2 | Melanie Brecka quickly started the set off for the Roos, with a kill right to the middle of the court.
S2 | A big kill from Raina Smith on her first swing of the day brought the Roos close to the Bison, trailing 11-9.
S2 | Leah Green sent across a service ace to put the Roos ahead, 14-12.
S2 | Schomers turned to Arnold to bring the Roos up, 15-13, with a kill to the right of the court.
S2 | A denial by Gillen and Schomers let the Roos advance their lead more, 19-17.
S2 Leah Green's beautiful serve led to an attack error by the Bison that secured the second set for the Roos, 25-20.
S3 | The Roos started the third set strong by winning six-straight points on the serve of Kennedy Schritenthal, 6-1.
S3 | Brecka sent across a tip for her eighth kill of the day to put the Roos ahead, 15-8.
S3 | Schomers and Arnold teamed up again for a kill that would put the Roos up, 20-15.
S3 | Raina Smith put an end to the match, 25-22, with a beautiful swing that no Bison could stop.

STATS TO NOTE

Schomers smashed her 100^th career ace in the third set, becoming the tenth player in Kansas City history to reach that mark.
The Roos made just two reception errors, their third-lowest mark in a match this season.
Kansas City's last six victories have all been three-set sweeps.
Arnold led the Roos with twelve kills, reaching double-digit kills in a match for the tenth time this season.
Smith set her season-high with a .500 hitting percentage.
Brecka reached 1,500 career points.

COACH CHRISTI POSEY, QUOTED

"Our kids understand what we need to do to take care of business en route to our ultimate goal, which is putting ourselves in a position to win the conference tournament. If anybody comes into our house, we have to 'hold serve,' so to speak."
"Deja hit very well and was efficient. Our serving got better as the match went on, so it was nice to be able to rely on that. We're still not where we want to be, but I'm grateful that we've been pretty tough here at home."
"We were in the position we were because we had great pursuit throughout the match and an intensity of keeping good servers on the line."

UP NEXT
The Roos are in South Dakota next week for matches against South Dakota on Thursday at 7 p.m. and South Dakota State on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Roos swept SDSU and fell to USD in five sets earlier this season.