Volleyball Sweeps Past St. Thomas at Home

Tuesday, October 11

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

5-15,2-5Summit League

St. Thomas

2-18,0-8Summit League

St. Thomas (MN)

Kansas City

Volleyball Sweeps Past St. Thomas at Home

10/11/2022 9:25:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

The Roos swung at a 0.262 rate to earn their second sweep of the season

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Volleyball took down St. Thomas in three exciting sets Tuesday night (26-24, 25-23, 25-22). Carly Gillen and Odyssey Warren led the offensive attack for the Roos, hammering home 11 and 13 kills respectively.

KEY MOMENTS

S1 / 3-2 | Gillen with a strong kill to give the Roos the lead.
S1 / 11-11 | Gillen with a dropshot in between defenders to knot things up.
S1 / 15-15 | Warren with a steaming kill out of the timeout.

S1 | @OdysseyWarren is SURGING ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/Tu836PSNe0
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) October 12, 2022

S1 / 20-20 | Peyton Van Nest finds Georgia Mullins for yet another game tying kill.
S1 / 26-24 | A long rally is won by Warren to give the Roos the first set
S2 / 3-2 | Van Nest feeds Mullins for the kill to give Kansas City an early second set lead.
S2 / 6-4 | Rachel Sturdevant climbs the ladder to block the Tommies shot attempt.
S2 / 14-8 | Kimora Whetstone with an emphatic kill to cap off a 5-0 Roos run.
S2 / 19-14 | Sydney Henry pops one up for Gillen who slams it down.
S2 / 23-19 | Van Nest and Whetstone team up for a big point to extend the lead late in the second period.
S2 / 25-19 | Leah Green hits an ace to give Kansas City the second set.
S3 / 4-4 | Warren with the soft lob over the net finds the ground to even the score.
S3 / 10-8 | Whetstone picks up an ace to extend the tight lead.
S3 / 20-16 | Gillen poaches one just over the net to give the Roos a bigger cushion.
S3 / 25-21 | Henry gives Gillen a ball for the kill and she slams it to win the Roos the set and match

STATS TO NOTE

This win marks the second Summit League win of the season for Kansas City and puts them at 2-5 in conference overall.
Henry added 23 more assists tonight, bringing her team-leading season total to 370.
This marks the Roos' second sweep of the season, with the other being against Tulane on Sep. 2nd.

COACH CHRISTI POSEY, QUOTED

UP NEXT
Kansas City heads to South Dakota State on Thursday at 7 p.m. and South Dakota on Saturday at 2 p.m. to wrap up this week's action.