Volleyball Drops Five Set Battle with NDSU

Thursday, October 27

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

7-17,4-7Summit League

North Dakota State

16-7,9-2Summit League

North Dakota St.

Kansas City

Photo by: Syd Siemens

Volleyball Drops Five Set Battle with NDSU

10/27/2022 9:47:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Four Roos posted double-digit kills, including a career-high 11 by Kimora Whetstone

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Volleyball dropped a tough five-set match to North Dakota State this evening, 3-2 (25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 23-25, 15-12). Carly Gillen had a good night from the middle blocker position, finishing with 10 kills and five block assists. Kansas City moves to 7-17 on the season and the Bison improve to 16-7.

KEY MOMENTS

S1 / 2-4 | Sydney Henry lofts one up for Smith who hammers it home to get things going early for Kansas City.
S1 / 6-12 | Peyton Van Nest gives Warren a pop up that is sent to the ground quickly to keep the Roos in it.
S1 / 11-16 | Henry hits another beautiful pass, this time to Carly Gillen who emphatically slams it for the point.
S1 / 15-21 | Georgia Mullins and Gillen team up for the block party to draw it within six.
S1 / 19-24 | Gillen with another bullet for the kill, but the Bison take the set on the ensuing play
S2 / 7-6 | Kennedy Schritenthal gives it up for Rachel Sturdevant who slams it home to give the Roos their first lead of the night.
S2 / 11-12 | Van Nest sets up Kimora Whetstone for an energetic kill to keep things tight in the second set.
S2 / 18-19 | Henry collects her 11^th assist of the night to Smith to keep Kansas City within striking distance.
S2 / 21-25 | A hard fought point just goes out of play and the Bison take set 2.
S3 / 6-5 | Gillen and Sturdevant get up and deny the Bison shot to give Kansas City the lead.

S3 | DENIED ??@carlygillen and @___rachel18 team up for the block to give KC a lead.#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/6bBS1RTQ84
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) October 28, 2022

S3 / 11-8 | Mullins and Whetstone join in on the block party to give the Roos their largest lead of the night.
S3 / 16-12 | Warren feels the momentum swinging and takes advantage with a rocket fast kill.
S3 / 25-19 | Schritenthal lays it up for Smith who gets the kill and the set point to give the Roos set three.
S4 / 2-0 | Georgia Mullins with a kill to extend the Roos early advantage.
S4 / 9-9 | Leah Green with the service ace to even things up.

S4 | @LeahNikele gets the friendly roll for an ace and we're tied up in the fourth.#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/8MRgjxZmjC
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) October 28, 2022

S4 / 14-12 | Warren uses her snake eyes and hits one into to no man's land for the point.
S4 / 23-21 | Gillen inches the Roos closer to forcing a fifth set with an aggressive kill.
S4 / 25-23 | Henry sends one up for Sturdevant who throws down an emphatic kill to give the Roos the fourth set and send things to a winner-take-all fifth set.
S5 / 2-1 | An extremely long point is capped off with Warren sending a missile over the net to give the Roos the lead.
S5 / 9-7 | Mullins climbs the ladder to block the Bison shot and give Kansas City a two-point lead.
S5 / 12-15 | A back and forth point ends up falling just outside of Van Nest's dive and the Bison take the match 3-2.

STATS TO NOTE

With 53 assists on the night, the Roos passed 1,000 total on the season with 1,038.
Van Nest finished with an 18-assist, 12-dig double-double.
Henry tallied 24 assists on the night, her 3^rd highest mark in Summit League play.
Whetstone finished with a career-high 11 kills, besting her previous high of 10 kills against Western Illinois on Sep. 27.
Kansas City's 60 team kills ties for 5^th most in a match this season

UP NEXT
Kansas City will host North Dakota on Saturday before hitting the road next week for matches against Omaha and Denver.