Nov. 9, 2006

Box Score

Grand Valley State defeated Lewis, 3-1 (30-22, 30-18, 30-32, 30-28) in the quarterfinals of the Great Lakes Region Tournament on Thursday afternoon. GVSU improves to 27-3 overall, while Lewis concludes their season with a 25-6 overall record. The Lakers will play SIU Edwardsville (28-5) in the first semifinal match on Friday, Nov. 10 at 5:00 p.m.

Lewis jumped out to a three point lead (8-5) early in game one, but GVSU came back to take a commanding 20-14 lead. Lewis closed the gap to four points, 23-19, but then the Lakers went on a 4-0 run to take a 27-19 lead. GVSU scored the next three out of five points to win game one, 30-22.

In game two, GVSU posted an early eight point lead, 16-8. The Lakers held on to the lead at 20-13 and then scored the next five points to push their lead to 25-13. GVSU closed out game two with a 30-18 win.

Game three went back and forth, but Grand Valley had the lead most of the game. Lewis came back to tie the game at 21-21 and then went on to take a 24-21 lead. The Lakers fought back to take a lead of their own, 28-26, but couldn't close out the match. Lewis tied the game at 30-30 and then recorded to straight kills to win the game, 32-30.

Both teams battled back and forth in game four as well, recording numerous ties and lead changes. The teams were tied at 24-24 before GVSU went a three point run to take a 27-24 lead. The Flyers cut the lead to one point, 28-27, but a Meghan Moore kill gave the Lakers a 29-27 edge. Lewis scored the next point to trail by just one point, but GVSU closed out the game and match with a kill by Jamie Ashmore to take the 30-28 win.

Senior middle blocker Meghan Moore recorded a career-high 24 kills, three digs, one solo and six assisted blocks, while hitting .354. Senior outside hitter Megan Helsen tallied 13 kills, 11 digs, two assisted blocks and hit .314, while junior middle blocker Erica Vandekopple added 11 kills and six assisted blocks. Sophomore setter Jamie Ashmore posted eight kills, a career-high 53 assists, two aces, 11 digs, two assisted blocks, and hit .571. Sophomore middle blocker Lauren Reber recorded six kills and one solo and one assisted block and sophomore middle blocker Danielle Alexander added five kills, six service aces, three digs, and six assisted blocks. Junior libero Alyson Riley had 29 digs for the Lakers.

GVSU tallied 23 more kills, three more aces, and six more blocks than Lewis. The Lakers hit .267 in the match, while the Flyers hit just .094.