Gustavus Adolphus sweeps Schreiner volleyball behind big hitting night

SAN ANTONIO — The Schreiner volleyball team was swept by Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday at Bell Center, falling 25-13, 25-22, 25-19 in its most lopsided loss of the young season.

The Mountaineers, playing their third match in five days in San Antonio, fell to 1-2 in non-conference play. Gustavus Adolphus improved to 1-2 after entering the match winless.

The difference was hitting efficiency. Gustavus Adolphus put down 43 kills against just 10 errors on 93 swings for a .355 clip, while Schreiner limped to a .126 team hitting percentage (26 kills, 15 errors, 87 attempts). Gustavus Adolphus also won the battle at the net with seven total team blocks to Schreiner’s one, and posted better sideout (63.6% to 45.9%) and point-scoring (54.1% to 36.4%) rates.

How it went

Gustavus Adolphus never trailed for long in the first set, turning a manageable 8-13 deficit for Schreiner into a rout with a run built on tough serving and back-to-back kills from Greta Tompkins, closing it out 25-13.

Schreiner made its best push of the match in the second set. Down 9-17, the Mountaineers chipped away and got within striking distance late, with Azalea De Leon serving two straight aces during a stretch that pulled Schreiner from 16-23 to 20-23. Gustavus Adolphus answered to close it out 25-22.

The third set followed a similar script — Gustavus Adolphus built an early cushion, Schreiner answered with a run of its own, this one fueled by back-to-back service aces from Harlie Gallaspy that trimmed a five-point deficit to 16-20, but the Mountaineers couldn’t complete the comeback and dropped the set 25-19 to close out the sweep.

Schreiner leaders

Lauren Monaco was Schreiner’s most efficient hitter, going 7 for 15 with no attack errors for a .467 percentage. Giana Hilliard led the team in kills with eight on a .211 clip and paced Schreiner in points with 9.0. Jesse Garner added four kills, and Mackenzie Strban had three kills on a team-high 21 attempts.

Gaby Torres ran the offense with 14 assists, with Gallaspy adding eight to go with two service aces. Freshman Kailan Servati recorded her first varsity kill of the season, going 1 for 2 for a .500 percentage in limited action. Libero Maleyci Soliz was credited with nine digs.

Gustavus Adolphus leaders

Tompkins led all players with 11 kills on a .588 percentage and a match-high 17.0 points, adding a block. Lauren Barker followed with 10 kills and a team-high nine digs. Logan Brent had nine kills, and Sophia Deyak was the most efficient hitter on the floor at .636 (seven kills, no errors, 11 attempts).

Sahara Morken directed the Gustavus Adolphus offense with 31 assists. Libero Ava Hahn led all players with 12 digs and served three aces.

Box score

	Sets	K	E	TA	Pct	Ast	SA	SE	Dig	Blocks	Pts
Schreiner	0	26	15	87	.126	24	7	4	32	1.0	34
Gustavus Adolphus	3	43	10	93	.355	37	10	11	40	7.0	60