TACOMA, Wash. — Green River took down the Titans 3-1 (27-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-17) Wednesday night on Tacoma's home floor.
The first set was close throughout, with eight lead changes and no team leading by more than three points. TCC served for set point up 24-23. A powerful
Aiyana Brown spike went out of bounds off Tacoma to bring the set back to even once again. GRC took the lead 25-24 after an
Evelina Mykhalchuk assist to Brown. The Titans called a time out, then tied up the set on the next point. Another Brown kill put the Gators up 26-25, and yes, Mykhalchuk had the assist, of course. Brown followed up the kill with an ace to take the nail-biter 27-25.
Tacoma won the second frame 25-23. Then the teams switched benches.
In the third set, GRC fell behind early 2-3. A TCC error evened the set 3-3. The green and black took the lead 4-3 on a Tacoma attack error and did not relinquish control the rest of the frame. The Gators eventually grew the lead to 19-13. Tacoma closed the gap to 20-17 before GRC ended the set on a 5-0 run, which included an
Abby Lynne Collins kill, an
Adrianna Moilanen ace, another Collins kill on a Mykhalchuk assist, a TCC error, and capped the set with a block from Collins and Mykhalchuk on a Titan attack. Ending the second frame 25-17.
Green River liked the 25-17 score so much they did it again in the fourth. The Gators led the entire way after they jumped out to an early 5-1 lead. The margin increased to 19-7 after Brown scorched a Mykhalchuk pass to the far corner past the arms of a Titan. After TCC shrunk the lead to 23-17, the green and black secured the win on back-to-back attack errors from Tacoma.
The win pushed the Gators above the .500 mark in region play (4-3) as they picked up their 12th win overall on the year. GRC has now won two matches in a row.
Brown ended the night with 16 kills, four digs, one ace, and a solo block.
Mykhalchuk tallied 40 assists, a new season high, to go along with six digs.
Collins and
Macy Bonavente both accounted for nine kills. Bonavente also had nine digs and a block assist.
Riria Fujiwara led the team with 23 digs; she had two aces as well.
Norah Frame had four kills and two block assists as she patrolled the middle.
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