AUBURN, Wash. (GRC) — Green River Volleyball continued their winning ways Friday night in The Swamp with a sweep of the Pierce College Raiders. Fans in the stands wore pink to match the GRC uniforms and support Breast Cancer Research.
The opening set was tight most of the way. With the score tied 18-18, a Pierce service error gave GRC the advantage. This was the start of a 7-1 run for the Gators to close out the first frame. With the score 19-18,
Aiyana Brown had a mighty kill off an
Evelina Mykhalchuk pass. Then a Raider attack went out of bounds. Brown found the hard wood on the Pierce side of the net again to make the score 22-18; Mykhalchuk had the assist. The Raiders called a timeout.
Macy Bonavente served up an ace before Brown and Mykhalchuk linked up again to bring the score to 24-18. Pierce added one more point. But ended the first frame with a service error to hand GRC the first set, 25-19.
A Bonavente kill in set number two brought a 6-1 advantage for the Gators out of the gate. Another Bonavente kill later in the set made the score 21-16. Pierce called a timeout. With the score 24-19 GRC, Bonavente stepped up to serve. An errant Raider return was the perfect setup for
Abby Lynne Collins as she found a soft spot in the Pierce defense to take the second set 25-19. Collins' Orting High School volleyball team was in attendance. The green and black led by six points at four different times during the second frame.
The third and final set saw the Gators get out to a 21-13 lead after a
Tori Sartain ace. The next point showed Green River's defensive prowess with three consecutive blocks on Raider attacks before Mykhalchuk dumped one in to the teeth of the Pierce side of the net to increase the lead to nine. A Raider attack error pushed the margin to 10, prompting a timeout from the visitors. However, out of the timeout, Bonavente killed a Mykhalchuk pass to stretch the Green River advantage to 11. Collins closed out the sweep with a kill. The final score of the third frame was 25-15.
Brown and Bonavente combined for 28 kills. Bonavente also had eight digs.
Mykhalchuk ended with 29 assists, 10 digs, and a block assist.
Riria Fujiwara had 15 digs, five assists, and two aces.
Collins posted 5 kills, four digs, and a block assist.
Callie Gregg contributed 6 kills and two block assists.
Green River has now won three games in a row. They sit in fourth place in the West, one game out of second and one and a half games out of first, with four matches to play.
Follow Gators Volleyball:
greenrivercollegevb
