Purdue Fort Wayne
Oakland
'Dons Hold Off Golden Grizzlies for a "W"
9/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 23, 2007
Fort Wayne, IN - The Mastodons hosted the Oakland Golden Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon in a Summit League conference match at the Gates Center. After the 'Dons took the first two games, the Golden Grizzlies rallied back, forcing a game five. The Mastodons proved victorious, 15-10, taking the match 3-2.
IPFW defeated Oakland, 30-18, 30-16, 25-30, 32-34, 15-10.
Game one started off close, but at 9 all Rebekah Roehm knocked down a kill to put the 'Dons ahead, 10-9. From there the Mastodons held the Golden Grizzlies at bay, taking game one, 30-18.
In game two, the 'Dons ran off to an 11-6 lead. A long serving rally by Roehm would put the 'Dons ahead 21-13. Patricia Azevedo would end the game with a kill from Jessica Dominiak, 30-16.
Oakland came out fighting in game three, running out to a three point lead at 9-12. The Golden Grizzlies would capitalize on an attack error by Taryn Parker to take a two point lead at 19-21. From there Oakland would hold off the Mastodons, 25-30.
The Mastodons came back and fought at the start of game four, taking a 14-9 lead off an error by the Golden Grizzlies. Oakland would rally back at that point, tying the match up at 15 on a service ace. The next ten points would be traded back and forth when things were tied up at 20. A 6-2 run by the 'Dons would give them a four point lead at 26-22.
Oakland would rally again, tying the match at 28. It was a battle at that point with Oakland proving victorious at the end of game four, 32-34.
Long rallies were a large part of game five. At the break the 'Dons were ahead 8-4. They would take the next four points to take a 12-4 lead before Oakland would fire back, but the 'Dons held out for the win, 15-10.
Roehm led IPFW with 15 kills. She added two service aces, four digs and three blocks.
Azevedo also hit double-digit kills with fourteen.
Parker was strong at the net with one block solo and six block assists.
Peachy Jankowski led the back row with 26 digs. Jamie Schwartz dug 19 balls while Cynara Martins added 13 digs and five blocks.
The Golden Grizzlies were led by Amy Golem with 13 kills and Leah Dupuie with 12 kills and 15 total blocks. Alex Darin had a double-double with 26 assists and 11 digs. Katy Wilson almost had a double-double with 21 assists and 9 digs.
The Mastodons out-hit Oakland .205 to .103 but the Golden Grizzlies had 18 total team blocks to the Mastodons 11.
The Mastodons (8-6, 2-2 Summit League) will now prepare for the next three games on the road. The 'Dons will head to Oral Roberts on the 28th and on the 29th they will be at Centenary College. Both are Summit League conference matches.
IPFW will then head to Bowling Green State University on October 2nd before hosting two matches on the 5th and 6th, featuring South Dakota State and IUPUI respectively. Both matches start at 7 PM and are at the Gates Center.
~Dons~
