GREENVILLE, Ill. - The women's volleyball team remained unbeaten in SLIAC play with a dominant straight-set victory over Lyon, sweeping the Scots 25-13, 25-16, 25-10 inside H.J. Long Gymnasium. Before the match, GU recognized its all-time assist leader
Emma Ratermann, and between the second and third sets, the program honored its seniors.
Greenville controlled the match from start to finish, hitting .248 as a team while holding Lyon to a .018 attack percentage. The Panthers recorded 38 kills and 12 total blocks in the victory.
Abby Grohmann led Greenville's attack with a match-high 13 kills while hitting .367.
Kennedy Legendre added eight kills and a .316 hitting percentage, and
Brooklynn Slusser contributed six kills and three block assists.
Alyssa Company and
Makenna Reckling each finished with four kills, while
Emma Ratermann directed the offense with 30 assists.
Defensively,
Emily Ruppert paced the Panthers with 15 digs. Ratermann added 10 digs for a double-double, and Grohmann chipped in nine digs.
Brooke-Lynn Mapa helped spark Greenville's serving game with five aces as the Panthers finished with eight service aces.
Greenville set the tone early, using a strong opening-set performance to take a 25-13 victory. The Panthers pulled away again in the second set, winning 25-16, before closing the match emphatically with a 25-10 decision in the third. Greenville hit a match-best .308 in the final set while limiting Lyon to just seven kills.
The Panthers finished with advantages in kills (38-22), hitting percentage (.248-.018), digs (54-47), service aces (8-1), and blocks (12-2).
The Panthers improved to 13-6 overall and 6-0 in conference play. The Panthers return to the court on Wednesday night at Washington University in St. Louis.
