WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Bethel Women's Volleyball fell to #13 Grace 3-0 on Wednesday, dropping the sets 25-13, 25-17 and 25-14. Taylor Delp led the Pilots with eight kills and eight digs. Grace hit .343 as a team and finished with 47 kills to Bethel's 24.
QUICK FACTS
Location: MOCC | Winona Lake, Ind.
Match Results: Grace def. Bethel 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-14)
Records: Bethel - 9-21, 3-13 | Grace - 24-6, 12-4
NAIA Top-25: BU - NR | GC - 13
MATCH RECAP
SET ONE
- Grace scored the first five points of the match with Anna Elkin serving, and Bethel never held a lead in the set.
- Bethel cut it to 11-7 on a Giuliana Batista kill, but Grace answered with a 3-0 run to go up 14-7.
- Grace closed it on kills from Elkin and Abby Leffring, finishing the set with no attack errors and a .545 hitting percentage.
SET TWO
- Back-to-back blocks, first by Liberty Pierson and Hayden Ramsey and then by Ramsey and Batista, helped Bethel tie it at 3 and take a 4-3 lead. A Delp kill made it 5-4.
- Grace regained control with a 4-0 run for a 10-6 lead, then stretched it to 16-9 behind three straight kills from Leffring and Leah Henderson.
- Bethel closed within 20-15 on three straight points, but Grace sealed the set 25-17 on a Pierson attack error and a Martinez kill.
SET THREE
- Bethel jumped out to a 4-1 lead on kills from Delaney Kintz, Delp and Batista.
- Grace took over from there. Brea Harris served two aces in a 4-0 run, and Grace built an 18-10 lead that forced a Bethel timeout.
- Ramsey added two late kills for Bethel, but Grace ended the match 25-14 on a Kintz attack error.
KEY PILOTS
NEXT UP
- Bethel returns home next Saturday for a pair of games in Goodman Gymnasium to wrap up their home slate for 2026.
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