FORT WAYNE, IND. – Bethel Women's Volleyball swept Michigan-Dearborn on Friday at the Turnstone Center, riding a .337 hitting clip as a team to the win. Taylor Delp and Liberty Pierson combined for 19 kills to lead the Pilots. They dropped a 3-1 decision to Campbellsville in the nightcap. Alex Brown paced the Pilots with 15 kills on .433 hitting.
Quick Facts
Location: Turnstone Center | Fort Wayne, Ind.
Match One Results: Bethel def. Michigan-Dearborn 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-20)
Match Two Results: Campbellsville def. Bethel 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 16-25, 19-25)
Records: Bethel - 2-5 | UM Dearborn - 0-1 | Campbellsville - 6-0
NAIA Top-25: BU - NR | UMD - NR | CU - NR
MATCH ONE RECAP
SET ONE
- Bethel opened with a 4-0 run capped by three straight kills from Giuliana Batista, building an early 5-1 lead and never trailed again.
- Michigan-Dearborn twice cut into the deficit, getting as close as 12-6, but Bethel answered with a 4-0 run of its own with Haley Biedenbach setting kills to Taylor Delp, Hayden Ramsey, Liberty Pierson and Alex Brown pushing the lead to 18-6.
- Bethel pulled away for good on a Hayden Ramsey service run that included a kill and an ace to push the lead to 23-8, then closed it out on a Kaylee Lawrence kill for a 25-10 finish.
SET TWO
- Bethel raced to an early 3-0 lead, but Michigan-Dearborn answered with a run of six straight points, capped by three Joy Pryor service points, to grab an 8-6 edge.
- The set stayed tight through the middle before Bethel edged ahead for good at 19-15.
- Bethel closed out the set on a 6-0 run, sparked by a Joy Pryor service error and capped by back-to-back Liberty Pierson kills sandwiching scores from Haley Biedenbach and Kaylee Lawrence, for a 25-15 finish.
SET THREE
- Michigan-Dearborn opened with a quick 2-0 edge, but Bethel answered with a six-point run — Giuliana Batista driving a stretch of Delaney Kintz and Taylor Delp kills — to take an 11-6 lead.
- Michigan-Dearborn rallied late, stringing together points to cut the deficit to as few as two at 22-19.
- Bethel answered the rally with three straight points, two off Michigan-Dearborn attack errors, to close out the set 25-20 and complete the sweep.
KEY PILOTS
MATCH TWO RECAP
SET ONE
- Campbellsville built a big early cushion, using kills from Elif Akcivi and Libby Erwin to push the lead to as many as 10 points at 18-8.
- Bethel answered with an 11-3 run, capped by Liberty Pierson and Taylor Delp kills and a string of Campbellsville errors, to pull within two at 21-19.
- Campbellsville answered the rally with three straight points to push back ahead 24-19, but Bethel trimmed it right back to 24-22 on consecutive Taylor Delp kills before a Libby Erwin kill sealed the set 25-22.
SET TWO
- Campbellsville built as much as a five-point cushion at 20-15, but Bethel ripped off a 7-0 run, punctuated by three Ary Searle aces to go up 22-20.
- Campbellsville answered with three straight points to pull within one at 24-23, but couldn't complete the comeback.
- Bethel closed it out on an Alex Brown kill off a Haley Biedenbach set to win the set 25-23.
SET THREE
- The set stayed even through the first stretch, with Bethel leading at 10-8, before Campbellsville reeled off six straight points.
- Campbellsville kept building from there behind kills from Elif Akcivi and Kati Vest, stretching the margin to as many as eight points late at 19-12.
- Campbellsville closed out the set on a stretch that included a Hana Deticek service ace and back-to-back kills from Larkin Taylor and Libby Erwin, finishing it off on a Kati Vest kill for a 25-16 win.
SET FOUR
- Campbellsville built an early cushion at 10-4, but Bethel answered with a 4-0 run with kills from Alex Brown and Hayden Ramsey plus a Taylor Delp ace to cut the deficit to 11-9.
- Bethel climbed back within one three separate times down the stretch, but Campbellsville answered each time and pulled away late.
- Campbellsville closed the match with three straight unanswered points, bookended by two Brooke Hager kills, to take the set 25-19 and clinch the match.
KEY PILOTS
Next Up
- Bethel hosts Marian University on Wednesday, Aug. 26th at 6:00 PM for the Crossroads League opener.
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