Gerving, Beaner Lead the Jacks

Saturday, November 15

Frost Arena

7:00 PM

South Dakota State University

Western Illinois

11/15/2014 10:57:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

By: SDSU Sports Info

BROOKINGS, S.D.—Junior Carley Gerving and freshman Ashley Beaner led the South Dakota State volleyball team in its final match of the season but the Jackrabbits lost 3-2 to Western Illinois Saturday in Summit League action in Frost Arena.

With the 22-25, 17-25, 25-13, 25-15 and 15-13 loss, the Jacks end the season 6-27, 0-16 while Western Illinois finishes 6-23, 4-12.

Gerving (Lead) had a career- and team-high 12 kills and hit .400 for the match. Beaner recorded 11 kills.

Defensively, junior Alanna Pengilly (Watertown) had a match-best 28 digs. Sophomore Kacey Herrmann (Rapid City) and junior Lizzie Palmer (Sioux Falls) added 18 and 14 digs, respectively.

Ann Miller led the Leathernecks with a match-high 23 kills and 17 digs. Samantha Fournier had a triple-double with 10 kills, 45 assists and a team-high 23 digs.

The Jacks opened the match strong, winning the first set with a late run. Trailing 19-17, junior Wagner Larson (Sioux Falls) and Gerving had back-to-back kills followed by a service ace from Herrmann and a solo block by Larson to take a 21-19 lead. After a Western Illinois point, Larson and Gerving made it 23-20 with a pair of kills. Gerving and sophomore Tiara Gibson (Clear Lake) closed the set with a kill each.

In the second set, the Jacks went on an 8-2 run midway through the set to lead 16-8. The Leathernecks got as close at 19-13, but Gerving had a pair of kills and a block assist to fuel a 6-4 run for the win.

Western Illinois opened the third set with a 7-0 run that the Jackrabbits couldn't overcome. In the fourth set, SDSU again gave the Leathernecks an early 7-0 lead. A 6-2 run with kills from Gerving, senior Margit Hansing (Urbandale, Iowa) and Gibson during the stretch got the Jacks to within five, 16-11, but Western Illinois responded with a 10-4 run to tie the match at 2-2.

In the final set, Larson tied the set at 8-8 with a kill and a Leatherneck error gave SDSU a 9-8 lead but Western Illinois scored the next five points to take a 13-9 lead. The Jackrabbits rallied to make it 14-13 on a Gibson kill, but WIU won the match on a Miller kill.