WILLIAMSVILLE, Ill. — UIndy lost to second-seeded Rockhurst 3-2 at Williamsville High School Fieldhouse in the GLVC Championship on Saturday. The Hounds took the first and third sets but the Hawks gained momentum in the fourth set which carried them into the final set.
INS & OUTS
After the teams traded points to 4-4, the Greyhounds got kills from
Allison Jansen and
Maddie Berger around a Rockhurst attack error to move ahead 7-4, and after Rockhurst pulled within 7-6, the Greyhounds won seven of the next eight rallies to build a 14-7 edge. The run included kills from
Carly Fonda,
Makenzie Pflederer and
Riley Laine, and the Greyhounds later stretched the set to 18-10 before Rockhurst scored four straight points to close the gap to 18-14. The Greyhounds rebuilt the margin to 24-17 with kills from Pflederer, Berger and
Grace Portwood plus a Jansen-Berger block, then held off five straight Rockhurst points before Laine finished the set with a kill for a 25-22 win.
The Greyhounds erased an early 4-1 deficit with a block by Jansen and
Maddie Lynch and kills from Pflederer and Berger to tie the second set at 4-4. Rockhurst answered with five straight points, including two Alyssa McDonald kills and two blocks involving McDonald, to move ahead 9-4, but the Greyhounds worked back within 12-10 on a Rockhurst service error and a Lynch-Laine block. The Greyhounds later pulled even at 14-14 on a Lynch kill, a Victoria Gray attack error and Fonda's ace, but Rockhurst took the next two points and stayed in front. Rockhurst stretched an 18-16 lead to 23-16 with five straight points, including a Riley Hays kill, a Gray ace and a Delaney Hope-Hays block, before closing the set 25-18 on an Ali Olson kill.
After Rockhurst moved in front 7-6 on Victoria Gray's ace, a service error evened the set and the Greyhounds took the next four points behind two Pflederer-Jansen blocks, a Berger kill and another Jansen block for an 11-7 lead. Rockhurst cut the margin to 12-11, but the Greyhounds answered with kills from Pflederer and Lynch during a stretch that pushed the lead to 17-12. After Rockhurst got a point back,
Macy Bruton served the Greyhounds through four straight points, including her ace and two Lynch kills, to make it 22-13. Rockhurst trimmed the gap to 23-20, but Portwood put the Greyhounds at 24-20 and Pflederer finished the set at 25-21 after one final Rockhurst point.
After the Greyhounds went ahead 4-3 on Bruton's service ace, Rockhurst scored the next six points, using kills by Alyssa McDonald and Delaney Hope plus a Bailey Donnelly ace to move in front 9-4. The Greyhounds answered with five straight points to tie the set at 9-9, getting kills from Jansen, Berger and Portwood along with two Fonda aces. Rockhurst responded with nine consecutive points, beginning with a McDonald kill and later adding a Kaitlyn Dumpit ace, to move ahead 18-9. The Greyhounds picked up late points on a Pflederer kill and back-to-back Rockhurst attack errors that included blocks involving Berger, Laine and Pflederer, but Rockhurst closed the set at 25-13 on McDonald's kill.
The Greyhounds faced a 7-0 deficit to start the fifth set as Rockhurst opened with two Alyssa McDonald kills, a service ace and points off Greyhound attack errors. Lynch put the Greyhounds on the board with a kill from
Amaree Haralson, and later added another to make it 9-3 before Pflederer and a Rockhurst attack error brought the score to 10-5. Portwood and Lynch added kills as the Greyhounds continued to trade points, and after a Lynch kill and a Rockhurst attack error cut it to 14-10, Delaney Hope finished the set for Rockhurst at 15-10.
INSIDE THE BOX
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Macy Bruton led the floor with 20 digs.
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Carly Fonda had a game-high three service aces.
UP NEXT
The Hounds await their fate for the 2026 Midwest Regional with selections being announced Sunday, Nov.15 at 10 p.m. ET.
