SALT LAKE CITY — Westminster volleyball took on Colorado School of Mines on Friday night at Behnken Field House, falling 0-3 (18-25, 12-25, 17-25) in an RMAC match, with Elsa Gilmore's match-high 14 kills and Ava Livolsi's 25 digs leading the Griffins.
GAME BREAKDOWN
Set One
Gilmore hit .500 with five kills and a block, powering a 10-3 Westminster run that tied the set at 15-15. Four Gilmore kills and a block came during that run, along with a Clara Philipsson kill, a Kyra Mahler kill and a Jocelyn Grieser kill. Tiia Heikkinen ran the offense with six assists and went 3-for-3 from the service line, and Katelyn Eichert added five assists. Claire Cook passed nine times without a reception error and added four digs. Livolsi had seven digs and seven receptions without an error. Alie Coleman, Philipsson, Grieser and Mahler each added two kills, with Mahler hitting .667.
Set Two
Gilmore hit .571 with four kills, and Mahler added a kill on her only attempt. Coleman served an ace, went 4-for-4 from the service line and added a solo block. Cook passed 12 times without a reception error, Livolsi had seven digs and six receptions without an error, and Eichert had four assists.
Set Three
Westminster went through the third set without a reception error, passing 23 times behind Isabella Deantoni (8), Cook (6), Livolsi (5) and Grieser (4). Livolsi had 11 digs in the set. Gilmore had five kills, Cook and Grieser had three each, and Coleman and Mahler had two each, with Mahler hitting .500. Nora Elliot and Eichert each ran the offense for five assists, Elliot also went 2-for-2 serving, and Deantoni went 5-for-5 from the service line.
GRIFFIN PERFORMANCES
Elsa Gilmore led the way with a match-high 14 kills, hitting .481 and adding a block for 15.0 points. She hit .400 or better in all three sets. Ava Livolsi had a match-high 25 digs and 18 receptions without a reception error. Claire Cook added five kills, six digs and 27 receptions without a reception error. Kyra Mahler hit .625 with five kills and no errors, and Alie Coleman had five kills, an ace, a solo block and 7.0 points. Jocelyn Grieser added five kills, and Clara Philipsson had two.
Katelyn Eichert ran the offense with 14 assists, and Nora Elliot and Tiia Heikkinen each had six.
As a team, Westminster finished with 36 kills, 30 assists and 45 digs.
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