Box Score Post Match Interview

CHICAGO – A stellar record-breaking season drew to a close for the Grinnell College volleyball team in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament Friday afternoon.
 
The Pioneers held their own in their first trip to the national stage but lost in three sets to fourth-ranked Carthage College of Kenosha, Wis. The Pioneers battled on even terms early in the first two sets before losing 25-14 and 25-16, and then went toe-to-toe in the third set before falling 25-23.
 
Grinnell broke seven school records during the season and had numerous entries onto the program's all-time top 10 leader board, which will be posted below this story in the near future. The Pioneers established a program record for wins while finishing at 26-5. Carthage advances to Saturday's regional semifinal with a 28-3 mark.
 
Kaylin Kuhn '21 led all players with 13 kills and enjoyed a double-double with 10 digs to go with two aces and two blocks. Rachel Woock '23 and Anna Killin '22 had six kills apiece, while Julianna Roth '22 tallied 31 assists.
 
Payton Lowrey '22 added a match-leading 24 digs, Madison Smith '20 had 10 and Olivia Jensen '22 contributed two blocks.
 
The first set went back and forth, within Grinnell pulling within 10-9 on a combo block for Kuhn and Jensen and 11-10 on Kuhn's kill. However, Carthage put together a 4-1 run and never let Grinnell closer than four the rest of the way.
 
Grinnell started the second set with a flurry, scoring the first four points on consecutive kills by Kuhn, ace by Lowrey and Carthage ball handling error.
 
However, the Lady Reds rallied with four consecutive points. Grinnell was tied for the final time at 8-all on Killin's kill before Carthage went on a 12-3 run on its way to victory.
 
Grinnell fell into a 4-2 hole in the third set, but came back strong and gained a 7-6 lead on Emmy Nyquist's '23 serve. Carthage rallied, though, and held a slight advantage for some time including 20-17. That's when the Pioneers got down to business, as the Lady Reds had a service error and Jensen and Woock consecutive kills to force a 20-all tie and a Carthage timeout.
 
After the Lady Reds went ahead 22-20, they had a service error and Jensen a kill to force another tie.
 
Carthage then scored two points, but the Pioneers spoiled match point as Jensen had a kill to make it 24-23. However, the Lady Reds countered with a kill to earn the win.

Besides the school record for victories, other Grinnell records established this season came from Kuhn for 90 attack attempts in a match, kills per set in a season with 4.78, points per set in a season with 5.47, kills per set in a career with 4.16 and points per set in a career with 4.83, as well as Roth in assists per set in a career with 9.80.

GRINNELL VOLLEYBALL ALL-TIME BEST LIST MARKS IN 2019

Individual Career	Player/Team	Number
Kills	5, Kaylin Kuhn	1,237
Kills Per Set	1, Kaylin Kuhn	4.16
Attack Attempts	6, Kaylin Kuhn	3,322
Attack Percentage	8, Kaylin Kuhn	.233
Assists	5, Julianna Roth	2,255
Assists Per Set	1, Julianna Roth	9.80
Service Aces	3, Kaylin Kuhn	143
	8, Payton Lowrey	114
Service Aces Per Set	2, Payton Lowrey	0.51
	4, Kaylin Kuhn	0.48
Digs Per Set	2, Payton Lowrey	4.09
	5, Madison Smith	3.38
	8, Kaylin Kuhn	3.21
Points	5, Kaylin Kuhn	1,434.5
Points Per Set	1, Kaylin Kuhn	4.83
Individual Season
Kills	2, Kaylin Kuhn	488
KiIls Per Set	1, Kaylin Kuhn	4.78
Attack Attempts	3, Kaylin Kuhn	1,259
Attack Percentage	6, Kaylin Kuhn	.257
Assists	6, Julianna Roth	1,087
Assists Per Set	6, Julianna Roth	9.79
Service Aces	4, Payton Lowrey	60
	10, Kaylin Kuhn	49
Service Aces Per Set	6, Payton Lowrey	0.59
Digs	5, Payton Lowrey	468
Digs Per Set	7, Payton Lowrey	4.59
Points	2, Kaylin Kuhn	558.0
Points Per Set	1, Kaylin Kuhn	5.47
Team Season
Kills	5, Grinnell	1,443
Kills Per Set	4, Grinnell	13.00
Attack Attempts	9, Grinnell	4,157
Attack Percentage	4, Grinnell	.214
Assists	6, Grinnell	1,270
Assists Per Set	5, Grinnell	11.44
Service Aces	2, Grinnell	258
Service Aces Per Set	5, Grinnell	2.32
Digs	7, Grinnell	2,007
Digs Per Set	6, Grinnell	18.08
Points	6, Grinnell	1,834.0
Points Per Set	6, Grinnell	16.52