Volleyball wins third straight; downs Chaminade 3-1

Tuesday, October 13

W 3-1

Grand Canyon

Chaminade

10/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball

HONOLULU, HI -- With the sets tied 1-1, Grand Canyon (12-7, 2-5) finished strong in the second and third to take a 3-1 victory over Chaminade in a Pacific West Conference match at McCabe Gym Tuesday.

GCU won by set scores of 25-19, 20-25, 29-27, 26-24.

Senior Whitney Estes (Gardnerville, Nev./Douglas) led a balanced attack with 11 kills and .333 attack percentage. Junior Megan Toth (Phoenix, Ariz./Arcadia) had nine kills. Freshmen Kristen Preach (Phoenix, Ariz./Xavier Prep) and Erica Ehlo (Spokane, Wash./Lewis and Clark) each had eight, while frosh Katie Peterson (Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge) and Shelby Taylor (Phoenix, Ariz./Christian) had seven and six, respectively.

The Lopes take on host Hawai'i Pacific Wednesday.

Sophomore libero Laurann Durbin (Phoenix, Ariz./Sunnyslope) had a match-high 32 digs. Toth added 12 and senior Vicky Bauler (pictured, Phoenix, Ariz./Agua Fria) had 10.

Peterson had seven block assists. Taylor, Estes and Ehlo each had four. Taylor and senior Dana Edington (Peoria, Ariz./Centennial) each had one solo block. Setter Preach had 39 assists.

With the score 27-27, consecutive kills by Toth and Peterson ended the third set. A kill by Preach and a Silverswords attack error broke a 24-24 deadlock and finished off the match.