GCU Hitters Dominate In Win At Dominican

Wednesday, October 12

San Rafael, CA

7 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Dominican

Shelby Taylor had 10 kills, a .529 hitting percentage, two solo blocks and one block assist in GCU's win at Dominican Wednesday.

10/12/2011 10:05:00 PM | Volleyball

Five Have Double-Digit Kills

By: Steve Heath

Box Score

Grand Canyon (11-6, 5-4) had five hitters with double-figure kills and hit .356 as a team in a 3-1 Pacific West Conference victory over Dominican University of California (0-15, 0-6) in San Rafael, Calif. Wednesday.

GCU won by set scores of 25-5, 25-11, 16-25, 25-20.

Sophomore outside hitter Caelen Hiller had 17 kills and a .484 average. Junior middle hitter Shelby Taylor had 10 kills, a .529 average and two solo blocks. Senior right side hitter Brooke Blomenkamp and junior outside hitter Janae Giles each had 11 kills. Senior middle hitter Stephanie McBride had 10 kills.

Junior setter Kristen Preach had 49 assists and 15 digs. Freshman libero Mackenzie Phelps had 23 digs.

GCU had 62 kills and only 15 errors in 132 attempts. McBride hit .368 and Blomenkamp hit .346. McBride added two service aces, a solo block and a block assist. Blomenkamp added seven digs and two service aces. Giles had nine digs. Preach also had a service ace.

Sophomore right side hitter Megan Davis added eight digs.

It was Grand Canyon’s third straight win overall and on its five-match road trip. To wrap up the trip, GCU takes on Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont, Calif. Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at noon.

Fans can follow the matches with stats and video provided by the host school. Links to the live action are available on the GCU women’s volleyball schedule page.