University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Volleyball Defeats TCU in Four Sets in Gopher Invitational
9/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
The eighth-ranked Minnesota volleyball team (9-1) won its sixth straight match, as it defeated TCU (10-2) by scores of 25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 25-14 on Friday, Sept. 19 at the Sports Pavilion.
Minnesota’s win capped an event-filled night at the Sports Pavilion. Prior to the match, the Golden Gophers honored the USA Men’s Volleyball Olympic Gold Medal Coach Hugh McCutcheon. McCutcheon addressed the crowd after being honored. Minnesota also once again honored its 2008 “M” Club Hall of Fame inductees in between sets two and three.
Earlier in the day, North Carolina defeated Winthrop in four sets by scores of 25-20, 25-15, 17-25, 25-21.
“From a spectator’s point of view, people might have thought we had an off night,” said Minnesota Head Coach Mike Hebert. “However, I thought TCU was a very good team who played us very tough tonight. I thought our left side and Lauren Gibbemeyer did a great job offensively tonight. I think their performances really opened up opportunities for each other, and made it hard to key on any single option for TCU.”
Minnesota was led by Sophomore Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.), who hit .565 (15-2-23) with 15 kills, three blocks and two service aces. Senior Kyla Roehrig (Papillion, Neb.) hit .395 (19-4-38) with 19 kills and two blocks. Brook Dieter (Bloomington, Minn.) finished the night hitting .323 (14-4-31) with 14 kills and two blocks.
Junior libero Christine Tan (Safety Harbor, Fla.) finished with a match-high 17 digs, while Jessica Granquist (Blaine, Minn.) had a career-high 13 digs and a service ace on the night. Senior setter Rachel Hartmann (St. Charles, Ill.) had 48 assists, eight digs and two blocks. Pam Luiz (Limeira, Brazil) finished with eight kills and eight digs for the Golden Gophers.
As a team, Minnesota outhit TCU .288 to .163, and had 59 kills to 47 for the Horned Frogs. The Golden Gophers also outblocked TCU 7.0-to-3.0 on the night, and had 59 digs to 47 for the Horned Frogs. Minnesota has outblocked every team it has faced this year.
TCU jumped out to a 5-4 lead in the first set, but Minnesota scored the next three points to move ahead 7-5. The Horned Frogs responded with four consecutive points to take a 9-7 lead. Schmidt and Dieter followed with back-to-back kills, and the Golden Gophers took an 11-9 lead when Luiz delivered a kill and Granquist followed with a service ace.
The Horned Frogs responded with three of the next four points to tie the set at 12. Minnesota answered by running off three straight points, and moved ahead 15-12 on a solo block by Roehrig. TCU trimmed the lead to two points at 16-14, but the Golden Gophers responded with four straight points and took 20-14 lead on a kill by Dieter. TCU scored five of the next seven points to cut the Minnesota lead to 22-19.
Roehrig halted the Horned Frogs momentum with a kill to make it 23-19. After the Horned Frogs cut it to 23-20, Gibbemeyer delivered a kill to make it set point at 24-20. Minnesota claimed the set on a TCU ballhandling error.
The Golden Gophers outhit TCU .424 to .226 in the first set, and had 17 kills to 13. Roehrig, Luiz and Dieter all had four kills in the first set.
Minnesota jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the second set, but TCU answered with five of the next six points to tie it at seven. Dieter came back with a kill, and Gibbemeyer followed with a service ace to make it 9-7. The Horned Frogs answered with six of the next eight points to take a 13-11 lead.
After the teams exchanged the next two points to make it 14-12, Gibbemeyer ran off three consecutive kills to give Minnesota a 15-14 lead. Roehrig and Gibbemeyer continued the run with a consecutive kills, and the Golden Gophers scored the next point to finish a 6-0 run. TCU cut the lead to 18-15, but Roehrig and Gibbemeyer followed with kills and Minnesota pushed its lead to 21-15 to force a Horned Frog timeout.
Out of the timeout, TCU cut the lead to 21-16. The Golden Gophers followed with a kill from Dieter and service ace by Gibbemeyer to make it 23-16. However, the Horned Frogs rattled off four straight points to cut the lead to 23-20 to force a Minnesota timeout. Out of the timeout, Dieter delivered a kill to make it set point and combined on a block to give Minnesota set.
The Golden Gophers outhit TCU .406 to .286 in the second set, and had 18 kills to 14 for the Horned Frogs. Gibbemeyer had five kills and two service aces in the set, while Roehrig tallied six kills.
TCU jumped out to 6-4 lead in the third set, but Minnesota responded with four of the next six points to tie it at eight. The Horned Frogs answered with a 5-0 run to take a 13-8 lead, which forced a Golden Gopher timeout. Minnesota battled back with four of the next four points to cut the lead to 14-12. However, TCU responded with consecutive points to make it 16-12.
The two teams exchanged the next six points to make it 19-15. Dieter delivered a kill to make it 19-16, but TCU ran off three straight points to take a 22-16 lead to force a Minnesota timeout. The Horned Frogs moved it to set point at 24-18, but Roehrig fought it off with a kill to cut the lead to five points. Gibbemeyer followed with a kill on a great pass from the backrow from Granquist to cut it to 24-20. Roehrig fought off another game point, before TCU closed out the set.
In the third set, the Horned Frogs outhit the Golden Gophers .146 to .050, and had 12 kills to 11 for Minnesota. Roehrig led the Golden Gophers with five kills in the set.
Minnesota jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the fourth set, but TCU scored three of the next four points to cut it to 7-5. The Golden Gophers moved ahead 9-5, but the Horned Frogs scored four of the next five points to cut the lead to 10-9.
Roehrig answered with a kill, and Dieter and Gibbemeyer had solo blocks to help Minnesota go on 6-0 run to take a 16-9 lead. The teams exchanged the next six points to make it 19-12. After TCU scored to make it 19-13, Roehrig and Gibbemeyer delivered consecutive kills to make it 21-13 to force a timeout by the Horned Frogs.
After an attack error by TCU, Roehrig delivered a kill to make it 23-13. That capped off a run where Minnesota scored nine of 13 points against the Horned Frogs. TCU cut the lead to 23-14, but Gibbemeyer delivered a kill to make it match point. Hartmann and Gibbemeyer combined on a block to give Minnesota the victory.
TCU was led by Lauren Otto who had 15 kills and seven digs, while Irene Hester had eight kills and 10 digs. Katelyn Blackwood finished with a team-high 16 digs. The Horned Frogs five service aces were the most against the Golden Gophers this season.
Minnesota will also face Winthrop on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 12:30 p.m., and North Carolina on Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. North Carolina will also face TCU on Sept. 20 at 10 a.m., and Winthrop will face TCU at 5 p.m.
Minnesota’s win capped an event-filled night at the Sports Pavilion. Prior to the match, the Golden Gophers honored the USA Men’s Volleyball Olympic Gold Medal Coach Hugh McCutcheon. McCutcheon addressed the crowd after being honored. Minnesota also once again honored its 2008 “M” Club Hall of Fame inductees in between sets two and three.
Earlier in the day, North Carolina defeated Winthrop in four sets by scores of 25-20, 25-15, 17-25, 25-21.
“From a spectator’s point of view, people might have thought we had an off night,” said Minnesota Head Coach Mike Hebert. “However, I thought TCU was a very good team who played us very tough tonight. I thought our left side and Lauren Gibbemeyer did a great job offensively tonight. I think their performances really opened up opportunities for each other, and made it hard to key on any single option for TCU.”
Minnesota was led by Sophomore Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.), who hit .565 (15-2-23) with 15 kills, three blocks and two service aces. Senior Kyla Roehrig (Papillion, Neb.) hit .395 (19-4-38) with 19 kills and two blocks. Brook Dieter (Bloomington, Minn.) finished the night hitting .323 (14-4-31) with 14 kills and two blocks.
Junior libero Christine Tan (Safety Harbor, Fla.) finished with a match-high 17 digs, while Jessica Granquist (Blaine, Minn.) had a career-high 13 digs and a service ace on the night. Senior setter Rachel Hartmann (St. Charles, Ill.) had 48 assists, eight digs and two blocks. Pam Luiz (Limeira, Brazil) finished with eight kills and eight digs for the Golden Gophers.
As a team, Minnesota outhit TCU .288 to .163, and had 59 kills to 47 for the Horned Frogs. The Golden Gophers also outblocked TCU 7.0-to-3.0 on the night, and had 59 digs to 47 for the Horned Frogs. Minnesota has outblocked every team it has faced this year.
TCU jumped out to a 5-4 lead in the first set, but Minnesota scored the next three points to move ahead 7-5. The Horned Frogs responded with four consecutive points to take a 9-7 lead. Schmidt and Dieter followed with back-to-back kills, and the Golden Gophers took an 11-9 lead when Luiz delivered a kill and Granquist followed with a service ace.
The Horned Frogs responded with three of the next four points to tie the set at 12. Minnesota answered by running off three straight points, and moved ahead 15-12 on a solo block by Roehrig. TCU trimmed the lead to two points at 16-14, but the Golden Gophers responded with four straight points and took 20-14 lead on a kill by Dieter. TCU scored five of the next seven points to cut the Minnesota lead to 22-19.
Roehrig halted the Horned Frogs momentum with a kill to make it 23-19. After the Horned Frogs cut it to 23-20, Gibbemeyer delivered a kill to make it set point at 24-20. Minnesota claimed the set on a TCU ballhandling error.
The Golden Gophers outhit TCU .424 to .226 in the first set, and had 17 kills to 13. Roehrig, Luiz and Dieter all had four kills in the first set.
Minnesota jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the second set, but TCU answered with five of the next six points to tie it at seven. Dieter came back with a kill, and Gibbemeyer followed with a service ace to make it 9-7. The Horned Frogs answered with six of the next eight points to take a 13-11 lead.
After the teams exchanged the next two points to make it 14-12, Gibbemeyer ran off three consecutive kills to give Minnesota a 15-14 lead. Roehrig and Gibbemeyer continued the run with a consecutive kills, and the Golden Gophers scored the next point to finish a 6-0 run. TCU cut the lead to 18-15, but Roehrig and Gibbemeyer followed with kills and Minnesota pushed its lead to 21-15 to force a Horned Frog timeout.
Out of the timeout, TCU cut the lead to 21-16. The Golden Gophers followed with a kill from Dieter and service ace by Gibbemeyer to make it 23-16. However, the Horned Frogs rattled off four straight points to cut the lead to 23-20 to force a Minnesota timeout. Out of the timeout, Dieter delivered a kill to make it set point and combined on a block to give Minnesota set.
The Golden Gophers outhit TCU .406 to .286 in the second set, and had 18 kills to 14 for the Horned Frogs. Gibbemeyer had five kills and two service aces in the set, while Roehrig tallied six kills.
TCU jumped out to 6-4 lead in the third set, but Minnesota responded with four of the next six points to tie it at eight. The Horned Frogs answered with a 5-0 run to take a 13-8 lead, which forced a Golden Gopher timeout. Minnesota battled back with four of the next four points to cut the lead to 14-12. However, TCU responded with consecutive points to make it 16-12.
The two teams exchanged the next six points to make it 19-15. Dieter delivered a kill to make it 19-16, but TCU ran off three straight points to take a 22-16 lead to force a Minnesota timeout. The Horned Frogs moved it to set point at 24-18, but Roehrig fought it off with a kill to cut the lead to five points. Gibbemeyer followed with a kill on a great pass from the backrow from Granquist to cut it to 24-20. Roehrig fought off another game point, before TCU closed out the set.
In the third set, the Horned Frogs outhit the Golden Gophers .146 to .050, and had 12 kills to 11 for Minnesota. Roehrig led the Golden Gophers with five kills in the set.
Minnesota jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the fourth set, but TCU scored three of the next four points to cut it to 7-5. The Golden Gophers moved ahead 9-5, but the Horned Frogs scored four of the next five points to cut the lead to 10-9.
Roehrig answered with a kill, and Dieter and Gibbemeyer had solo blocks to help Minnesota go on 6-0 run to take a 16-9 lead. The teams exchanged the next six points to make it 19-12. After TCU scored to make it 19-13, Roehrig and Gibbemeyer delivered consecutive kills to make it 21-13 to force a timeout by the Horned Frogs.
After an attack error by TCU, Roehrig delivered a kill to make it 23-13. That capped off a run where Minnesota scored nine of 13 points against the Horned Frogs. TCU cut the lead to 23-14, but Gibbemeyer delivered a kill to make it match point. Hartmann and Gibbemeyer combined on a block to give Minnesota the victory.
TCU was led by Lauren Otto who had 15 kills and seven digs, while Irene Hester had eight kills and 10 digs. Katelyn Blackwood finished with a team-high 16 digs. The Horned Frogs five service aces were the most against the Golden Gophers this season.
Minnesota will also face Winthrop on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 12:30 p.m., and North Carolina on Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. North Carolina will also face TCU on Sept. 20 at 10 a.m., and Winthrop will face TCU at 5 p.m.
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