September 20, 2006

 Fremont, NE—The Dana volleyball team went on the road to Midland Lutheran College and came away with their first conference win of the season in a hard-fought 27-30, 34-32, 30-21, 26-30, 15-4 win over the Warriors.  The win raised Dana’s record to 5-8 (1-2 in the GPAC).  The Warriors fell to 3-11 (0-4).

Viking coach Rayna Cain seemed relieved after the match was completed.  “Midland was a very scrappy team, so it was hard for us to put the ball away.  We kept on the attack and got the job done,” Coach Cain said.  Cain was also very happy about getting a win in the GPAC.  “It was a great conference win,” she said.

The Vikings struggled to find a rhythm early in the match losing the first set and rallying to win the second set, but managed to dominate the fifth set of the match.

Dana was once again led by senior middle hitter Darcy Gross (Earling, IA) and junior setter Holly Lehmer (Omaha, NE).  Gross finished with 21 kills while Lehmer had a season high 43 set assists.  Lacie Greiner (Boone, IA) also contributed 12 kills for the Vikings while junior Kira Presler (Omaha, NE)  was impressive with 5 ace serves and 12 digs on the night.

Dana’s next opponent will be Hastings College on Wednesday, September 27.  The game will be in Hastings as 7:30 PM.