KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas Wesleyan Women's Volleyball visited the other athletic facility named after the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation in the Kansas Conference on Friday night and came away happy.
The Coyotes dominated the Avila Eagles in straight sets 25-10, 25-15, 25-13 inside Avila's Mabee Fieldhouse on Friday night.
The Mabee Foundation has played a prominent role in fundraising for many organizations by providing 'challenge' grants to help these organizations complete projects in a timely fashion.
It was a dominating performance by the Coyotes. KWU hit .386 for the match, while Avila hit negative at -.010; KWU had 55 offensive points, Avila had 28; KWU had 41 kills, Avila had 24; KWU had eight blocks, Avila had zero; KWU had 41 digs, Avila had 27.
The Coyotes opened the match with a 4-1 lead, but Avila was back within two points at 6-4. Then it was all Coyotes. Five straight points from KWU capped by a Gianna Adriaanse kill made it 11-4, and after the teams traded points to make it 12-6, KWU rolled off another six straight to make it 18-6. Avila got three in a row, but KWU finished the set on a 7-1 run to take the set 25-10.
Avila scored the first point of the second set, but before anyone could take a breath, Wesleyan sprinted out to an 8-2 lead. The teams traded 2-point runs back and forth until the Coyotes scored six of seven points to take a 16-6 lead. KWU led 21-14 before closing the set scoring four of the last five points to win 25-15.
Avila jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the third set, but the Coyotes quickly climbed back into it, tying things at 6-6 on Tristyn Hedman's service ace. Avila took a 7-6 lead, but then here came the Coyotes. KWU scored 12 straight points to take total control of the set at 18-7. The Eagles scored three of the next four, but then the Coyotes were at it again, scoring five of the next six to take a 24-11 lead. After two Avila points, the Coyotes closed it out with a kill by Rylee Serpan.
Serpan led a balanced attack for the Coyotes with nine kills, while Kylee Harris had eight, Kyla Moore six, Sara Bebout five and Adriaanse four. Josie Deckinger had 13 assists as the Coyotes used three different setters in the match and ran different offensive sets in the match as well. Kate Bebout had three blocks and Savannah Koga had four assist blocks. Kori Arnold had 13 digs.