Women's Volleyball Drops Pair of Matches at Siouxland Invitational

Sioux City, Iowa, (Aug. 23, 2025)- The Missouri Valley College women's volleyball team continued play at the Siouxland Invitational in Sioux City, Iowa, Saturday.  The Vikings lost in four games to Valley City State (N.D.) in the opener 20-25, 14-25, 25-21, 22-25.  The team then fell in three games to No. 7 Northwestern (Iowa).   

Missouri Valley went in front at the start of the first game, as Senior Outside Hitter Juliana Oliveira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Junior Right Side Alana Burton (Ogden, Iowa) each added a kill, along with back-to-back kills from Freshman Outside Hitter Rylee Adams (Odessa, Mo.) to make it a 6-3 score.  Valley City responded winning five-straight points to take the lead 8-6.  Teams traded points over the next stretch of play where Oliveira had three kills to keep the score board close, 13-12.  Valley City followed with a rally by taking eight of the next nine points to build up a 21-13 advantage.  The Vikings used two VCS errors and a kill each from Sophomore Outside Hitter Olivia Randolph (Columbia, Mo.) and Oliveira to cut the deficit down to 24-20.  However, a final kill from Valley City finished off the opening game, 25-20.

After dropping the second game, and needing a win in the third game to extend the match Missouri Valley took control early.  The Vikings started with a kill from Senior Middle Hitter Kinga Romanowicz (Krepiec, Poland) and three-straight kills from Oliveira making it a 4-0 score.  MVC continued to pull away as they won eight of the next ten points, as Burton and Junior Outside Hitter Renata Pereira (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) teamed up for a block, an ace from Junior Clarissa Dias (Praia Grande, Brazil), and a kill each from Randolph and Pereira stretched the advantage out to 14-5.  Valley City closed the gap and eventually tied the game at 21-21, but Missouri Valley won the last four points, as Freshman Outside Hitter Rylee Adams (Odessa, Mo.) landed an ace, and Burton teamed up with Randolph and then Oliveira to take game three, 25-21.

The fourth game started with Valley City going in front, 7-4.  The Vikings closed their deficit to 10-9 with two kills from Oliveira, who also teamed up on block with Burton.  The two teams traded points through an 18-18 score, where MVC used four VCS errors, two kills each from Randolph and Sophomore Right Side Harper Herring (Orange Park, Fla.).  Valley City won four of the next five points to take the lead 22-19.  Missouri Valley used a kill from Romanowicz and two VCS errors to close the gap, but Valley City ended the game with a kill, 25-22. 

Oliveira led with a double-double of 15 kills and 11 digs.  Randolph totaled nine kills and four digs, while Herring had eight kills and Fitzgerald led 24 assists.  Missouri Valley finished with four blocks as a team.

In the second contest against Northwestern (Iowa), the Vikings were led by Senior Right Side Maria Bertholdo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) who finished with four kills.  Romanowicz, Herring and Burton had three kills each and Clarissa landed three aces, eight assists and two kills. Adams led with seven digs. Missouri Valley fell by scores of 9-25, 16-25, 18-25.

Missouri Valley drops to 0-4 on the season.

Up next, the Viking women's volleyball team will host the two-day Viking Invitational, inside the Burns Athletic Complex, Friday and Saturday.  The team's first game will be Friday at 2 p.m., against Central Baptist (Ark.), followed by another game against Columbia (Mo.) at 7 p.m.  Missouri Valley will play two matches, Saturday, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

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