Michigan State University Athletics
Michigan State University
5-2
Notre Dame
8-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 23 | 26 | 22 | 0 |
| Notre Dame | 25 | 28 | 25 | 3 |
Irish Nip Spartans, 3-0
9/15/2017 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Box Score | PDF Box: Notre Dame 3, MSU 0
WATCH: Highlights vs. Notre Dame
SPARTAN SYNOPSIS
Michigan State returned from a two-week layoff and suffered a 3-0 loss at the hands of (RV) Notre Dame (23-25, 26-28, 22-25) on Friday night at the Shamrock Invitational. No. 23 MSU falls to 5-2 on the season.
MSU hit a season-low .101 in the match, but the Irish finished with a .064 hitting percentage in the contest. Notre Dame held a slim 13.5-13 edge in blocks, a season high both for and against the Spartans. For MSU, Holly Toliver led the way with 13 kills, Brooke Kranda had 10 terminations and seven blocks, and Alyssa Garvelink hit .421 (9-1-19), and had six blocks. Jemma Yeadon had a match-best 19 kills for the Fighting Irish, which improved to 8-1.
MSU will face Central Michigan (10 am) and Southern Illinois (4:30 pm) on day two of the Tournament.
QUOTABLE
"We knew that we were going to face a well-coached team that had built some confidence over the first three weeks of the season, and I thought that we needed to pay a little closer attention to detail and clean up some things that they made us pay for dearly. We made a lot of unforced errors and those are the things that we can control and need to get a handle on. "
- Head Coach Cathy George
TOP PERFORMERS
- Alyssa Garvelink had nine kills, hit .421 (9-1-19) and added six blocks.
- Local product Holly Toliver led MSU in kills (13) and added eight digs
- Rachel Minarick had a double-double with 33 assists and 15 digs.
- Three Spartans had double-digit digs: Abby Monson (20), Autumn Bailey (15) and Minarick. MSU had a season-high 72 digs.
STATS AND STORYLINES
- The match was tied 24 times and featured eight lead changes.
- Megan Tompkins shared the match lead with seven blocks, a season best.
- Brooke Kranda had a career-best seven blocks to tie for the match lead, and also contributed 10 kills.
- The Spartans played several first-year players extensively in the third set - both Meredith Norris and redshirt freshman Lauren Swartz.
- MSU was coming off a two-week layoff, as all three games last weekend (vs. American, UNC-Greensboro, and No. 2 Florida) were wiped out due to Hurricane Irma.
