Dores Cage Tigers on Senior Day – Vanderbilt College Athletics – Official Athletics Web site

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt volleyball’s senior duo of Isabella Bareford and Jackie Moore led the best way to the Commodores’ 3-2 (26-24, 25-13, 23-25, 21-25, 16-14) victory over RV Missouri at Memorial Gymnasium on Sunday.

The Commodores (6-15, 2-10 SEC) hit .301 as a crew, whereas holding Mizzou (16-8, 7-5 SEC) to a .201 hitting effectivity. Vandy posted a season-high 14 blocks and recorded 71 kills, essentially the most for the Dores in an SEC match this season.

Moore registered a team-high 23 kills, matching her career-high and hitting at a .528 clip. She additionally added 5 blocks and an ace to her stat line. Reese Animashaun earned her fifth double-double of the season, totaling 16 kills and 14 digs. Bareford additionally recorded a double-double with 40 assists and 10 digs. Taryn DeWese dished out a season-high 21 assists within the win.

Vandy’s Tennessean crew members paced the protection, as Elli Kinney tallied 19 digs, and Kayla Dunlap recorded a team-high 9 blocks. Mia Soerensen additionally contributed on either side of the ball, registering 10 kills and 5 blocks. The fourth Dore with double-digit kills was Maya Witherspoon, who recorded 11. She additionally tallied seven digs.

Janey DeMarrais led Missouri in kills with 13. Tyrah Ariail and Asia Harvey contributed 9 kills every, and Kimani Johnson added eight. Nina Mandovic recorded 36 assists and 12 digs, good for a double-double. Defensively, Ariail led Missouri’s blocking efforts with 5, and Maya Sands registered a team-leading 14 digs.

Vandy performed a clear first set, hitting .412, in a 26-24 set 1 win. Down 12-11, Witherspoon strung collectively a pair of aces to offer the Dores a lead they’d not quit.

The Commodores stifled the Mizzou offense in set 2, recording a 25-13 victory. It is the most important margin of victory in a set win for Vanderbilt this season. Vandy recorded 18 digs and 17 kills, hitting .455 and held Mizzou to eight kills and 9 digs.

Momentum shifted in set 3 as Missouri constructed a 21-14 lead. The Commodores battled their approach again into the set, at one level stringing collectively seven factors in a row. Despite Vandy’s finest efforts, the Tigers had been in a position to shut out the set with a 25-23 win.

Moore kicked off the fourth set with three consecutive kills because the Dores constructed a 6-1 benefit. Four unanswered factors from Missouri introduced the rating inside one, however Vandy was nonetheless within the lead. Despite holding the rating shut, the Tigers took the lead after level 10 and didn’t path for the rest of the set. The set 4 rating was 25-21, Mizzou.

The fifth set got here all the way down to the wire as Vanderbilt constructed a 9-5 benefit, however Missouri rallied to tie the set at 14 all. A service error from Mizzou, adopted by a block from Dunlap and Soerensen sealed the Dores’ 16-14 set and 3-2 match win.

Before the match, this system honored its graduating seniors, undergraduate supervisor Zoe Tripp, Bareford, Sydney Conley, Moore and Soerensen.

Vanderbilt volleyball is again in motion Friday for an in-state matchup vs. No. 16 Tennessee at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+.