Governors State 3, Judson (IL) 1
Set Scores: 25–23, 25–13, 23–25, 25–21
GovState opened the week with a complete team performance, moving to 9–19 overall and 8–6 in CCAC play. Outside hitter Trenyce Bonner paced the attack with 21 kills and 8 digs, while Greta Bochert added 14 kills and 14 digs. Middle blocker Jennifer Barwicka delivered an efficient 8 kills on a .500 clip with 4 total blocks, and Delia MacDonald posted 7 kills with 2 block assists. Setter Alexah Martinez steered the offense with 51 assists and chipped in a service ace. Libero Vanessa Segura anchored the back row with 18 digs as GovState finished at .309 hitting and tallied 68 digs. The Jaguars controlled the first two sets and closed the match in the fourth, highlighted by a .484 team hitting mark in set two while holding Judson to .000 in that frame.
St. Francis (IL) 3, Governors State 1
Set Scores: 25–18, 25–20, 19–25, 25–17
Two nights later, the Jaguars battled but fell to St. Francis to conclude the home stretch. MacDonald led the way in the middle with 13 kills on .458 hitting, and Bonner added 12 kills, 2 aces, and a solo block. Bochert recorded 15 kills and 7 digs, and Martinez handed out 41 assists with 9 digs. Segura collected a match-high 21 digs to steady the defense. GovState’s third-set response featured 18 kills and a .208 clip, but St. Francis’ balance and late-set execution proved decisive, finishing with 53 kills and a .238 team mark.
Up Next
GovState travels to Olivet Nazarene on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 70 p.m. at McHie Arena in Bourbonnais, Ill.