HAMMOND, Ind. — Parkside fell to Ohio Dominican 3-1 on Saturday at the 2026 Midwest Region Volleyball Crossover. The Rangers opened strong with a 25-20 first-set victory and battled back late in the third set, but Ohio Dominican took the final three points to win 25-23 before closing out the match in four sets.
Avary Polavin led Parkside with 16 kills, while
Natalie Harris recorded a team-high 26 digs.
Parkside built an 8-6 edge in the opening set before Lauren Dinunzi served back-to-back aces to put Ohio Dominican ahead 9-8, and the teams traded points to 10-10 after an
Avary Polavin kill. The Rangers took control of the next stretch by winning seven of eight rallies, using blocks involving
Maia Olson, Polavin and
Sierra Kilbourn, kills from Kilbourn, Olson,
Dani Kopacz and
Emily Zaper, and a
Masina Reuter ace to move in front 17-11. Ohio Dominican cut the gap to 21-18 later in the set, but
Monica Lukasiewicz answered with a kill and Polavin followed with another to keep the Rangers ahead. Kilbourn gave the Rangers set point at 24-20, and Reuter closed the opening set with a service ace for a 25-20 win.
After Ohio Dominican moved ahead 3-1, Parkside tied the set on a service error and a Zaper ace, then used kills by Kilbourn and Polavin from
Lucy Russ to help move in front 6-4. Ohio Dominican answered with five straight points to take a 9-6 lead, and the teams traded stretches as Kilbourn, Olson, Zaper and Polavin recorded kills while Ohio Dominican kept the margin from closing. Kilbourn's kill brought Parkside within 17-14, but Ohio Dominican took three of the next four points for a 20-15 lead and closed the set with five straight points for a 25-15 win.
After the third set was tied 2-2, Ohio Dominican built separation and moved ahead 16-8, closing that stretch with Lauren Dinunzi's service ace and Taylor Thiery's kill. Parkside cut into the deficit behind Ohio Dominican errors, an
Abby Alms kill and a block by Alms and Olson to get within 18-15, and
Kalyn Schueller later put down consecutive kills to make it 20-18. Ohio Dominican reached 22-19, but
Avary Polavin's kill and back-to-back Kilbourn kills tied the set at 22-22 before Polavin added another kill for a 23-22 Parkside lead. The lead did not hold, as Ohio Dominican took the final three points on a Parkside attack error, a block and Logan Rubel's kill to win the set 25-23.
After the Rangers trimmed an early deficit to 6-5 on an Olson kill and an Ohio Dominican attack error, Ohio Dominican scored the next nine points for a 15-5 lead, with Christen Tarter serving the final eight points of that run. Parkside put together five straight points after trailing 19-8, getting a Polavin kill, a block involving Alms, Olson and Polavin, and back-to-back Alms kills to make it 19-13. Parkside continued the push to 20-15 after an Ohio Dominican service error and attack error, but Ohio Dominican took four of the next five points to reach 24-16 and, after a Lukasiewicz kill, finished the set 25-17 on an Annie Fincham kill.
Avary Polavin led the team with 16 kills and 17 points while hitting .278 and recording two blocks.
Natalie Harris paced the Rangers with a team-high 26 digs and added two assists.
Maia Olson recorded a team-high and season-high six blocks, including one solo block, while adding six kills on a .500 hitting percentage, one service ace and 10.5 points.
Lucy Russ led the team with 24 assists and added eight digs, while
Masina Reuter contributed 18 assists, a team-high two service aces and five digs. Kalyn Schuller also added three kills and four digs.
Up Next,
Parkside volleyball team travels to Detroit, Michigan, to face Wayne State University on Friday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m.
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