Vegas Thrill VS Columbus Fury | HIGHLIGHTS | PVF 2025. The Columbus Fury (2-8) beat the league leaders, the Vegas Thrill (7-3) 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21) on Monday evening. Both Fury middle blockers had standout performances in the team win. Kaley Rammelsberg had seven kills with a .438 efficiency, and a franchise record five aces. Abby Walker tallied eight kills, with a .412 efficiency, three blocks, and two aces. The Fury out-killed the Thrill 61-46 and had seven aces to Vegas’ three.
SET ONE
Columbus and Vegas scrapped point-for-point early on, tied 5-5. Wilma Rivera got middles involved in the offense early. Abby Walker had five kills on six attempts, hitting .833 in the first set. Columbus took a two-point lead 7-5 and kept a steady lead throughout the set. Megan Lush (four kills, .333) and Izabella Rapacz (six kills, .308) produced from both pins. With an ace from Walker, Fury took the lead 16-11. Thrill fought back to minimize the Fury league, but a Rammelsberg kill kept Fury ahead, 19-17. The Fury won the set 25-20.
SET TWO
The teams were tied 7-7 when Rammelsberg started a four-ace run. A trickle over the tape brought the score to 8-7. Two more aces tagged the endline and the Fury led 10-7. When she returned to the front row, Rammelsberg tallied back to back kills to extend the Fury lead 18-13. Vegas’ Charity Luper scored a couple kills and the Thrill shrunk the point deficit 21-19. With a service error by Vegas, Fury led 23-20. Columbus sealed the second set 25-20 with an out-of-system kill by Raina Terry.
SET THREE
Vegas got on Columbus early with an ace by Cameron Hannah to take the lead 4-3. Luper tallied her first block and another kill, paired with a couple kills from Allison Mayfield and an ace from Berkeley Oblad to give the Thrill a 10-6 lead. Vegas challenged a centerline fault and were up 16-11. Fury were down 20-13 when they took a timeout, but came back in a four-point run with a won challenge to bring the score to 20-17. Service errors from Terry and Rammelsberg set the score to 23-18. Two kills from Lush and two blocks from Rapacz kept the Fury close at 24-22, but ultimately Columbus fell to Vegas 25-23.
SET FOUR
Lush grabbed the first kill of the set and Terry began to score on off-speed shots. A setter dump from Rivera gave Fury a 7-5 lead, but it was a point-for-point battle after that. Tied 11-11, Thrill went on the three point run and began to separate. A block from Rapacz tied the game up again 18-18. After a kill from Rapacz, Columbus created a lead that they sustained till the end. A kill from Terry secured the Fury win at 25-21.
She's literally like another coach on the floor.
One of the hardest working players for the thrill.
And coach Ramon Hernandez-Cruz absolutely loves the fact that she's the one leading this team.
A really quick back row attack results in a point.
That was from Charity Looper.
She's the other selection in the draft. Louisville, Penn State.
High pedigree programs that have allowed these rookies to excel early on.
Columbus evens things up at two with that ball down.
In North Carolina.
She's from Westerville, a suburb just outside of the downtown city limits.
Stout takes advantage of that loose ball in the middle.
Childress does an incredible job of taking a tight pass and doing something with it.
Incredible last year, but it seems like she has elevated her game.
I'm looking forward to see what she does for the thrill tonight.
From the Texas Hill Country, San Antonio.
Played at South Alabama.
Jagged collegiately.
Lush goes again.
Out of that timeout, Columbus is hitting .300.
They go from the back.
Meets the block.
Stouts.
That's a great placement.
Either the setter's going to be there or typically a right side attacker.
Looper.
Big swing from the back row.
Maddox.
Off speed.
Now Rapace.
Looper couldn't handle that heat.
Rapace getting her team a few points here in the first set.
Nice swing there, and you can see the speed.
And swing big.
It's what Megan Lush brings to this court.
How about that?
Glass Childress.
So smooth.
Saw it.
Was open on two and fired it home.
Yeah, when Childress is front row and that ball is tight,
she will do a lot of things with it, and that's one thing she has.
Georgiatis.
Set Rammelsberg right at the net, and she made it count.
Great first ball contact.
When your setter can set anybody she wants,
keep this group very positive,
and they're playing at an exceptional level here in the first set
against the top-ranked team currently in the PVF.
Mayfield.
Georgiatis.
Got those quick twitch reactions.
Serves her well.
Hanna from DeFalco.
Setting Rapace out of system from Georgiatis.
Now Rivera.
Put that right where Rapace was.
Hanna keeps this rally alive.
Rapace, the block put down by Mayfield.
That's quite the point.
Bigger block on the right side against Fury's left side.
Graham in for the serving chores.
Terry has the ball.
Hit her to deal with that time.
It goes right into the block.
Tough one there.
They're ready for Walker.
That was Hanna.
Rapace.
Six kills in that first set.
That's a match high.
Rayna Terry just rips it from the back row.
I've got to give Looper some credit in the backcourt for the thrill,
just hitting or playing great defense.
But here's the adjustment.
Rayna Terry hails from just about 40 minutes up the road in Marengo, Ohio.
Pinpoint precision in the corner on that swing.
You know, and pinpoint precision on this set.
Alicia Glass Childress moving toward the pass.
It wasn't a perfect pass, but yet no matter what.
Rammelsberg.
Glass Childress, despite her best efforts.
She's facing a lot of pressure to make good sets on the run.
That's the fifth.
Set one, 25-20.
Three in a row.
Rammelsberg.
Oh, this is unbelievable.
Unexpected set, right?
The tricky set.
The one that doesn't always show up on data and as you're scouting.
You don't always think Lush is going to swing for a point on that right pin.
The setter's pocket.
She's not setting the ball from that right front area of the court.
Great observation.
It's a great swing.
Matt Terry.
Rapace.
Now she's the one on the run.
Match high 13 kills.
Not that serve in play.
Stringer fights it off.
Rayna Terry.
Right at Graham.
Blooper.
Wrong.
The Columbus Fury go up two sets.
Again, on the run.
So, kind of problematic passing here.
But nonetheless, they're managing to get points off of that.
Terry.
Rapace.
As a match high and kills.
Hannah hit it with venom.
Yeah, as a setter, you've got to find the hot hand.
And right now, Childress is just feeding Hannah on that right pin.
And, you know, that's an essential part of this game is having offense.
Georgiatis exits.
Columbus serving.
Rivera to Terry.
Oblad.
Now Glass Childress.
The work from Mayfield in the back row.
Rayna Terry.
Caught some fingertips and put it in anyway.
Abby Walker playing like a bro out there.
This ball was a free ball.
First and second set.
Glass Childress.
She's done it all in her ballyhoo career.
Shoved that along for Hannah.
Lush.
Goes off the block.
Stroll came on for DeFalco.
Giving some time.
Hammering that ball in the deep area of the court.
15 kill game.
Hannah.
Rayna Terry.
Rising to the occasion for the Columbus block.
You know, it's so important for those left side attackers to be good blockers.
To line up in front of the hitter's approach going after a ball.
But nonetheless, the defensive effort is something to note.
Mayfield.
She looked like a bro there on that play and right back.
20-15.
On to the slide.
Tempo wasn't great.
Looper's effort there on the dig is.
Mayfield.
Terry calling for Lush.
Who goes two in a row.
The importance of a non-setter's set.
Whether it's a bump set or setting the traditional way with your hands.
And hitting great shots.
Former Cardinal.
Lush again.
Don't.
Put it in motion.
24-22.
Looper.
Lashes home the winner in set three for the thrill.
She was on injured reserve and now we're getting to see her in action for the thrill.
Played at Pittsburgh collegiately.
Canadian junior national team back in the day.
Fury have the answer.
Abby Walker.
Terry, good vision.
Terry's the third Fury player to hit double figure kills.
Overpass.
Almost a car crash by Columbus in the middle.
Good reads on the play.
8-7 thrill.
Lush.
Schroll.
Only played eight sets coming into tonight.
Came on.
That second set for DeFalco.
Rammelsberg.
Rayna Terry.
How clutch is that?
These women are used to hard hits coming right at them.
You really have to hit angles and you have to force them to make a defensive get to their left or right.
Walker.
Throws up a wall.
Right on that swing from Hannah.
What I like about Abby Walker here tonight.
More so than even last year.
A lot of seasoned veterans come back and play.
But this is a young woman's game.
And the rookies and outstanding players just out of the college game have taken flight in season two of the PBF.
Case in point, Looper.
Look at Looper here.
Three blockers upping that ball off the block for a point.
Rayna Terry.
Wants that one back.
Tries to recover and does with a plumb.
What a smash.
When the setter's moving off the net and off the sideline here, the best thing to do is just put the ball high
and allow your back row attack.
Four in a row.
Rivera goes at Schroll.
Looper.
Georgiatis, despite her best efforts, that was tailing the long.
Utah on the floor.
Rayna Terry.
The Schroll could do is send it right back over.
Terry again goes at her.
Got it.
19 kills, 7 assist blocks.
Hannah.
Lush, Stringer, Terry.
The thrill of victory for Columbus.
They take down the league's top team.
