University of St. Thomas 3, UW-Stout 1 |
Bethel University 3, UW-Stout 0
EAU CLAIRE (September 17, 2016) - After winning the first set of the afternoon, the UW-Stout volleyball dropped the remaining sets and lost a pair of matches to opponents from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), falling 3-1 to the University of St. Thomas and 3-0 to Bethel University Saturday at the UW-Eau Claire Nike/Eastbay Invitational at McPhee Center.
The Blue Devils (7-5) opened up the tournament with a come-from-behind 25-21 win in the first set against St. Thomas. But the Tommies came back to take the match, 25-16, 25-21, 25-23.
Ashley Pratt and
Olivia Jung both recorded 11 kills against the Tommies, and
Kennedy Strain added 10 kills, three solo blocks and an assisted block. Setter
Jessica DuVal had a season-high seven kills and recorded 27 assists. The Tommies Whitney Lloyd had 15 kills.
Against the Royals, Stout hit at only a .073 clip, and fell to Bethel, 25-20, 25-15, 25-20.
Pratt led Stout against Bethel with nine kills on 19 attacks with no errors, hitting .474. Pratt and
Rayna Figueroa each had three block assists. Figueroa played in one set. As a team, Stout had 24 kills and finished with 19 assists.
Stout opens WIAC play this week when they travel to UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Sept. 21 for a 7 p.m. contest. Stout will be at the WIAC/CCIW Crossover at UW-Stevens Point, Sept. 24 and will meet Elmhurst College and Wheaton College.
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