UM-Morris 3, UW-Stout 2
MORRIS, Minn (September 11, 2018) - UW-Stout came back from a 2-1 deficit to knot the match up, but then fell in the rally scoring game by a 21-19 score to drop a 3-2 decision to the University of Minnesota-Morris Tuesday.
Three of the four sets were tight tonight. Stout captured the first set, 25-23, then lost the second set by an identical 25-23 tally. The Cougars controlled the third set with a 25-15 decision, before Stout came back to take the fourth set 25-22. The fifth and deciding set was never separated by more than two points.
The Blue Devils (4-4) had three players break double figures in kills with
Amber Ripley leading the way with a career-best 18 kills.
Emili Cain racked up 13 kills and
Lexie Nelson 11. Ripley had one solo block and three assisted blocks. Cain and Nelson each had two assisted blocks.
Whitney Schwartz led Morris with 17 kills and Rachel Mathias had 16. Morgan Miller had a solo block and 12 assisted blocks. The Cougars were deadly off the block tonight, recording the one solo block, but combined for 30 assisted blocks. Stout had two solo blocks and 14 assisted blocks.
The Blue Devils return to action this weekend at the Bethel University tournament.
