St. Olaf 3, UW-Stout 1 |
Bethel University 3, UW-Stout 0
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. (September 15, 2018) - The individual sets were certainly closer than the overall match scores reflected as UW-Stout lost a pair of matches on the second day of the Bethel University Invitational Saturday. Stout lost to St. Olaf, 3-1, and to the host school, Bethel, 3-0.
The Oles (10-1) topped the Blue Devils, 25-20, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, and the Royals (11-2) defeated Stout, 25-22, 25-18, 25-22.
In the match with the Oles, with rare exception, the score was rarely more than a three point difference for either team. The same proved to be true in the match with Bethel.
Kennedy Strain put down 14 kills and Amber Riley 13 against the Oles. Each had a pair of block assists, as did
Kara Simonson, who added a solo block.
McKylie Hoff had four block assists for the Blue Devils (5-6).
Lexie Nelson added eight kills.
Summer Reid led St. Olaf with 17 kills and Megan Grimes added 12.
Nelson led Stout against Bethel with 10 kills. Strain and Ripley each had nine kills.
Emili Cain recorded seven kills. Marie Claflin led the Royals with 11 kills.Â
The Blue Devils return to action Tuesday, Sept. 18 when they open conference play by traveling to UW-Platteville for a 7 p.m. tilt. Stout returns to Bethel Friday, Sept. 21 to meet the Royals in a dual match.
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