Blue Devils battle Pipers for eighth straight win

UW-Stout vs. Hamline Box Score

ST. PAUL, Minn. (September 11, 2019) - Twice UW-Stout found themselves on the wrong end of set point, but twice the Blue Devils came back to down a pesky Hamline University squad, 3-0, Wednesday.

The Blue Devils, with the 25-16, 28-26, 29-27 victory, improved to 8-0 and the 3-0 win was Stout's seventh sweep of the season. 

Lexie Nelson led the way for the Blue Devils with 14 kills and added 23 assists. Amber Ripley put down nine kills and Lydia Kneubuehl and Kara Simonson each had seven kills.

In the second set, Stout trailed 24-19, but pulled the score to 25-25 on a kill by McKylie Hoff, a Hamline attack error, a service ace by Lexie Nelson, kill by Caroline Braun and two kills by Kara Simonson. Hamline took the lead and a Simonson kill evened the score at 26. Following a Hamline error Ripley put down a kill for the win.
 
In the third set, Stout again trailed 24-19. A Kill by Kneubuehl, two Hamline attack errors and consecutive kills by Nelson tied the score at 24. Hamline's Madison Hurrle gave her team the lead, but she was matched by Hoff. Simonson connected on back-to-back kills and Ripley got the match-winning-kill.

The Pipers (5-2) were led by Madison Hurrle, who matched Nelson with 14 kills. 

Stout will be at the Bethel University Tournament, Sept. 13-14