St. Mary's University 3, UW-Stout 1
MENOMONIE (September 8, 2021) - UW-Stout had a chance to send the match into a five set, but came up just short in a 3-1 loss to St. Mary's University, Wednesday, at Johnson Fieldhouse.
Stout teetered on the edge of the match ending, trailing 23-18. The Blue Devils (4-2) took advantage of a pair of St. Mary's (2-3) attack errors to pull to within 23-20. St. Mary's got to match point on a kill by leading hitter Ciarra McNally, but Stout's
Sidney Hoverman put down a kill to cut the advantage to three points. The Blue Devils lost the match point on a service error.
The Cardinals took the first set, 26-24, but Stout bounced back with a lopsided 25-13 second set to even the score. But St. Mary's returned the favor in the third set 25-17 and captured the match with a 25-21 fourth set win.
The Cardinals' McNally had a huge night with 25 kills and a pair of service aces.
Hoverman led Stout with 13 kills.
Jessica Barr had eight kills and
Anna Hansen finished the night with seven kills.
The Blue Devils return to action this weekend when they play at the UW-Oshkosh Polito's Invitational where they will face Lakeland University, St. Norbert College, Lake Forest College and Wisconsin Lutheran College.
