MENOMONIE, Wis. - The Blue Devils fell to two nationally ranked opponents at home in four sets Saturday. Falling to No. 9 UW-Whitewater and No. 7 Northwestern(MN) in close hard fought sets.
The Basics Game 1
Score: UW-Stout 1 – No. 9 UW-Whitewater 3 (19-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-25)
Record: Blue Devils (11-11, 1-4), Warhawks (21-3, 5-0)
Location: Johnson Fieldhouse – Menomonie, Wis.
The Blue Devils played the ninth ranked team in the country tough, despite falling in four set Stout looked like the better team, but couldn't quite get past the Warhawks in the early sets
Top Performers Game 1
- Sydney Hoverman hit .250 and had a team-high 17 kills
- Jessica Barr had a .333 hitting percentage and nine kills.
- Staci Meyer each had 15 digs.
- Kennedy Barrett had 35 assists and eight digs
Inside the Box Score Game 1
- Stout hit .250 as a team and totaled 50 digs, while Whitewater hit .191 had 57 digs.
- Stout had 18 service errors and 15 reception errors
- Stout hit .538 in the second set.
- Stout had seven blocks
- Whitewater had three players record double digit kills.
The Basics Game 2
Score: UW-Stout 1 – No. 7 University of Northwestern 3 (20-25, 23-25, 25-32, 18-25)
Record: Blue Devils (11-12, 1-4), Eagles (21-2, 9-0)
Location: Johnson Fieldhouse – Menomonie, Wis.
The Blue Devils battled the Eagles to four close sets, but in the end came up just short in the pulling off the upset.
Top Performers Game 2
Inside the Box Score Game 2
- Stout hit .113 as a team and totaled 65 digs, while Northwestern hit .183 had 77 digs.
- Stout had 13 service errors.
- Stout had 11 total team blocks.
- Northwestern had three players record double digit kills.
Up Next
The Blue Devils will host UW- River Falls in the Johnson Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.
