Blue Devils Stumble Late, Fall to River Falls in Five Sets

The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 2 – UW-River Falls (25-18, 25-22, 25-27, 15-25, 12-15)
Record: Blue Devils (11-13, 1-5), Falcons (17-10, 1-5)
Location: Johnson Fieldhouse – Menomonie, Wis.  

The Blue Devils fell in a five set match Wednesday night. Stout came out and controlled the first set, easily winning 25-18, Sydney Hoverman had seven of her team high 20 kills in the opening set. Stout withheld a late push in the second to take a 2-0 lead heading into the third. Stout lead 17-11, River Falls then went on a 10-2 run to take a 21-19 lead and went on to win 27-25. The momentum shifted and River Falls went onto win the fourth 25-15. The Falcons jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the fifth, But the Blue Devils battled back to tie the set at 12. But the Falcons scored the next three points to take the set and the win. 


Top Performers

• Sydney Hoverman had 20 kills, 14 digs and two blocks. 
• Alyssa Ihde had nine kills, six digs and six blocks.
• Kennedy Barrett had 48 assists and 14 digs 

 
Inside the Box Score

• Stout hit .165 as a team and totaled 79 digs, while UW-River Falls hit .126 and had 81 digs.
• River Falls had 37 attacking errors.  
• River Falls hit .054 in the first set.
• River Falls had 19 kills in the third set.

Up Next
UW-Stout will head to Stevens Point, Wis. to play two non-conference matches. The Blue Devils will face Wheaton College at 10 a.m. and Illinois Wesleyan - 12:30 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 22.