ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Blue Devils dropped their first non-conference contest of the season with a four set loss to St. Catherine Saturday night.
The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 1 – St. Catherine 3 (20-25, 15-25, 30-28, 22-25)
Record: Blue Devils (15-5, 0-4), Wildcats 12-6, 4-2)
Location: Butler Center - Wildcat Gym
The two teams battled in the first set going back and forth. Stout held a 18-16 lead but two service aces against and a service error of their own, paired with two late attacking errors allowed the Wildcats to claim the first set 25-20. The Second set started out tightly contested again, but the Wildcats used a 11-2 run to close out the Blue Devils and take the set 25-15. Midway through the third, Stout jumped out to a 15-11 lead, only to see St. Kates storm back to take a 20-19 advantage. With the Wildcats holding match point,
Lydia Kneubuehl had a kill and a block to tie the set at 24. Three kills down the stretch by
Sidney Hoverman helped the Blue Devils force a fourth set with a 30-28 win. St. Kates held an advantage throughout most of the fourth set, building it to five points at 15-10 and 17-12. Stout got within one at 17-16 and 23-22 but couldn't get any closer as the Wildcats closed out the set and took the four set win.
Top Performers
Inside the Box Score
- The Blue Devils had 35 kills while the Wildcats had 58.
- Stout had 10 blocks. Brynn Hessel had six and Brook McCune had four.
- Stout had four players with double digit digs.
- St. Kates had three players with 22 plus digs.
- St. Kates had five players with double digit kills.
Up Next
The Blue Devils will be back in action on Tuesday, Oct. 17 when they travel back to St. Paul, Minn. to face Macalester College at 7 p.m.
