Blue Devils Fall in Four Sets To No. 7 Oshkosh

The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 1 – #7 UW-Oshkosh 3 (25-16, 15-25, 13-25, 16-25)
Record: Blue Devils (8-6, 1-2), Titans (15-4, 2-1)
Location: Kolf Sports Center – Oshkosh, Wis.

The Blue Devils fell in four sets to the seventh ranked Titans Friday night. Stout hit .205 with 15 kills in the first set to take the early lead , but totaled just 20 kills in the final three sets to fall 3-1. Oshkosh jumped out to an early 8-2 lead, but a 9-1 Blue devil run gave Stout a 11-9 edge. Stout wouldn't give up the lead and the scored six of the final seven points to close out set one 25-16. Tied at five in the second, Oshkosh went on a 9-2 run to build an 14-7 lead. The Titans extended the lead to 10 at 20-10 and the teams traded points down the stretch to allow the Titans to tie the match at a set apiece. A 7-0 Titan run midway through the third set broke open an 11-11 tie to allow Oshkosh to build a big lead to take the third set 25-13. The fourth set was tight early on, until another run by the Titans opened a one-point lead to a six-point advantage. That edge was all Oshkosh needed to take the set and the match.

Top Performers

• Sloan Horgan hit .381 with 10 kills and added seven blocks.
• Brooke McCune had eight kills and three blocks.
• Terrah Moshier had a game-high 29 digs.
• Kennedy Barrett  had 28 assists, six digs, two kills and a block.
• Emma Barton had four kills and nine blocks.

 
Inside the Box Score

• Stout hit .116 as a team and totaled 72 digs, while Oshkosh hit .205 had 78 digs.
• Stout had 13 total blocks
• Oshkosh had 13 service aces

Up Next
The Blue Devils will face Carroll University tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. in the Kolf Sports Center in Oshkosh, Wis.