Blue Devils Topple Pioneers in Four Set Win

The Basics
Score: UW-Stout 3 – Carroll University 1 (25-14, 25-23, 23-25, 25-20)
Record: Blue Devils (9-6, 1-2), Pioneers (17-6, 1-2)
Location: Kolf Sports Center – Oshkosh, Wis.

The Blue Devils rolled to a four-set win over Carroll University Saturday morning. Stout wasted no time, jumping out to a 16-1 lead, that included a 12-0 run. Stout led by as much as 15 at 20-5, before cruising to a 25-14 set one victory. Brooke McCune had seven of her 25 kills and the Blue Devils forced Carroll into 10 attacking errors. Stout took an 8-3 lead early in the second set, Carroll rallied to tie the set at 10. The teams traded points, before Carroll took a three-point edge at 18-15 and 22-19. But Stout closed on a 6-1 to take a 2-0 lead at 25-23. The third set saw nine ties and three lead changes with Carroll scoring four of the final six points to force a fourth set with 25-23 win. Stout held a four-point advantage for much of the fourth set until the Pioneers rallied to tie at 18. But three kills from Brynn Hessel stopped the Carroll rally and gave set the win at 25-20.

Top Performers

• Brooke McCune had a career-high 25 kills. She hit .333 and added eight digs and a block.
• Sloan Horgan hit .478 with 13 kills.
• Kennedy Barrett  had a season-high 45 assists, 10 digs, three kills and three blocks.
• Terrah Moshier had 19 digs and six service aces.

 
Inside the Box Score

• Stout hit .205 as a team and totaled 86 digs, while Carroll hit .134 had 78 digs.
• Stout had five players record double-digit kills.
• Stout had seven service aces, six by Moshier

Up Next
The Blue Devils will return home to face the College of St. Scholastica on Tuesday, Oct. 8. First serve is set for 7 p.m. in the Johnson Fieldhouse.