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Wis.-Stout Stout 15-11,1-6 WIAC
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Winner Wis.-Eau Claire UWEC 16-9,4-3 WIAC
Wis.-Stout Stout
15-11,1-6 WIAC
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Final
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Wis.-Eau Claire UWEC
16-9,4-3 WIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wis.-Stout Stout 21 25 18 14 (1)
Wis.-Eau Claire UWEC 25 23 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Blue Devils Fall to Eau Claire in Four

EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic volleyball team (15-11, 1-6 WIAC) fell 3-1 to UW-Eau Claire (16-9, 4-3 WIAC) Wednesday, dropping the match 25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 25-14. The Blue Devils hit .333 in their second-set victory but finished the match hitting .093 and were limited to five kills in the fourth set.

UW-Eau Claire jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the opening set before Stout began chipping away at the deficit. Kills from Brooke McCune, Sloan Horgan, Kyra Giffen and Hope Bushendorf helped the Blue Devils pull within 15-13. Giffen and McCune added kills, while Brynn Hessel contributed a block to bring Stout within 21-19. Eau Claire reached set point at 24-20 and closed out the 25-21 win.

Stout responded in the second set, opening with a 3-0 lead behind an Emma Barton kill and two blocks involving Bushendorf. The Blue Devils extended their advantage to 9-5 and later moved ahead 16-11 on kills from Barton and Giffen. Eau Claire cut the margin to one at 17-16, but a block by Giffen and Hessel, a Stephanie Petrbok service ace and another Stout block pushed the lead to 21-17. After Eau Claire evened the score at 22-22, Barton put Stout back in front, McCune made it 24-22, and Barton closed out the set with a kill off a Phoebe Kim assist for a 25-23 victory.

Eau Claire built a 12-6 lead in the third set before Stout responded with a six-point run. Hessel opened the stretch with a kill, Petrbok added another, McCune and Barton teamed up for a block, and McCune finished a Kim assist to give the Blue Devils a 14-13 lead. The teams traded points near 15-15, and kills from McCune and Giffen kept Stout within 19-18. Eau Claire, however, closed the set with six consecutive points, including three service aces, to take a 25-18 win.

Stout opened the fourth set with a 5-3 advantage on kills from McCune and Hessel, both assisted by Kim, and a Lauren Duenkel block. Eau Claire answered with six straight points to take a 9-5 lead. After Stout pulled within 10-8 on consecutive Eau Claire attack errors, the Blugolds scored eight unanswered points to extend the margin to 18-8. The Blue Devils put together a late three-point run on a Horgan kill, a McCune service ace and a Horgan-Hessel block, but Eau Claire closed out the set 25-14.

TOP PERFORMERS

  • Brooke McCune: 16.0 points, 14 kills, 10 digs and two total blocks
  • Stephanie Petrbok: 17 digs, three assists and one service ace; hit 1.000 on one attack
  • Phoebe Kim: 17 assists, seven digs, one service ace and one total block
  • Brynn Hessel: Six total blocks, including one solo, three kills and 6.5 points


UP NEXT
The Blue Devils travel to Waukesha, Wis., to face Carroll University on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. at Van Male Fieldhouse.

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