Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Elmhurst, Ill. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse volleyball team remained undefeated on the season with a pair of wins Saturday at the Elmhurst College (Ill.) Invitational.  The Eagles, now 4-0 on the season, earned a 3-2 (25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 24-26, 15-12) victory over 18th-ranked Elmhurst (Ill.) and a 3-1 (25-18, 18-25, 25-23, 25-15) win over Aurora University (Ill.).

Versus Elmhurst (Ill.), Ashley Entinger led UWL with 17 kills while hitting .500 (17 kills, three errors, 28 attempts) while Stephanie Henk finished with 15 kills and Jill Entinger 13.  The Eagles hit .204 for the match.

Madison Entinger led UWL with 53 assists while Halle Barnabo recorded a team-high 19 digs.  Paige Schmidt added 15 digs.  The Eagles had 5.0 team blocks.

Elmhurst (Ill.) entered the match ranked 18th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Preseason Poll.  "The opportunity to play Elmhurst this weekend was a good early test," said UWL head coach Lily Hallock.  "We struggled and let it go to five sets, but our team unity stayed strong and we came out successful in the final set."

In the win over Aurora (Ill.), Henk led UWL with 17 kills while hitting .350 (17-3-40).  Madeline Brown and Jessica Jablonski each had 11 kills.  Brown hit .444 (11-3-18) and Jablonski .474 (11-2-19).  The Eagles hit .263 (55-19-137) as a team.

Madison Entinger recorded 48 assists while Schmidt had a team-high 15 digs.  Barnabo added 13 digs.  UWL had 10.0 team blocks, including nine block assists from Jablonski.

Madison Entinger and Henk were named to the seven-member Elmhurst (Ill.) All-Tournament Team.  Entinger recorded 181 assists (11.31 per set) in four matches in the invitational while also finishing with 10.0 total blocks and eight aces. Henk led UWL with 57 kills in the invitational while hitting .277 (57-14-155). She also tied for third on the team with 37 digs.

"This was a great opening weekend for UWL volleyball," said Hallock.  "Even better than going 4-0 was watching the team play as a cohesive unit so early in the season.  They are doing a wonderful job communicating on and off the court and it's helping to produce some good volleyball on our side of the net.

This is a well balanced team that can rely on a lot of athletes for both offense and defense, which is important in a four-match weekend," added Hallock.

UWL returns to action Wednesday, September 7 at Luther College (Iowa) at 7 p.m.