La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin La Crosse volleyball team's comeback comes up short as they fell 3-1 to UW-Stevens Point on Wednesday night.
THE BASICS
Final Score: UW-Stevens Point defeats UW-La Crosse 25-19, 22-25, 25-21, 25-22
Location: Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, Wis.
Records: UWL 9-11 (1-3 WIAC), UW-Stevens Point 12-9, (2-2WIAC)
Annie Werner
HOW DID IT HAPPEN
- After the two teams traded points back and forth, UW-Stevens Point used a 4-0 run to take a 10-7 lead. After a Pointer service ace made it 13-10, UW-Stevens Point used a 9-2 run to extend their lead to 22-10. Trailing 24-14 UWL would score five straight including two kills by Maddy Wilson along with three consecutive blocks by Wilson and Charley Casey. A Lauren Shaw kill would end the Eagles run and give the Pointers a 25-19 set one win.
- With the second set tied 12-12, a UWL service ace followed by kills from Carly Thomka and Samantha Kempinger gave UW-Stevens Point a 15-12 lead. Then with UWL trailing 18-16, the Eagles scored five of the next six points to take a 21-19 lead. Ella Trieloff's kill pulled the Pointers to with in 23-22 but UWL would get a kill from Grace Nommensen and Sydney Marx to send UWL to a 25-22 win in set two.
- Kills by Nommensen (2) and Annie Werner (1) helped give UWL an early 4-1 lead in set three. The Pointers would tie it back up at 6-6 and the teams would trade points until UWL got consecutive kills from Casey and Nommensen to put UWL up 14-12. After a solo block by UWL's Wilson tied the set at 19, the Pointers two kills each from Thomka and Trieloff to take a 23-19 lead. A UW-Stevens Point service along with a assisted block by Nommensen and Werner pulled the Eagle to with in 23-21 but that would be as close as they would get as the Pointers got a kill by Trieloff and a service ace by Thomka.
- Set four started out very similar to set three as UWL took an early 6-2 lead before UW-Stevens Point tied it at seven. Three consecutive points would put the Pointers up 11-9 but UWL would even the score at 14-14. A 6-3 run would give the Pointers a 24-20 lead but UWL got consecutive kills by Werner to make it 24-20. After a Pointer timeout, UWL would commit a service error to give the Pointers a 25-22 set four win.
Grace Nommensen
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- Both teams finished the match hitting .206 with UW-Stevens Point finishing with 63 kills and UWL 50.
- UWL was led by three players in double figures in kills including Casey with 12, Nommensen 10 and Marx 10.
- Wilson added eight kills while Werner finished with seven.
- The Eagles out blocked the Pointers 9-5 as they got a solo block and five assisted from Wilson along with five from Casey.
- Izzy Reichert finished with a team high 20 digs to go along with 19 assists while Lexi Champeau had a team high 22 assists.
- Also helping the Eagles have a slight 84-83 lead in digs was Megan Lund with 16, Megan Jasperson 14 and Nommensen 13.
- Trieloff led the Pointers with 18 kills while Thomka added 16 and Kemplinger 10.
UP NEXT
- UWL will be back on the road this Saturday, October 17th as they travel St. Paul, Minn. to play in the Macalester College (Minn.) Triangular. The Eagles will face St. Olaf College (Minn.) at 3 p.m. followed by Macalester College (Minn.) at 5 p.m.
