University of Wisconsin La Crosse Athletics

St. Paul, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse volleyball team started the day with falling to St. Olaf College (Minn.) but responded with a win over Macalester College (Minn.) on Saturday afternoon. 

THE BASICS 
Final Score:  St. Olaf College (Minn.) 3, UW-La Crosse 0,UW-La Crosse 3, Macalester College (Minn.) 1
Location: Leonard Center, St. Paul, Minn.(hosted by Macalester College)
Records: UWL 10-12, St. Olaf College (Minn.) 17-5, Macalester College (Minn.) 7-13

St. Olaf College (Minn.) 3 UW-La Crosse 0 (25-19, 28-26, 25-19)

• St. Olaf took an early 6-1 lead and never trailed in the first set. UWL would cut their deficit to 18-15 but that would be as close as they would get as St. Olaf took the first set 25-19.
• An Ali Dehnicke kill would give UWL a 6-3 lead in the second set set but St. Olaf would go on a 7-2 to take a 10-8 lead. Then trailing 14-12, UWL scored three straight to take a 15-14 lead. Dehnicke's kill followed by two St. Olaf hitting errors gave UWL a 22-19 lead. With UWL leading 24-22, Maren Miller recorded back-to-back kills to even the score at 24-24. After UWL took a 26-25 lead, St. Olaf scored three straight to win set two 28-26.
• A 10-1 run in the third set would give St. Olaf a 14-5 lead. UWL slowly chipped away at their deficit and pulled with in 20-17 on a service ace by Megan Lund. But that would be as close as they would get as St. Olaf scored four of the final five points to win set three 25-19. 

FROM THE BOX SCORE

• Charley Casey led the Eagles with 11 kills while Marx finished with eight kills. 
• Lexi Champeau finished with a match high 17 assists and eight digs. 
• Megan Jasperson had a team high 17 digs while Megan Lund added 12 digs. 
• Miller finished with a match high 14 kills for the Olies while Kailani Schroeder added 29 assists and 13 digs. 

UW-La Crosse 3, Macalester College 1(25-22, 16-25, 25-21, 26-24)

• The first set started with both teams trading points until UWL scored three straight to take an 11-8 lead. UWL would extend their lead to 17-12 on a kill by Wilson. Macalester would get an ace by Channing Smith to cut their deficit to 21-20. The Eagles would score four of final six point to win the first set 25-22. 
• Macalester scored the first four points of the second set and extend their lead to 12-6. UWL would never lead in set two and did not get any closer than three (15-12) as Macalester took set two 25-16. 
• With set three tied 7-7, Macalester went on a 8-3 run to lead 15-10. The Eagles would then respond with a 9-1 run of their own to lead 19-16. Four blocks by the Eagles helped spark the run. Morgan Stone's service ace would tie it at 19-19 but kills by Annie Werner, Grace Turlais and Wilson sealed the 25-21 win for UWL. 
• Set four was a back and forth affair as neither team led by more than two points the whole set. Late in the set, UWL took a 23-21 lead on a kill by Dehnicke and a Macalester hitting error. However, Macalester scored three straight including back-to-back kills by Siennah Calkins to take a 24-23 lead and force a UWL timeout. After a Macalester hitting error, UWL would get a service ace by Champeau and a kill from Turlais to secure a 26-24 set four win. 

FROM THE BOX SCORE

• Two Eagles finished in double digits in kills with Dehnicke recording 12 kills and Maddy Wilson having 11. 
• Champeau recorded a double-double with 20 assists and 11 digs while Izzy Reichert had 20 assists and seven digs 
• UWL finished with a 12-4 advantage in blocks as Werner finished with a match high nine assisted blocks. 
• Defensively, Jasperson had a match high 24 digs while Lund finished with 13. 

UP NEXT

• UWL will return to Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conferce (WIAC) play on Wednesday, October 21 when they travel to River Falls, Wis. to take on the Falcons of UW-River Falls. First serve is schedule for 7 p.m.