Rock Island, Ill. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse volleyball team split a pair of non-conference matches on day two of the Augustana Invitational.
THE BASICS
Final Score: Monmouth College (Ill.) 1
UW-La Crosse 3, UW-La Crosse
, Central College (Iowa) 3
Location: Roy J. Carver Center for Physical Education, Rock Island, Ill.
Records: UWL 11-15, Monmouth College (Ill.) 7-15, Central College (Iowa) 12-11
Monmouth College (Ill.) 1, UW-La Crosse 3 (25-20, 23-25, 25-16, 25-18)
- UWL took an early 5-1 lead in set one and extended their lead to 14 -7. Monmouth would score three straight to cut their deficit to 15-10. The Eagles would keep their lead between four and seven points as they took set one 25-20.
- It was Monmouth that would get off to a first start in set two as they scored four of the first five points and eventually took a 14-5 lead. UWL would used a 6-1 run to cut their deficit to 22-20 but that was close as the Eagles would get as Monmouth won set two 25-23.
- Set three saw Monmouth take a 6-3 lead before UWL battled back to take a 12-10 lead. Then leading 16-14, UWL scored nine of the final 11 points to win set three 25-16.
- The Eagles would score eight of the first 10 points in the fourth set and would never trail as they led by as many as 10 points (20-10) and won 25-18.
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- Maddy Wilson led the Eagles with an impressive 14 kills and just one hitting error on 23 attempts. Her hitting percentage of .565 was an Eagles season high for a player.
- Grace Turlais came on for the final two sets to record seven kills with no errors and a .636 hitting percentage.
- Sydney Hoeft and Lexi Champeau each recorded double-doubles for the Eagles as they both had 22 assists while Champeau finished with 18 digs and Hoeft had 10 digs.
- Joining Champeau and Hoeft with double digit digs was Brayln Siverling and Megan Lund with 18 digs.
UW-La Crosse 0, Central College (Iowa) 3 (28-30, 10-25, 18-25
- The first set saw neither team lead by more than three points as it was a back and forth set with Central winning the set 30-28. A Charley Casey kill gave the Eagles a 24-23 lead. After Central tied it at 25, Turlais' kill would give UWL a 26-25 lead. Rachel Bowers gave Central a 28-27 lead and after a hitting error by Central, Maielyn Wainwright and Bowers got back-to-back kills to give Central a 1-0 lead.
- After a Sydney Marx kill cut the Eagles deficit to 10-7, Central went on a 10-1 run to extend their lead to 20-8. UWL would not get closer than 11 as Central won set two 25-10.
- Both teams would trade points until Central scored three straight to take a 16-14 lead. Annie Werner's kills would pull the Eagles to within 17-16, Central went on a 5-0 run to pull away from UWL and eventually win set three 25-18.
FROM THE BOX SCORE
- Turlais finished with eight kills while Werner and Wilson each added six kills.
- Hoeft recorded her second double-double of the day as she finished with a team high 11 assists and 13 digs.
- Bowers led Central with 14 kills while Wainwright added 11 kills.
UP NEXT
- UWL will return to Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conferce (WIAC) play on Wednesday, October 28 when they host UW-Whitewater for their final home game of the season at 7 p.m.
