University of Wisconsin La Crosse Athletics

Oshkosh, Wis.  - The University of Wisconsin La Crosse volleyball team battled tough with top ranked UW-Oshkosh but was unable to pull off the upset as they fell 3-1 on Wednesday night. 
 
THE BASICS 
Final Score: UW-Oshkosh defeated UW-La Crosse 25-19, 19-25, 25-17, 25-21
Location: Kolf Sports Center, Oshkosh, Wis. 
National Ranking: The Titans are the defending National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III National Champions and have been ranked #1 in all five weeks of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top-25 poll. 
Records: UWL 8-10 (1-2 WIAC), UW-Oshkosh 17-1 (3-0 WIAC)

   
HOW DID IT HAPPEN

• With the first set tied 8-8, UW-Oshkosh used a 6-0 run to take a 14-8 lead. The Eagles would slowly chip away at their deficit and pulled to within 21-17 but that would be as close as the Eagles would get as the Titans won set one 25-19. 
• UWL would get off to a better start in set two as they built an early 7-3 lead. After a kill by Maddy Wilson to start set two, Megan Lund recorded back-to-back service aces to jump start the Eagles. The Titan would take their first lead of set two on a kill Clare McEniry to lead 11-10. A Emmy Wizceb kill would give the Titans a 16-15 lead but UWL scored seven of the next eight points to lead 22-16. Izzy Reichert would record two service aces plus kills by Wilson, Charley Casey and Sydney Marx helped give UWL the six point lead. Back-to-back kills for the Titans pulled UW-Oshkosh to with in 22-18 but the Eagles would get two kills by Casey and a service ace from Lund to give UWL the 25-19 set two win. 
• The two teams would trade points to start the third set until it was tied 11-11 when the Titans scored four straight to lead 15-11 at the technical timeout. Casey would end the Titans run with a kill followed by a Titan hitting error pulled the Eagles to with in 15-13. UW-Oshkosh would then score six unanswered to extend their lead to 21-13. UWL would not get any closer than six as UW-Oshkosh won set three 25-17.
• Kills by Marx and Grace Nommensen along with a service ace by Lund and a Titan hitting error to start set four gave the Eagles an early 4-1 lead. Two Titan kills along with a service ace pulled UW-Oshkosh to with in 7-6 but UWL scored four of the next five points (11-7) to force a Titan timeout. An 8-3 run for the Titans would give UW-Oshkosh a 15-14 lead at the technical timeout. After a service error by the Titans made it 16-16, UW-Oshkosh scored five of the next six points to take a 21-17 lead and force an Eagle timeout. UWL would get a kill by Wilson along with two Titan errors to pull the Eagles to with in 21-20. UW-Oshkosh would force two Eagle hitting errors along with kills by Lauren Grier and Wizceb to hang on for a 25-21 win in set four. 

FROM THE BOX SCORE 

• Offensively, UWL was led by Wilson who had nine kills and just one hitting error to finish with an impressive .444 hitting percentage. 
• Marx and Casey each added eight kills for the Eagles. 
• Izzy Reichert finished with a team 20 assists to go along with three service aces and eight digs. 
• Megan Jasperson led the Eagles with 11 digs while Lund finished with seven digs and four service aces. 

UP NEXT

• UWL will be back in action next on Friday when they host Coe College (Iowa) at 6 p.m. The Eagles will celebrate both senior and parents night on Friday.