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Warhawks Undefeated in UW-Whitewater Invitational
Story and Photo Courtesy of the Whitewater Athletics Site
The Warhawk volleyball team, ranked fourteenth in the American
Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 poll, went undefeated in
its last invitational of the season Friday and Saturday, October
29-30 in Kris Russell Arena in Williams Center.
The Warhawks started off day two of the invitational with a 3-0
(25-20, 25-17, 25-14) win over Lakeland College. UW-W held their
opponent to less than a .050 hit percentage for the second
consecutive match. Whitewater pounded down 41kills in 86 attempts
missing eight times to hit .348 in the match.
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Katy
Krajnak led the Warhawk netters with 12 kills in 18
attempts with just one error for a .611 hitting percentage. Christina
DeGroot dished out 28 assists and added three service
aces in the contest. Caitlin
Hogan and Ariel
Johnston teamed up on four blocks to lead Whitewater.
Defensively, Alyssa
Bauer recorded 10 digs in the match.
UW-W will face Elmhurst College in the final match of the
UW-Whitewater Invitational Saturday, October 30 at 2:00 pm.
The Warhawk defense held their opponent to a sub .100 hitting
percentage for third consecutive match in the 3-0 (25-17, 26-24,
25-15) win over Elmhurst College Saturday. UW-W allowed just 28
kills on 113 attempts forcing 17 Bluejay errors in the match. The
Warhawks pounded down 41 kills, recorded 17 assist blocks and
dug up 64 Elmhurst attack attempts.
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Hogan led Whitewater at the net with 13 kills and six assist
blocks. Krajnak added six more assist blocks in the contest.
DeGroot dished out 30 assists and posted three aces from the
service line. Backcourt teammates Bauer and Kelli
Trautmann combined for 31 digs defensively. Bauer led the
team in aces with four.
Whitewater will host fifth seeded UW-Stevens Point Tuesday,
November 2 at 7:00 pm in Kris Russell Volleyball Arena in the first
round of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
tournament.
Invitational
Schedule
Friday, October 29
Court 1
Whitewater (23-7 overall, 1-0 tourney) defeats
Finlandia (4-21 overall, 0-1 tourney) 3-0 (25-11,
25-14,
25-14)
Luther (14-15 overall, 1-0 tourney) defeats Lakeland
(7-21 overall, 0-1 tourney) 3-1 (25-16, 21-25,
25-
18, 25-19)
Whitewater (24-7 overall, 2-0 tourney) defeats
Luther (14-16 overall, 1-1 tourney) 3-0 (25-17, 25-21,
25-15)
Court 2
Elmhurst (22-10 overall, 1-0 tourney) defeats
Finlandia (4-22 overall, 0-2 tourney) 3-0 (25-5, 25-14,
25-
10)
Elmhurst (23-10 overall, 2-0 tourney) defeats Lakeland
(7-22 overall, 0-2 tourney) 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-23)
Saturday, October 30
Court 1
Whitewater (25-7 overall, 3-0
tourney) defeats Lakeland (7-23 overall, 0-3
tourney) 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-14)
Luther (16-16 overall, 3-1 tourney) defeats
Elmhurst (23-11 overall, 2-1 tourney) 3-0
(31-29, 25-22, 26-24)
Whitewater (26-7 overall, 4-0 tourney) defeats
Elmhurst (23-12 overall, 2-2 tourney) 3-0
(25-17, 26-24, 25-15)
Court 2
Luther (15-16 overall, 2-1 tourney) defeats
Finlandia (4-23 overall, 0-3 tourney) 3-0 (25-11, 25-12,
25-5)
Lakeland (8-23 overall, 1-3 tourney) defeats
Finlandia (4-24 overall, 0-4 tourney) 3-1
(25-17, 22-25, 25-10, 25-15)
**Scores will be updated after each match.
Day One Recap
UW-Whitewater narrowly missed setting a school record with
their 3-0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-14) sweep of Finlandia in the
tourney opener. The Warhawks recorded 20 service aces, just
one shy of the UW-W record of 21 set September 4, 2009 against
Marian University. The previous best in the 2010 season had
been 15 versus the University of Saint Thomas September 4.
(Must be something about that date.)
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UW-W head coach Stacy Boudreau got most of her team in on "Spike
the Fright" night, with fans in Halloween costumes. Ten
players earned a kill, and none hit in negative numbers for their
attack percentage. JoLyn
Owen topped the team with seven kills, while Heidi
Buss dished out 25 assists. UW-W did not have a
blocking error or ball-handling error in the match. Tricia
Foldy led the assault on the service ace record with six
aces, with Buss adding three. Twelve of Whitewater's 23 wins
have been 3-0.
Photo
Gallery (Courtesy of Crystal Meyer. Includes photos from both
matches. Photos are now for sale.)
Whitewater defeated Luther College 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-15) in
the nightcap of the first day of competition in the UW-Whitewater
Invitational.
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The Warhawks held Luther to just a .047 hitting percentage in the
match allowing 23 kills in 86 attempts and forcing 19 Norse errors.
UW-W hit .258 as a team pounding down 42 kills in 97 attempts with
17 errors.
Katy
Krajnak led the Warhawk netters with 13 kills in 25
attempts while missing just once to hit .480 in the match. Shaela
Hayden joined Krajnak in double figure kills with 12.
Caitlin
Hogan and Christina
DeGroot made their mark from the service line combining
for 10 aces, six by Hogan and four by DeGroot. Ariel
Johnston led Whitewater with five assist blocks.
Defensively, two Warhawks recorded double figure digs including
Alyssa
Bauer with 12 and Kelli
Trautmann added 10.
UW-W continues play in the invitation Saturday, October 30 with
matches at 10:00 am and noon against Lakeland College and Elmhurst
College respectively.
