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Warhawks Sweep Pioneers in Battle of Ranked Teams
The Warhawk volleyball team, ranked twenty-third according to
the most recent American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, swept
twenty-fourth ranked UW-Platteville 3-0 (25-18, 31-29, 25-21) in
the annual Dig Pink/Breast Cancer Awareness match Tuesday night in
Whitewater, Wisconsin.
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The first set went back-and forth before a 6-2 Warhawk run gave
Whitewater some breathing room. The Warhawks used an 18-8 kill
advantage to take set one 25-18.
Whitewater jumped out to a commanding lead in set two going on an
11-2 run to start the set. Platteville battled back with a 15-4
streak of its own to take the lead 19-17. An offensive battle
ensued with each team trading kills until UW-W put together
back-to-back kills from Sofia Sanchez
(Janesville/Craig) and Leanna
Lillge (Watertown) to take the second set 31-29 and a 2-0
match lead. The 31-29 win was the longest set Whitewater has played
since a 32-30 loss to St. Olaf College in the Simpson Invite
October 15 of last season.
Again the Warhawks jumped out to a quick double figure lead at
15-5 but the Pioneers refused to fold putting an 11-3 streak
together to pull to within two points. Whitewater held off UW-P
winning the final set 25-21.
UW-W pounded down 52 kills in the match, the most of any three set
match this season. Defensively, Whitewater posted 73 digs which
ties for the second highest this season in a three set match.
Three Warhawks recorded double digit kills led by Lillge's 14.
Alivia Holman
(South Beloit, IL/Rockton Hononegah) posted 12 and Sanchez
added 11. Similarly, three Whitewater defensive players recorded
double figure digs led by Kelli
Trautmann (Seymour/Little Chute)'s 24, her best in a
three set match this season. Sanchez dug up 16 and Kelsey
Nobilio (Johnsburg, IL) added 12. Heidi Buss
(Cedarburg) dished out the majority of assists setting up
Warhawk hitters 43 times for a kill.
Samantha Rampart led UW-P with 14 kills. Libero Brooke Nichols
posted 21 digs, Platteville's team high in the match.
The Warhawks improve to 16-5 overall and 4-1 in the Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Pioneers fall to 17-9
overall and 3-2 in league play.
Whitewater will travel to Naperville, Illinois to compete in the
Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament hosted by North Central
College Friday-Saturday, October 14-15. For more information please
visit North
Central's tournament website.
