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Warhawks Grind Out 3-2 Win in Oshkosh
The UW-Whitewater women's volleyball team, ranked twenty-first
in the most recent American Volleyball Coaches Association poll,
didn't let a slow start throw them off in grinding out a 3-2
(13-25, 25-23, 25-21, 19-25, 15-5) win over UW-Oshkosh on the road
Wednesday night.
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The Warhawks could have fallen apart after stumbling to a 25-13
loss in the first set but they didn't. UW-W bounced back and
battled to take set two 25-23 to even the match 1-1.
Whitewater used an 8-3 mid-set run to provide a cushion in another
close set leading to a 25-21 third set win over the Titans.
Oshkosh turned the tables on UW-W, going on a 10-2 run to end set
four with a 25-19 advantage knotting the match at two sets apiece
and forcing the decisive fifth set.
Both teams traded points until, with a score of 5-4 in favor of
Whitewater, the Warhawks opened up the set and allowed the Titans
to score only once more in the set in a 15-5 rout of UW-O to win
the match.
Sofia Sanchez
(Janesville/Craig) led UW-W with 18 kills, the most this
season for a Warhawk, and added four assist blocks and 12 digs.
Leanna Lillge
(Watertown) pounded down 10 kills in the match. Defensively
at the net Lauren Grant
(Antioch, IL) made good on six assist blocks. Three Warhawks
joined Sanchez with double figure digs led by Kelsey
Nobilio (Johnsburg, IL) with 19, Alyssa Bauer
(Naperville, IL/Central) added 17 and Heidi Buss
(Cedarburg) recorded 10.
The Warhawks improve to 22-7 and 5-1 in conference play. The
Titans fall to 17-16 and 3-3 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference.
Whitewater will continue league play Friday, October 28 in River
Falls for a 7:00 match-up with UW-RF.
