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DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (8-7, 5-2) rebounded from Friday's loss to Northern Michigan with a 3-1 win over Michigan Tech (6-10, 3-4) on Saturday afternoon on Homecoming. Three Warriors finished with double-digit kills led by
Kristen Bulkiewicz (LaSalle, Ont. / Sandwich) with 16 and now has 1,117 career kills.
Heather Weiss (Fort Gratiot, Mich. / Port Huron) collected a career-high 15 kills while Candice Otttey (Ajax, Ont.) collected 13. The Huskies took the opening set 25-21 before the Warriors took the next three 25-18, 25-22 and 25-22.
MTU started the first set with a 6-1 lead and forced an early WSU timeout. The Warriors stormed back to pull within a point at 11-10 on a MTU attack error and eventually tied the set at 18-18 but the Huskies would take the set 25-21 on a kill from Shelby Jones.
Michigan Tech led 7-4 to begin the second set before WSU found its rhythm and took a 16-11 lead. MTU would get no closer than three points the rest of the way as the Warriors tied the match with a 25-18 set-two victory.
The Huskies jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the third set before the Green & Gold would come back to tie the set at 9-9. The Wayne State rally continued as the Warriors led 14-11 on a kill from
Mikayla Shell (Croswell, Mich. / Croswell-Lexington). A kill from MTU's Kendall Ward would bring the visitors within a point at 16-15. That would be as close MTU would come as WSU controlled the remainder of the set and closed the game with kills from Bulkiewicz and Ottey to make the final score 25-22.
WSU continued to execute offensively in the fourth set and led 6-1 to begin the game. MTU went on a 7-1 run to take an 8-7 lead. The two teams were tied at 15-15 following a WSU attack error. The set remained tied at 20-20 after a Bulkiewicz kill. Two kills from Shell and another kill from Weiss gave the Warriors a 23-20 advantage. Wayne State would win the set 25-22 on a kill from Ottey to take the match three games to one.
Madison Reeves (Indianapolis, Ind. / Avon) collected 40 assists while Bulkiewicz collected her 29th career double-double with 16 digs. WSU hit .252 compared to Tech's .185 hitting percentage.
The Warriors will stay at home next weekend for a pair of matches beginning with Hillsdale on Friday at 7 PM.
