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Kristen Bulkiewicz vs. Hillsdale 10.2.10
Kristen Bulkiewicz's 24 kills were the most by a Warrior since 2006.

Volleyball Tom Gorman

Volleyball Ends Crossover Unbeaten After 3-1 Win Over UWP

Biessel finishes with double-double including 44 assists.


AURORA, Ill. - The Wayne State University volleyball team (9-10) went unbeaten at the GLIAC/GLVC Crossover, defeating the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (11-11) in four sets in WSU's last match of the weekend Saturday afternoon.

The teams split the first two sets (25-19, 21-25) before WSU took the next two (25-22, 25-15) to finish 3-0 in the tournament.  Wayne State is 8-4 all-time at the Crossover and went undefeated for the second time in three years.

Kristen Bulkiewicz (LaSalle, Ont./Sandwich), who had 23 kills in Friday's win over UMSL, totaled 24 against the Rangers, the most by a Warrior since Miranda Robison had 25 at Gannon on Oct. 27, 2006.  Bulkiewicz also had seven digs, three blocks and a pair of service aces, along with a .440 hitting percentage.

Nicole Arends (Ravenna, Mich.) hit .632 with 14 kills, Madie Kent (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North) finished with 15 kills, and Cydney Biessel (Rub y, Mich./Yale) recorded a double-double with 44 assists and 11 digs.

As a team, the Warriors hit .305, their best percentage since Sept. 11 at Lake Erie (.532).

Wayne State and Wisconsin-Parkside had not met since 2003.  The Warriors led for the duration of sets one and four, but the two in between saw a total of 23 ties and 13 lead changes.

Hillsdale comes to Detroit to face the Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday for “Max the Matthaei” night.  Green t-shirts will be on sale for $2.00 and fans can eat free pizza at 6:30 p.m. prior to the match.


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