HAMMOND, Ind. -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (6-13 overall, 2-7 GLIAC) split day one of the Midwest Region Crossover on Friday, falling to Illinois Springfield in four sets before sweeping Upper Iowa in three for the nightcap.

COACH KOTH
"It was a very nice finish to our opening day at the Crossover.  We played a complete match against a very good opponent in Upper Iowa.  Consistency is key to any successes we have and I feel like we are getting closer to understanding that."

MATCH ONE vs. ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD (L, 1-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED (22-25, 21-25, -19, 12-25)
- The first set was one of runs as UIS opened with a 6-3 spurt, WSU responded with six-straight points and the Prairie Stars used a 7-2 burst to go up by two, 13-11.
- Following two more ties at 13-13 and 14-14, Illinois Springfield took over the rest of the stanza for a 1-0 match advantage.
- Wayne State was ahead by four to begin the second period, 10-6 and 11-7, and held a three-point buffer 25 total points in, 14-11.
- Illinois Springfield then punched back with 11 of the proceeding 13 scores to lead by six, 22-16.
- The Warriors clawed back within three, 24-21, before the Prairie Stars tallied the next point to seal the set.
- WSU was impressive in the third with a hitting percentage of .406 thanks to 17 kills and only four errors on 32 total attacks.
- In that stanza, Wayne State finished the scoring with nine of the final 11 points.
- UIS hit .600 in the fourth set with 13 kills and only one error on 20 swings.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Kills	Ella Uganski (Jenison, Mich.) - 15	Kayla Giroux (Flat Rock, Mich.) - 12	Molly Miller (Oxford, Mich.) - 9
Aces	Miller - 2	Kendyl Andrews (Flushing, Mich.) - 1	Maya Wegand (Kaukauna, Wis. / Little Chute) - 1
Blocks	Uganski - 4	Miller - 2	Alexa Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens) - 1
Assists	Kayla Dulgar (Warsaw, Ohio / River View) - 44	Andrews - 2
Digs	Andrews - 16	Dulgar - 10	Miller - 9

ONE BIG THING
- Both teams registered 53 kills, but the Prairie Stars had 12 service aces to the Warriors' four.

MATCH TWO vs. UPPER IOWA (W, 3-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED (-20, -18, -20)
- Wayne State came out red hot scoring 14 of the match's first 18 points.
- After that, thanks to a 10-3 run, the closest Upper Iowa could get was three, 22-19.
- The second set was closer at the start with three ties in the first 24 total points scored.
- Once it was 12-12, that 12th point for the Warriors started an 8-1 run that put them up six, 19-13.
- The Peacocks rattled off four points in a row of their own to cut the deficit to two, 19-17.
- WSU took care of the rest, though, with a 6-1 burst to seal the stanza and a 2-0 match advantage.
- It was more of the same back-and-forth play to kick off the third, including nine deadlocks and seven lead changes in the first 22 total scores.
- Once it was 11-11, Wayne State scored nine of the next 11 points for a seven-point lead, 20-13.
- Upper Iowa pulled with two at 20-18 and 22-20, but never closer.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Kills	Kayla Giroux (Flat Rock, Mich.) - 15	Molly Miller (Oxford, Mich.) - 11	Chloe Clark (Sterling Heights, Mich. / Stevenson) - 8
Aces	Kayla Dulgar (Warsaw, Ohio / River View) - 2	Kendyl Andrews (Flushing, Mich.) - 1	Carly Rodman (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) - 1
Blocks	Clark - 3	Giroux - 3	Alexa Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens) - 2
Assists	Dulgar - 45	Andrews - 2
Digs	Andrews - 16	Clark - 11	Miller - 9

ONE BIG THING
- Wayne State hit .349 (highest percentage of the season) to Upper Iowa's .152.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will stay in Hammond to face Ohio Dominican on Saturday with the opening serve scheduled for 5:30 p.m. eastern time against the Panthers.