HOUGHTON, Mich. -- Embarking on its final road trip of the 2023 regular season, the Wayne State University volleyball team (10-16 overall, 5-10 GLIAC) was at Michigan Tech (12-14 overall, 8-7 GLIAC) on Friday night.  The Warriors won sets three and four before falling to the Huskies in the fifth and deciding period.

HOW IT HAPPENED (19-25, 23-25, -23, -24, 11-15)
- Wayne State was ahead by one, 19-18, late in the first set before Michigan Tech scored six of the next seven points to go up 1-0 in the match.
- Despite dropping the period, the Warriors came out hot offensively with a .406 hitting percentage (16 kills, 3 errors, 32 total attacks).
- The Warriors tied up the second stanza for the 11th and final time at 23-23 before the Huskies sealed it with the next two scores.
- WSU trailed the third set by as many as nine (16-7, 18-9) before battling all the way back to a two-point advantage thanks to a 14-3 spurt.
- That set was the home team's best offensively at .313 (13 kills, 3 errors, 32 total attacks).
- The fourth period was another back-and-forth affair that saw 17 deadlocks and four lead changes.
- The 17th tie and fourth lead change happened back to back as Wayne State rattled off the final three points to send the match to a fifth set.
- The deciding stanza was knotted for a sixth instance at 10-10 before the hosts ended it with five of the ensuing six points.
- The Warriors hit a blistering .444 (11 kills, 3 errors, 18 total attacks) in the fifth, but surrendered four kills in that 5-1 run.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Kills	Kayla Giroux (Flat Rock, Mich.) - 17	Molly Miller (Oxford, Mich.) - 16	Katie Smith (Macomb, Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) - 9
Aces	Giroux - 2	Smith - 2	Kendyl Andrews (Flushing, Mich.) - 1
Blocks	Giroux - 6	Ella Uganski (Jenison, Mich.) - 5	Smith - 5
Assists	Kayla Dulgar (Warsaw, Ohio / River View) - 52	Andrews - 3	Carly Rodman (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester) - 1
Digs	Andrews - 24	Smith - 14	Miller - 10

- Giroux and Miller both had a night with hitting percentages of .333 and .308, respectively.
- Dulgar reached the 50-assist plateau for the third time this season and third time in her last five matches.
- Andrews' 24 digs are a new career high and her ninth outing with 20 or more this fall.
- Miller recorded her seventh double-double of the season and third in her last five contests.
- Smith came within one kill of a double-double and racked up a personal-best 14 digs.

ONE BIG THING
- Michigan Tech's Meg Raabe finished with 32 kills and only seven errors on 77 swings for a .325 hitting percentage.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will be at Northern Michigan on Saturday for the final road match of the regular season.  First serve against the Wildcats is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in Vandament Arena.