DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (11-3 overall, 5-2 GLIAC) remained unbeaten at home (7-0) after a nail-biting 3-2 victory over Parkside (10-4 overall, 3-4 GLIAC) on Friday night inside The Matthaei Center.  After winning the first two sets, the Warriors dropped the next two and were down 6-0 in the fifth before battling all the way back.

"Parkside, to their credit played, a great match and pushed us to the limit," said head coach Tim Koth.  "To our credit, we made plays when we needed them most.  Tonight's win was an important one for the Warriors."

Wayne State 3, Parkside 2
HOW IT HAPPENED (-23, -23, 25-27, 23-25, -14)
- All five sets were decided by the minimum of two points.
- Wayne State hit .254 for the match with 74 kills and 24 errors on 197 total attacks.
- WSU improved to 6-0 this fall when hitting at least .240 for the match.
- Parkside countered with an output of .227 including 69 kills and 25 mishaps on 194 attempts.
- The Warriors' most efficient individual set was the second at .375 (17, 2, 40).
- The Rangers best period was the fourth, also with a clip of .375 (18, 3, 40).
- After winning the first two sets, Wayne State had match point in the third, 24-23.

- Kayla Giroux proved once again why she's one of the best players in the country on Friday with a career-high 24 kills.
- Giroux did so with just five errors on 52 total attacks, the most she's ever had in a single match, and still hit .365.
- Right on her heels was Paige Giehtbrock with 20 kills, her most since 23 as a sophomore at Rider on August 31, 2024 against Fairleigh Dickinson.
- Giehtbrock totaled 55 attempts (season high) with only five errors for a .273 hitting percentage.
- Thanks to 22 digs (personal best), she locked up her 13th career double-double and third as a Warrior.
- Those were two of four in the Green and Gold to send home double-digit kills along with Lauren Essenpreis (11, tied career high) and Katerina Stout (10).
- Staying on offense, Kayla Dulgar racked up 62 assists, the most by a Warrior in nearly six years.
- The last output better came from Kamryn Duffield with 71 on Oct. 18, 2019 vs. William Jewell at the Crossover.
- Behind the service line, Wayne State finished with four service aces, three by Macalaguim and the other from Giroux.

- Dulgar was the second WSU player with a double-double as those assists were accompanied by 10 digs.
- Essenpreis took home that third double-double with 11 kills and 11 digs.
- Two more Warriors tallied double-figure digs including Kendyl Andrews (19) and Abby Macalaguim (15, season high)
- Stout was a force above the net defensively as well with nine total blocks (one solo, eight assisted), a program high for 2025.
- Others with multiple stops included Giehtbrock with five, Leigha Baldwin with four, Giroux with three and Essenpreis with two, all of which were assisted.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Kills	Kayla Giroux - 24	Paige Giehtbrock - 20	Lauren Essenpreis - 11
Aces	Abby Macalaguim - 3	Giroux - 1
Blocks	Katerina Stout - 9	Giehtbrock - 5	Leigha Baldwin - 4
Assists	Kayla Dulgar - 62	Kendyl Andrews - 4	Giroux - 2
Digs	Giehtbrock - 22	Andrews - 19	Macalaguim - 15

UP NEXT
Wayne State will host Roosevelt on Saturday at 4 p.m., the Warriors' final home match until Halloween night.