Wayne State University Athletics

DETROIT -- Shortly after honoring its three seniors, the Wayne State University volleyball team (12-11 overall, 5-7 GLIAC) took care of Parkside (13-9 overall, 5-6 GLIAC), three sets to one inside the Matthaei.  Prior to the match's first serve, Aubree Garcia, Katie Smith and Kayla Dulgar were recognized by the program.

Wayne State 3, Parkside 1
HOW IT HAPPENED (20-25, -20, -19, -20)
- Wayne State hit .247 for the match with 59 kills and 22 errors on 150 total attacks.
- Parkside finished at .169 with 48 kills and 23 mishaps on 148 attempts.
- The Warriors' most efficient set was the third at .273 (16-4-44), but the first for the Rangers at .441 (16-1-34).
- WSU won five of the six major head-to-head categories.
- That included points (71-64), kills (59-48), service aces (6-4), assists (56-46), and digs (65-64).
- UWP's one head-to-head edge came in total blocks, 12-6.

- Katie Smith paced all players in kills with 19 while hitting .250 on 44 swings with eight errors.
- Kyleigh Weck was also in double-digits thanks to 17 kills (one off her career high) and just one mishap on 36 total attacks for a .444 hitting percentage.
- In her second match back from injury, Katerina Stout hit .333 on 18 attempts with eight kills and two errors.
- Kayla Dulgar dished out 48 assists to go with 16 digs for her 41st career double-double and 10th of the season.
- Those 16 digs also pushed Dulgar over 1,000 for her career at 1,003.
- The Green and Gold's six aces came from three players in Doga Muhtaroglu with three, Lauren Essenpreis with two and Giselle Burlingame with one.
- Above the net defensively, three Warriors notched multiple total blocks.
- That trio included Smith with three (all assisted), Stout with three (one solo) and Nicole Dupre with two (both assisted).
- Burlingame was on top of the dig department with 22 by her name.

LEADING THE WARRIORS

Kills	Katie Smith - 19	Kyleigh Weck - 17	Lauren Essenpreis - 9
Aces	Doga Muhtaroglu - 3	Essenpreis - 2	Giselle Burlingame - 1
Blocks	Smith - 3	Katerina Stout - 3	Nicole Dupre - 2
Assists	Kayla Dulgar - 48	Burlingame - 5	Muhtaroglu - 3
Digs	Burlingame - 22	Dulgar - 16	Essenpreis - 9

UP NEXT
Wayne State will be on the road for the final two weeks of the regular season.  That road swing starts with a trip to Michigan Tech on Friday at 6 p.m. and Northern Michigan on Saturday for Halloween at 4 p.m.