CHICAGO -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (7-9 overall, 3-5 GLIAC) defeated Roosevelt (5-10 overall, 2-6 GLIAC) for the second time in eight days on Saturday afternoon inside the Lakers' Goodman Center. Unlike the first meeting in Detroit, this result was decided in four sets, as the Warriors improved to 5-0 in the all-time series.
"We had a bit of a slow start today with a different lineup," said head coach
Tim Koth. "With that being said, I am very pleased with how we adjusted today and played in sets two through four."
Wayne State 3, Roosevelt 1
HOW IT HAPPENED (22-25, -10, -11, -16)
- Wayne State hit .357 for the match, the team's second-highest efficiency of the season and best for a road match.
- That .357 output included 52 kills and 11 errors on 115 total attacks.
- Roosevelt countered with an .080 clip -- 37 kills and 27 errors on 125 attempts.
- The Warriors' most efficient set was the second at .500 (14-1-26) when facing a 1-0 match deficit.
- The Lakers came out firing with a .281 (14-5-32) clip in that first period.
- WSU won all six of the major head-to-head categories.
- That included 64-41 in points, 52-37 in kills, 7-2 in service aces, 5-2 in total blocks, 44-35 in assists, and 50-47 in digs.
- Individually, starting on offense, Kyleigh Weck was nearly untouchable.
- Weck sent home 14 kills with just one mishap on 22 swings for a .591 hitting percentage.
- Those 14 kills tie her career high set on Sept. 11 of this season against Saginaw Valley State.
- With that being said, the junior hit .444 in that affair with two errors and 27 total attempts.
- Lauren Essenpreis was the other Green and Gold performer with double-digit kills (10).
- Staying on offense, Kayla Dulgar dished out 37 assists while both Katie Smith (3) and Abby Parrish (2) had multiple aces.
- Defensively, Dulgar and Giselle Burlingame each dug out nine attacks while four of their teammates notched two block assists.
- Those four Warriors with a pair of assisted stuffs above the net were Weck, Smith, Nicole Dupre, and Doga Muhtaroglu.
LEADING THE WARRIORS
UP NEXT
Wayne State will return home to host top-ranked Ferris State (16-0 overall, 8-0 GLIAC) on Friday night at 7 p.m. inside the Matthaei. The Bulldogs come in having played 50 sets so far this season with their opponents having won just two of them.
