HOUGHTON, Mich. -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (12-12 overall, 5-8 GLIAC) won the first two sets on Friday night at Michigan Tech (13-11 overall, 8-5 GLIAC) inside SDC Gym. However, the Huskies proceeded to reverse sweep the Warriors to win both of the squads' regular-season meetings.
Michigan Tech 3, Wayne State 2
HOW IT HAPPENED (-19, -18, 16-25, 17-25, 16-18)
- Wayne State hit .190 for the match with 62 kills and 27 errors on 184 total attacks.
- Michigan Tech hit .246 with 67 kills and 23 mishaps on 179 attempts.
- The Warriors' most efficient period was the first at .457 (18-2-35).
- The Huskies were also at their best offensively in the opening set at .364 (15-3-33).
- Aside from total blocks being tied (11-11), the five other major head-to-head categories were won by the home team.
- That included points (83-77), kills (67-62), service aces (5-4), assists (62-58), and digs (85-80).
- WSU has dropped back-to-back five set matches and is now 3-3 in such outings this season.
- Individually,
Katie Smith tied her career high in kills (22), which she'd accomplished twice already this fall.
- Smith finished with 10 errors on her 55 swings for a .218 hitting percentage.
- The senior was one of four Warriors with double-digit kills, the other three each of which had 11.
- That trio included
Kyleigh Weck (.118),
Lauren Essenpreis (.109) and
Katerina Stout (.250).
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Kayla Dulgar dished out 37 assists before leaving early in the fourth set due to injury.
- Because of that,
Abby Parrish notched 14 assists in relief of the senior.
- Lastly on offense, Smith was the lone Green and Gold performer with multiple aces thanks to two of them.
- Defensively, five Warriors made their imprint on the dig department.
- Those five were Essenpreis (18),
Aubree Garcia (13),
Giselle Burlingame (13),
Bryn Mullins (13), and Dulgar (10).
- That marked a personal best for both Garcia and Mullins.
- Dulgar garnered her 42nd career double-double and 11th of the season, just as many as she had as a freshman and junior.
- The veteran setter also tallied a double-double for the third straight outing for the first time since the second, third and fourth matches of last season.
- Above the net, Stout turned in her best defensive performance of the season with nine blocks, three of which were solo.
- Also with multiple stops were Dulgar with four assisted, Parrish with two assisted and
Nicole Dupre with two assisted.
LEADING THE WARRIORS
UP NEXT
The second match of Wayne State's four-date road swing will be at Northern Michigan on Saturday for a 4 p.m. first serve inside Vandament Arena.
