KENOSHA, Wis. -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (15-12 overall, 8-8 GLIAC) reeled off its third straight victory on Saturday, three sets to one at Parkside (15-12 overall, 7-9 GLIAC). One more win and the Warriors will tie their longest winning streak of the season.
"It was a gutsy win today at Parkside and an overall very good road weekend for the Warriors," said head coach
Tim Koth. "I'm proud of the team. Now, it's on to the postseason."
Wayne State 3, Parkside 1
HOW IT HAPPENED (-19, -22, 19-25, -22)
- Wayne State hit .202 for the match with 52 kills and 18 errors on 168 total attacks.
- Parkside answered with a .147 clip -- 55 kills and 29 mishaps on 177 attempts.
- The Warriors' most efficient set was the second at .282 (15-4-39).
- The Rangers were at their most efficient in the third at .250 (16-5-44).
- All six of the major head-to-head categories were decided by six or less.
- WSU had the upper hand in points (76-72), aces (8-7) and blocks (16-10).
- UWP held the advantage in kills (55-52), assists (52-47) and digs (79-78).
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Saige Martin (11 kills) was one of three Warriors with 10 or more kills, the other two being
Lauren Essenpreis (11) and
Kyleigh Weck (10).
- Martin hit .435 on her 23 swings while Essenpreis and Weck finished at .122 (41 attacks) and .250 (28 attacks), respectively.
- Assist wise,
Abby Parrish dished out 20 of them and
Abby Baushke added 19 of her own.
- Baushke (three aces) and
Katie Smith (two aces) were the two Warriors to score instantly behind the service line on multiple occasions.
- Switching over to the defensive side of the ball, three Green and Gold performers notched double-digit digs.
- That trio included
Giselle Burlingame with 22, Essenpreis with 14 and Smith with 10.
- Above the net, WSU turned in its best effort of the fall with a season-high 16 total blocks (four solo, 24 assisted).
- Wayne State hasn't finished with that many total blocks against a GLIAC opponent since October of 2019.
- Individually,
Katerina Stout (10 blocks, two solo), Martin (six blocks, one solo) and Smith (four blocks, all assisted) were on top.
- Then, for multiple blocks, came
Nicole Dupre (three blocks, one solo), Weck (two assisted blocks) and
Doga Muhtaroglu (two assisted blocks).
LEADING THE WARRIORS
UP NEXT
Wayne State will be the seven seed for the GLIAC Tournament and travel to second-seeded/21st-ranked Grand Valley State (21-6 overall, 13-2 GLIAC) on Wednesday for the quarterfinal round. Time of first serve inside the Lakers' GVSU Fieldhouse Arena is to be decided. Grand Valley State will host Saginaw Valley State at 1 p.m. on Sunday for its regular-season finale.
