EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) - The Falcons played Martin Luther and the University of Minnesota-Morris to start off the first night of the UW-Eau Claire tournament on Friday, October 14.
 
THE RUNDOWN AGAINST MARTIN LUTHER
Final Score: UWRF 3 Martin Luther 0
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Records: UWRF (14-11) Martin Luther (9-17)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Falcons dominated the first game and were able to beat the Knights in three sets, 25-13, 25-15, and 25-18.
• The UWRF Falcons had a hitting percentage of .231 compared to Martin Luther's .10 overall percentage.
• Amara Meyer led the Falcons with 12 kills and both Mallory Griffin and Addie Eamon finished with 6 each.
• Raven Klein had another match high of 25 assists.
• The Falcons had a total of 8 ace serves coming from Mallory Griffin (4) Maddy Stall (3) and Hannah Robb. (1)
• Hannah Robb finished with 11 digs. Hannah Striggow followed with 7 and Raven Klein finished with 6 digs.
• Amara Meyer and Mallory Griffin finished with 3 blocks and Raven Klein ended the night with 2.

 
THE OPPOSITION

• The Knights had a total of 17 kills coming from Kira Grev (7) Jade St. Germaine (6) and Rylee Weisensel. (4)
• Emily Need had the match high for digs finishing with 18. Kira Grev had 11 and Megan Lemke had another 4.
• Ruth Buchholz had 5 blocks, Grace Shultz had 3, and Rylee Weisensel had another 2.

 
 
THE RUNDOWN AGAINST UM-MORRIS
Final Score: UWRF 1 UM-Morris 3
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Records: UWRF (14-10) UM-Morris (10-11)
 
WHAT HAPPENED

• The Falcons had an overall hitting percentage of .208
• The kills came from Mallory Griffin (10) Amara Meyer (8) and Hannah Striggow. (7)
• The Falcons led the match with a total of 6 ace serves. The serves came from Dakotah Poitra (3) Raven Klein (2) and Mallory Griffin. (1)
• Hannah Robb led the team with 15 digs. Raven Klein finished with 12, and Hannah Striggow had another 12.
• The Falcons had the match high blocks coming from Addie Eamon (7) Amara Meyer (5) and Mallory Griffin. (4)

 
THE OPPOSITION

• Marissa Ekness had a match high with 15 kills. Morgan Miller and Lindsey Markel finished with 11 each.
• The 3 ace serves for the Cougars came from Katie Reitsma (2) and Layne Herrmann. (1)
• Layne Herrmann finished with 37 assists.
• Katie Reitsma had a match high of 19 digs. Lizzie Kaiser finished with 14 and Layne Herrmann had another 10.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons will be back in Eau Claire for the second day of the UW-Eau Claire tournament. UWRF will play St. Thomas at 10am and then play again at 2pm against the University of Northwestern. (10.15.16)