Volleyball Whitewater
John Pesavent
0
Luther LUT 0-1
3
Winner UW-River Falls UWRF 1-0
Luther LUT
0-1
0
Final
3
UW-River Falls UWRF
1-0
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Luther LUT 22 21 15 (0)
UW-River Falls UWRF 25 25 25 (3)
3
Winner UW-River Falls UWRF 2-0
0
Macalester MAC 0-2
Winner
UW-River Falls UWRF
2-0
3
Final
0
Macalester MAC
0-2
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
UW-River Falls UWRF 25 25 25 (3)
Macalester MAC 10 9 10 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Women's Volleyball Sweeps Games in First Two Matches of Season

WINONA, Minn. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls women's volleyball team started out its 2019 season with a pair of wins at the Ground Round Sugar Loaf Classic in Winona, MN.  In the first match, the Falcons beat Luther College in three (25-22, 25-21, 25-15), and won in three as well against Macalester College in their second match up of the day (25-10, 25-9, 25-10).


THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: UWRF 3, Luther College 0
Location: Winona, Minn.
Records: UWRF 1-0 (0-0 WIAC), Luther College 0-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST LUTHER COLLEGE
  • The Falcons took all three sets of the first match (25-22, 25-21, 25-15).
  • Offensively the Falcons hit .293 with 52 kills in 133 attempts. 
  • Sarah Langlois led the Falcons with 13 kills and hit .407 in 27 attempts.  She recorded one block solo and one block assist and two digs. 
  • Dakotah Poitra hit .308 with 10 kills in 26 attempts.
  • Hailey Huseth had 47 assists.  She also recorded three aces and five digs. 
  • Defensively, Libero Hannah Robb led the Falcons with 24 digs.
  • As a team the Falcons finished the match with 59 digs. 

THE OPPOSITION
  • As a team, Luther hit .178.
  • They were led by Paige Steward and Jess Callahan, each recording seven kills
  • Anna Jenewein finished with 21 digs.  
     
 
THE RUNDOWN AGAINST MACALESTER COLLEGE
Final Score: UWRF 3, Macalester 0
Location: Winona, Minn.
Records: UWRF 2-0 (0-0 WIAC), Macalester 0-2
 
WHAT HAPPENED
  • The Falcons took their second match of the day in three sets (25-10, 25-9, 25-10)
  • Overall the Falcons hit .341 with 37 kills in 88 attempts. 
  • Dakotah Poitra led the Falcons offensely with 11 kills; overall hitting .458.
  • Mallory Griffin hit .400 (9 kills, 20 TA) and Katie Koerper had seven kills in 13 total attacks. 
  • The Falcons recorded nine service aces.
  • Defensively Hannah Robb had 18 digs and Hailey Huseth recorded 12. 
  • Huseth also ecorded 25 assists. 

THE OPPOSITION. 
  • Macalester recorded just 13 total kills with 24 errors. 
  • Katrina Schoen led the team with 20 digs. 

LOOKING AHEAD
  • The Falcons continue play at the Classic Saturday as they take on the University of Dubuque and host team St. Mary's University.
 
 
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