Wayne State 3 Minnesota, Crookston 0

Freshman Lea Hartigan notched a season-high 17 kills to lead Wayne State in a 3-0 win over Minnesota, Crookston in Northern Sun Conference volleyball played Saturday afternoon in Wayne. Scores of the match were 30-20, 30-21 and 30-12. The Wildcats, who have won eight of their last nine matches, improved to 19-10 overall and 11-5 in the NSIC, while Crookston slipped to 6-22 overall and 3-14 in league play. 

Hartigan hit .410 for the match with just one hitting error in 39 attacks as all 15 players saw action for Wayne State on Parent's Day, the final home regular season match of the season for the Wildcats.   Senior libero Laura Dolezal had 21 digs for the Wildcats and freshman setter Jenna Jansen handed out 35 set assists in the win. WSC hit .246 for the match while holding UMC to .015.

For Minnesota, Crookston, Allison Zajicek, a junior from Beatrice, Nebraska, had eight kills to lead the Golden Eagles.  Cassie Yates had 27 set assists and Jaclyn Slepicka led the UMC defense with 19 digs.

Wayne State visits #22 Nebraska-Kearney Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m., then closes out NSIC play next weekend with road contests at Upper Iowa Friday and Winona State Saturday.