Box Score #3 Concordia-St. Paul 3 #11 Wayne State 1

            #3 Concordia-St. Paul rallied for a 17-25, 27-25, 28-26 and 25-16 win over #11 Wayne State College in Northern Sun Conference volleyball played Saturday afternoon at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The host Golden Bears move to 11-3 and 6-1 in league play with WSC now 12-3 and 5-2 in the NSIC.
            The Wildcats opened the match strong, taking the first set 25-17 as WSC had just one attack error in the first set while forcing the Golden Bears into eight and a .116 attack percentage.
            The second set saw 10 ties and four lead changes.  With the score tied at 22, CU used a kill and Wildcat ball handling error to reach set point.  The 'Cats responded to even the score at 24 with a Katie Hughes kill and Alyssa Frauendorfer service ace.  Tied at 25, Concordia-St. Paul got back to back kills to win the set 27-25. 
            Both teams hit outstanding in the second set as WSC had 20 kills with just three attack errors and a .327 percentage while Concordia-St. Paul hit .465 with 22 kills and two errors in 43 attempts.
            Wayne State led most of the third set and had set point at 24-21, but the Golden Bears fought off three set points and tied the score at 24 and knocked off the Wildcats 28-26.
            The Wildcats never led in the fourth set as Concordia-St. Paul took advantage of their close wins in the second and third sets to finish off WSC 25-16.
            Concordia-St. Paul hit .307 in the match compared to .222 for Wayne State.  CU had 10 more kills than the Wildcats, 68-58, and held a 97-73 advantage in digs over the Wildcats.  Concordia-St. Paul also had six blocks to four by Wayne State.  WSC did enjoy an 11-6 edge in service aces on the Golden Bears.         
            For Wayne State, senior outside hitter Katie Hughes had 15 kills and 17 digs for her eighth double-double of the season while also recording two of Wayne State's four blocks.  Junior middle hitter Alyssa Frauendorfer also accounted for 15 kills while senior rightside hitter Elizabeth Gebhardt had 12.  Junior outside hitter Michaela Mestl finished with 11 kills and 20 digs for her eighth double-double of the year.
            Senior setter Leisa McClintock handed out 46 set assists with libero Courtney VanGroningen notching 19 digs.
            Wayne State will be at home next weekend, entertaining Bemidji State Friday night at 7 p.m. and Minnesota Crookston Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.