Sioux Falls 3 #13 Wayne State 0
The 13
th-ranked Wayne State College volleyball team could not overcome a hot-hitting Sioux Falls Cougar club that posted a .391 attack percentage in defeating the Wildcats Tuesday evening in a Northern Sun Conference volleyball match played at the Stewart Center in Sioux Falls. Scores of the match were 26-24, 25-19 and 25-22. WSC drops to 18-6 overall and 11-5 in the NSIC while USF improves to 15-9 and 10-6 in the league.
The first set featured 15 ties and seven lead changes between the two clubs. With WSC leading 20-17, Sioux Falls scored four straight points highlighted by three consecutive blocks that gave the Cougars a 21-20 lead.
WSC responded with three straight kills by
Kelsie Cada to regain a 23-21 lead. The 'Cats had set point at 24-23 following a Jaz DeHaan kill, but USF got three straight kills to close the set for a 26-24 first set win.
Cada had seven kills in the opening set for the Wildcats followed by
Taya Beller with four.
The Wildcats held the lead early in the second set, but the Cougars rallied thanks to a sizzling .536 attack percentage with 16 kills and just one error as Sioux Falls finished with a 25-19 set win. Beller had six kills for WSC with Cada adding five.
WSC trailed early in the third set 7-3 and battled back several times to tie the score as late as 20-20 before the Cougars completed the sweep with a 25-22 set win.
Maggie Brahmer and Beller each had four kills for the 'Cats in the third set.
Sioux Falls finished the match with a .391 attack percentage compared to .279 for the Wildcats. USF held a 52-44 edge in kills while WSC had one more dig than the Cougars 38-37. The Cougars had a 6-3 advantage in service aces and 6-4 favor in blocks.
Cada led the Wildcats in hitting with 15 kills followed by Beller with 14. Sophomore setter
Rachel Walker was credited with 37 set assists while
Alaina Wolff posted a team-high eight digs.
Wayne State will be on the road this weekend visiting Bemidji State Friday at 6 p.m. and Minnesota Crookston Saturday for a 1 p.m. contest.