#2 Wayne State used a .440 hitting percentage and a balanced offensive attack to defeat the University of Mary 25-12, 25-17, 25-14 Friday evening in Northern Sun Conference volleyball played at Rice Arena. The 'Cats move to 18-1 and a perfect 10-0 in the NSIC while UMary drops to 4-14 and 2-8 in the conference.
The 'Cats opened the match hitting a sizzling .560 in the opening set with 16 kills and just two errors on 25 attacks to cruise past the Marauders 25-12.
Channatee Robles had five kills in the opening set followed by
Chloe Hanel with four.
The second set saw the 'Cats race out to an early 10-3 lead and never look back in topping UMary 25-17.
Seven different Wildcats had kills in the set, led by
Delaney Miller with five and Hanel four while
Mia Berg added three blocks in the set.
WSC forced six UMary attack errors in the third set with four blocks while hitting .345 with 13 kills to complete the sweep with a 25-14 set win.
Hanel accounted for five kills in the final set while Berg and Miller each had two and Berg had another three blocks in the set.
For the match, Wayne State posted a .440 hitting percentage with 46 kills and nine errors on 84 attacks while UMary hit .134 with 26 kills, 15 errors and 82 attacks. The 'Cats held a 40-25 advantage in digs and 8-4 in blocks while the Marauders had one more service ace than WSC 5-4.
Hanel had a match-high 13 kills and hit .550 in the win followed by Miller's 10 kills and .421 attack percentage.
Berg had six blocks while Robles recorded a team-high 10 digs. Setter
Molly Romano was credited with 28 set assists.
The 'Cats are home again Saturday hosting Minot State in Rice Arena at 11 a.m.
