Madison, Wis.—The Dominican University Women's Volleyball team headed to Edgewood University for their second game in three nights.
Match Results:
Dominican: 0
Edgewood: 3
How It Happened:
-The Stars got their first point of the match from Freshman
Valeria Garcia on a kill. Freshman
Kaitlyn Stanek also earned a kill to make the score 4-2 early in the first set.
-The Stars and Eagles traded points until the middle portion of the set, before Edgewood went on a 7-0 run to make the score 19-9. Back-to-back DU points ignited another Eagles run that would end the set. Edgewood scored the final 6 of the final 7 points in the first set.
-Dominican earned three kills off the bat from Senior Katie Ksiezak and Junior
Ella Murray. Murray collected two of those kills.
-Both teams traded 3-0 runs for the middle portion of the set. This is when Edgewood scored the final 5 points of the second set to win 25-14.
-DU found a little momentum in the third set with Murray, Sophomore
Olivia Pollak earning kills, and Sophomore
Taylor Lupton earning an ace. The Stars had a 5-3 lead early in the set.
-Dominican kept applying pressure with seniors Jillan Ross and
Jaylynn Miller getting in on the offensive action. Miller collected 2 kills while Ross added 1. The Stars held a 9-7 lead.
-The score being 19-18 in favor of the Eagles late in the third set. Edgewood scored the final 6 of the 8 points to win the match 3-0.
Shining Stars:
-Junior
Ella Murray led the team with 6 kills. Murray also earned an assist.
-Senior
Jillian Ross added 4 kills, a block, and 2 digs.
-Sophomore
Olivia Pollak continued to do it all for Dominican with 10 assists, 3 kills, and 2 digs.
-Freshman
Mawedda Abu-Shukhaidem earned 9 assists and 4 digs.
Leading the Way:
Kills: Murray (6)
Aces: Lupton (1)
Blocks: Ross (1)
Assists: Pollak (10)
Digs: Broderick (5)
What's Next:
Dominican University Women's Volleyball falls to 0-17 on the season. The Stars will wrap up their 6-game road trip at St. Norbert College on October 13
th. The first serve is set for 6:00 p.m. in Green Bay, between the Stars and Green Knights.
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