Milwaukee, WI. – The Dominican University Women's Volleyball team traveled to Wisconsin Lutheran College for an on-the-road conference match.
Match Results:
Dominican: 0
WLC: 3
How It Happened:
-Dominican's first kill of the match came from Freshman
Valeria Garcia to tie the set at 1. Dominican took the lead 3-2 after a service error by the Warriors and a kill from Junior
Ella Murray. WLC bounced back to take the lead. Garcia tallied another kill to break up the Warrior's point streak.
-DU brought the set within 3 thanks to a kill by Sophomore
Olivia Pollak. Dominican gained some momentum after a kill from Senior
Jillian Ross lit a spark where WLC had 4 attacking errors in a row. The set comes to 18-21. Dominican caught a break with more attacking errors from the Warriors but couldn't finish it out, the final score of set one was 21-25.
-The Stars took the lead in set two with a kill from Pollak, a service ace from Garcia, and a kill from Senior
Jaylynn Miller. WLC then went on a 9-point streak.
-After falling 16-6, Sophomore
Karolina Stonkus tallies a kill in hopes of getting something started for the Stars. WLC scores two more points, and then Ross and Stonkus get back-to-back kills, as well as Sophomore
Taylor Lupton tallying an ace to bring it to 18-10. The Warriors go on a 7-point streak to win set two, 25-10.
-WLC starts set three with two points, Ross gets the first point for the Stars coming from a kill. Senior
Kathryn Ksiezak recorded back-to-back kills to take the lead. 5-3. The Warriors take the lead right back with Pollak breaking up their point streak with her 3
rd kill of the match. After falling behind 21-11, Stonkus and Freshman
Kaitlyn Stanek go back-to-back in efforts to try to light something in their team. WLC fired a kill, which Pollak fired one right back. Dominican loses set three, 25-16.
Shining Stars:
-Sophomore
Olivia Pollak recorded 4 kills and 6 assists.
-Senior
Jillian Ross had a .429 attacking percentage from 4 kills on 7 attacks.
-Sophomore
Karolina Stonkus led her team in assists with 7.
-Freshman
Gracelynn Perry led her team with 11 digs.
-Freshman
Valeria Garcia had 3 kills and an ace.
Leading the Way:
Kills: Pollak and Ross (4)
Aces: Garcia, Lupton, and Perry (1)
Blocks: N/A
Assists: Stonkus (7)
Digs: Perry (11)
What's Next:
Dominican University Women's Volleyball falls to 0-23 on the season. Dominican will be back in action on October 29
th, as they host the Concordia Wisconsin Falcons in the Igini Sports Forum. The first serve is set for 7:00 p.m.
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