Box Score

PLATTEVILLE - It took five sets, but the UW-Stevens Point volleyball team opened the 2009 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) portion of their schedule on Wednesday night with a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Pioneers of UW-Platteville on the road.

The Pointers (4-7, 1-0 WIAC) won by scores of 25-17, 15-25, 25-23, 14-25, 15-12.

“I'm proud of our players and the way we kept fighting,” said head coach Stacey White. “A couple of times our intensity dipped and [Platteville] made runs. But we just kept coming back after the losses in the second and fourth sets, kept fighting and got the win.”

Christina Brinkman (Bristol) led the way for the Pointers with 13 kills on 50 attempts while Michaela Rheineck (St. Paul, MN) added nine kills on 16 attempts. Chantel York (Lake Geneva) tallied a team-high 26 assists while Kaitlin Wolfe (Roscoe, IL) added 14 assists and 19 digs. Lizzy Taylor (Eau Claire) led the way with 25 digs.

Four Pioneers tallied double-digit kills on the night, as Briana Kaiser and Melanie Bailiff each recorded 15 and Samantha Rampart and Melissa Hillebrand tallied 13 each.

The Pointers return to action on Saturday when they travel to Wheaton, Ill. for matches against Wheaton (Ill.) and Monmouth College.