It had been a long time coming, but the UW-Stevens Point volleyball team finally got past UW-River Falls.

The Pointers snapped an 18-match losing streak to the Falcons and improved to 2-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for the first time since 1998 with a 30-22, 30-26, 24-30, 30-23 victory on Saturday at Berg Gym.

The win was the Pointers' first over UW-River Falls since a win in the Falcons' regular season tournament on Oct. 28, 1994. In fact, UW-Stevens Point's sixth-year coach Stacey White was a member of that UW-River Falls team in 1994 and posted her first career win over her former team. The Pointers had won a total of eight games over the 18-match losing streak and hadn't beaten the Falcons in a league match since 1988.

UW-Stevens Point used a strong defensive effort for the victory, rarely giving the Falcons an open hitting lane and amassing 90 digs in the four games. UW-River Falls hit for just a .102 percentage in the match and had 33 hitting errors. Senior libero Lori Marten (Pittsville/Pittsville) totaled 33 digs, including 13 in the fourth game to lead the effort.

Callie Kunde (Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley) had another solid all-around match for the Pointers, nearly achieving a triple-double for the second straight day with nine kills, 26 assists and 14 digs. Shelly Maus (Green Bay/Green Bay Southwest) led the offensive attack with 14 kills and just one hitting error in 27 attempts. Katie O'Brien (Appleton/Xavier) contributed nine kills.

UW-River Falls was led by Molly Thompson with 14 kills. Kat Krtnick had 42 assists and 23 digs, while Tressa Gustafson totaled 87 digs.