MINNEAPOLIS – The UW-Stevens Point volleyball team closed out its weekend on a positive note, downing Gustavus Adolphus and 18th-ranked St. Benedict to improve to 6-2 overall on the season.

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The Pointers opened day two of the Augsburg Invitational needing to rebound from a loss to the host Auggies the evening before. The team did just that, making quick work of the Gusties, winning 25-22, 25-14, 25-19.

The Pointers hit .215 as a team as Sarah Wildish (Menomonee Falls, WI/Menomonee Falls) led the way with nine kills Christina Brinkman (Bristol, WI/Westosha Central) tallied 11 digs.

In the final game of the weekend, the Pointers faced a much tougher challenge. Looking to avenge a 3-1 loss to the Blazers the week before, the teams battled into extra points with UWSP coming away with the 29-27 set one victory.

The Blazers answered back with victories in sets two and three, 25-22, 25-23 to gain the 2-1 advantage.

Facing their third loss of the season and second of the weekend, the Pointers forced a decisive fifth set with a 25-18 victory in the fourth set.

In the decisive fifth set the Pointers pulled away and secured the 15-11 victory.

Brinkman tallied a season-high 17 kills while Morgan Bartkowiak (Slinger, WI/Slinger) and Wildish each chipped in with 12. Alexis Hartman (Deer Park, IL/Lake Zurich) finished the day with 81 assists over two matches.

For her efforts, Bartkowiak was named to the all-tournament squad.

UW-Stevens Point (6-2) returns to action on Wednesday, Sept. 11 with a pair of games at Lawrence University in Appleton.