STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The No. 11 UW-Stevens Point volleyball team (15-1) had little trouble in the opening match of WIAC play with a 3-0 sweep of visiting UW-Platteville (4-9) on Wednesday evening.

Senior Kelly Cefalu (Waunakee, WI/Waunakee) led all players with 14 kills on the night.  Fellow senior Bri Piepenbrok (Merrill, WI/Merrill) racked up 21 digs in the three-set win.  Freshman Abby Majercik (Johnsburg, IL/Johnsburg) continued a solid first campaign contributing 34 assists.

An early 4-0 run initiated by back-to-back kills by Rachel Hein (Muskego, WI/Muskego) turned the tide in the Pointers' favor.  Mid set, it was junior Ellen Drewry (Waunakee, WI/Waunakee) with consecutive kills in a 6-0 run.  Later in the set, senior Marie Krengel (Eagan, MN/Eastview) added a pair of kills included the set point.

Majercik served up a pair of aces in set two as another 6-0 run put UWSP in front 7-3.  A back-and-forth set was finished off with a Cefalu kill.

Cefalu took matters into her own hands to open set three, providing three kills in the first five UWSP points.  Three more mid-set kills by Cefalu put the Pointers in front 22-10.  Senior Gabby Thomas (Henderson, MN/LeSueur-Henderson) powered two late kills to seal the match.

UWSP will host the CCIW/WIAC Crossover this weekend with matches at Berg Gym and Quandt Fieldhouse on Friday and Saturday.  The Pointers will face North Park at 4:30 p.m. on Friday before a matchup of top-25 squads takes place at Berg.  At 7:00 p.m. on Friday No. 11 UWSP will play No. 23 Elmhurst.