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OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF UW-STEVENS POINT
Grace Michaslke
Rachel McCulloch
3
Winner Cornell College CC 1-0,0-0 Midwest
2
Wis.-Stevens Point UWSP 0-1,0-0 WIAC
Winner
Cornell College CC
1-0,0-0 Midwest
3
Final
2
Wis.-Stevens Point UWSP
0-1,0-0 WIAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Cornell College CC 20 26 25 18 15 (3)
Wis.-Stevens Point UWSP 25 24 22 25 11 (2)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Michalske, Kopp Post Double-Doubles as Pointers Fall in Five Setter

AURORA, Ill. – The No. 21 UW-Stevens Point volleyball team (0-1) fell in five sets (25-20, 24-26, 22-25, 25-18, 11-15) in the season opener against No. 23 Cornell (1-0) at the Aurora Tournament on Friday.
 
Grace Michalske (Wausau, Wis./West) led all players with 45 assists and added 10 digs for a double-double. Ashley Kopp (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) also posted a double-double on the night with a match-high 22 kills and 12 digs.
 
Tessa Erlandson (Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon Wanamingo) racked up 28 digs, twice as many as any other player in the match. Belle Shea (Appleton, Wis./Xavier) and Carly Thomka (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) were in double figures with 12 digs and 12 kills, respectively.
 
Thomka recorded the first kill of the season as the Pointers jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first set. Lauren Shaw (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) served three aces during a 7-0 run by the Pointers for an 18-10 advantage. Kopp added four kills down the stretch as UWSP took the opening set.
 
Sydney Mosinski (Nevada, Iowa/Nevada) had two kills as UWSP took a 5-4 edge early in the second. Michalske had a pair of service aces in a 6-0 burst to give the Pointers a 14-11 lead. Zoe Kramer (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) and Thomka had a pair of kills each, but Cornell rallied for a 26-24 win to even the match.
 
Kopp had three early kills in the third as the teams played to an 8-8 tie. Michalske served up another ace and Kopp added one of her own as UWSP used a 6-1 run to pull even at 16-16. Belle Shea (Appleton, Wis./Xavier) added another ace and Kopp had a pair of late kills, but the Rams prevailed with the third set.
 
Erlandson served a pair of aces as UWSP cushioned the advantage at 15-11 midway through the fourth. Shaw added two kills and served up an ace as UWSP forced a fifth set.
 
Kopp and Thomka had a kill and a block each as UWSP inched in front, 4-3, in the fifth. Mosinski had consecutive kills for an 8-6 lead. Cornell, though, closed the set on an 8-2 run to take the match.
 
The Pointers will face Southwestern and host-Aurora on Saturday (Aug. 31) to wrap up the weekend. Start times are scheduled for 2:00 and 6:00 p.m., respectively.
 
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