ELMHURST, Ill. – The UW-Stevens Point volleyball team (11-9) picked up a pair of wins at the Elmhurst Tri on Saturday. The Pointers swept Marian (4-17) before taking a marathon five-setter against host Elmhurst (11-7) in the nightcap.
Ella Trieloff (Park Ridge, Ill./St. Viator) led the Pointers with 16 kills against EC.
Lauren Shaw (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) and
Carly Thomka (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) were also in double figures with 14 and 11 kills, respectively.
Delilah Hyland (Glen Ellyn, Ill./IC Catholic Prep) had a match-high 10 kills versus MU.
Hannah Strege (Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee) led the Pointers in assists in both matches with 29 and 42 on the day.
Tessa Erlandson (Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon Wanamingo) had 16 digs versus the Bluejays.
UWSP 3, Marian 0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-13)
Erlandson started the match with an ace. Thomka had a block and a kill for a 7-4 lead. Thomka added consecutive aces in an 8-0 run. Trieloff and Strege each had an ace late as UWSP took the opening set.
Samantha Kempinger (Oshkosh, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) and Hyland had two kills each as UWSP rallied to go in front, 12-10. Kempinger served up two aces. Shaw and Trieloff had two kills apiece as UWSP used a 9-2 run to take set two.
Hyland had five kills as the Pointers jumped out to a 15-7 lead in the third. Trieloff had three kills down the stretch as UWSP finished off the sweep.
UWSP 3, Elmhurst 2 (34-32, 20-25, 22-25, 25-21, 16-14)
Shaw had four early kills as the first set saw UWSP go up, 13-11. Erlandson had two aces late as UWSP used a 7-1 run to tie the set at 24-24. Shaw had two more kills as the Pointers out-lasted the Bluejays in a 34-32 marathon.
Thomka had two kills and served a couple aces as UWSP trailed, 17-15, in the second. Thomka had another kill late as Elmhurst tied the match at 1-1.
Hyland and Kempinger recorded two kills each as the Pointers went ahead, 8-5, to open the third.
Maggie O'Brien (Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech) served an ace in a 6-1 run late, but the Bluejays went up 2-1 with their own 6-1 run.
Shaw, Trieloff and Kempinger each gathered two kills as the fourth was tied 11-11. Strege served an ace and later a kill by Trieloff gave UWSP a 21-17 lead. Trieloff had another kill and Thomka finished the fourth set with an ace.
Strege had a block and served an ace as UWSP went up, 4-2, to open the fifth. Trieloff had a trio of kills for an 8-7 edge. Strege had another ace late and Trieloff powered down two kills as UWSP won the fifth, 16-14.
The Pointers travel to UW-La Crosse on Wednesday (Oct. 14) for a 7:00 p.m. matchup with the Eagles.
