STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The UW-Stevens Point volleyball team (8-9) split a pair of matches at the UWSP Quad on Saturday. The Pointers fell in five sets to No. 19 Dubuque (16-3) before prevailing a five-set match against Wheaton (5-15) in the finale.
Samantha Kempinger (Oshkosh, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) posted her second double-double of the year with 13 kills and 13 digs versus Wheaton.
Ella Trieloff (Park Ridge, Ill./St. Viator) was in double figures in both matches with 14 and 10 kills.
Hannah Strege (Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee) had a double-double against Dubuque with 51 assists and 11 digs. She totalled 90 assists on the day.
Tessa Erlandson (Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon Wanamingo) led all players in both matches with 34 and 26 digs.
UWSP 2, Dubuque 3 (25-18, 22-25, 18-25, 25-18, 13-15)
Erlandson had consecutive aces as UWSP opened with a 3-0 start.
Lauren Shaw (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) had three kills in an 11-2 run.
Delilah Hyland (Glen Ellyn, Ill./IC Catholic Prep) had a late kill as UWSP took the first set.
Kempinger had an ace, a kill and a block as the Pointers trialed 9-8 in the second.
Carly Thomka (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) had a pair of blocks following a 9-0 Spartan run. Strege had a ace and Trieloff posted two kills as Dubuque tied the match at 1-1.
Thomka and Trieloff had two kills each as UWSP went up 7-2 in the third. Shaw had a pair of kills mid set. Trieloff had two more kills late as UD went up 2-1.
Logan Cregan (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville Area) had five kills as UWSP had a 13-6 lead early in the fourth. Trieloff had two kills and
Abby Nevins (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) served an ace as the Pointers ended with a 7-0 run to force a fifth set.
Trieloff and Cregan had two kills apiece as UWSP got a 7-3 advantage to start the fifth. Shaw had two kills and Trieloff another to tie the set at 13-13. Back-to-back blocks by UD swayed the match to the Spartans.
UWSP 3, Wheaton 2 (25-18, 17-25, 26-24, 22-25, 15-11)
Strege served an ace as the Pointers jumped ahead, 7-0. Hyland had two kills as the Pointers took the opening set with a 7-0 run to end it.
Thomka had three kills and Hyland had three blocks as the Thunder evened the match at 1-1.
Trieloff recorded two kills as UWSP took a 7-3 lead in the third. Kempinger and Thomka had three kills each for an 18-14 lead. Shaw added two kills late as the Pointers won the third set.
Kempinger, Shaw and Strege combined for seven kills as UWSP was in front 15-12 in the fourth. Trieloff, Kempinger and Shaw added a kill each as Wheaton forced a fifth set.
Kempinger had two kills as UWSP trailed, 8-7, in the fifth.
Sadie Grabarski (Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee Community) and Kempinger combined for five kills as UWSP finished with an 8-2 run to take the match.
The Pointers travel to UW-Whitewater on Wednesday (Oct. 7) for a 7:00 p.m. conference match.
