CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The UW-Stevens Point volleyball team (7-7) won both matches at the Coe Triangular on Saturday. UWSP defeated Millikin (8-9) in four sets before defeating host Coe (4-10) in five sets.
Ella Trieloff (Park Ridge, Ill./St. Viator) was in double figures in both matches with a match-high 15 kills versus MU and 10 kills against Coe.
Tessa Erlandson (Kenyon, Minn./Kenyon Wanamingo) led all players in digs in both matches with 31 and 22, respectively.
Hannah Strege (Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee) led UWSP in assists in both matches. She had 29 against Millikin and posted a double-double with 19 assists and 13 digs versus Coe.
UWSP 3, Millikin 1 (25-18, 27-25, 18-25, 25-21)
Savanna Moe (Saint Paul, Minn/St. Croix Lutheran Academy) and Strege had two aces each as UWSP opened up with a 13-8 advantage.
Lauren Shaw (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township) had a pair of kills for a 21-14 lead. Erlandson added an ace late as the Pointers won the first set.
Trieloff had two early kills and
Bella Lucero (Antioch, Ill./Carmel Catholic) served consecutive aces, but UWSP was down, 6-4, in the second. Shaw and Trieloff had two kills each as UWSP went in front, 15-13. Erlandson had an ace to give UWSP set point.
Samantha Kempinger (Oshkosh, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran) and
Carly Thomka (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) each had a kill as UWSP secured the 27-25 win.
Delilah Hyland (Glen Ellyn, Ill./IC Catholic Prep) had a kill and a block early in the third. Trieloff added four kills as the Pointers were down, 16-11. Kempinger and
Sadie Grabarski (Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee Community) had two kills each late as Millikin forced a fourth set.
Thomka had a block and an ace as the Pointers went up, 6-4, in the fourth. Thomka had two more aces and Grabarski had two blocks in a 7-0 UWSP run. Hyland finished the match with a kill.
UWSP 3, Coe 2 (17-25, 25-21, 25-21, 16-25, 15-8)
Seven different Pointers had a kill in the first set with Thomka and Kempinger recording two each as UWSP dropped the opening set.
Trieloff had two kills in a 10-4 run that gave UWSP a 15-10 lead in the second. Thomka had a kill and back-to-back aces for a 19-14 advantage. After Coe tied the set at 21-21, Trieloff had two kills as UWSP finished with a 4-0 burst.
Moe and
Maggie O'Brien (Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech) each had an ace as the Pointers jumped ahead, 8-2, in the third. Hyland had a kill and two blocks in an 8-2 run as UWSP led, 18-10. Thomka had two kills and a block as UWSP went up, 2-1.
Thomka had a kill and a block, but Coe used a 12-0 run to put UWSP behind, 13-4, in the fourth. Hyland had a pair of blocks late as Coe forced a fifth set.
Thomka had three kills and an ace as UWSP went up, 9-3, to open the fifth set. Moe had an ace and Kempinger capped the win with a match-ending kill.
The Pointers are back home on Friday (Oct. 2) for a 7:00 p.m. match against UW-Oshkosh.
