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Simpson 3, Illinois Wesleyan 0 - Box Score

INDIANOLA, Iowa - The Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team fell to 9-15 as it lost two matches at the Simpson College Tournament on Friday, Oct. 15, falling in four sets to Wartburg College and in three sets to the host school.

The scores of the Wartburg match were 10-25, 15-25, 25-22, 21-25 while IWU lost to Simpson 19-25, 15-25, 20-25.

"I was very optimistic after our match on Tuesday that we made strides in the right direction," said IWU head coach Kim Nelson-Brown. "Unfortunately we returned to some of our old ways today. When you are two-thirds of the way through your season, you shouldn't be trying a whole new line up. Due to our inconsistencies from player to player; game to game; we've been left no choice. With so much youth on our team, we'll have to continue to work through some of these growing pains and push to find a way."

Against Wartburg, senior Lori Johnson led IWU with nine kills while freshman Stephanie Buhrow had six and sophomores Alex Hill and Eryn Finet each had five. Hill led the team with five total blocks.
Freshman Sarah Blum had 18 defensive digs and junior Stacy Hassinger had 12. Senior Teresa Kirk provided 28 set assists and had nine digs.

In the Simpson match, Johnson and sophomore Katie Rhoades paced the Titans with six kills while Johnson had four blocks and Buhrow and Hill led the team with five blocks.
Freshman Erin Wachtel had 19 set assists while Rhoades and Blum each accounted for eight defensive digs.