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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team evened its record at 3-3 and stretched its winning streak to three matches with two 3-0 wins over Beloit and Illinois College in the Barker Classic on Friday, Sept. 10 at the Shirk Center.

The Titans beat Beloit, 25-19, 25-18, 25-12 and downed Illinois College, 25-16, 25-18, 25-13.

"One of the areas that we've been struggling with has been blocking," said IWU head coach Kim Nelson-Brown. "In the first match (against Beloit), the team did a nice job closing the block and penetrating over to terminate plays. In the second match, we came up with some great digs and were able to execute them for points."

Against Beloit, senior Teresa Kirk led IWU with 12 kills and 10 defensive digs as the team had a .287 hitting percentage. Junior Gaby Johnson had eight kills and senior Lori Johnson had seven. Sarah Blum led the team with 15 digs and freshman Erin Wachtel made four service aces.
Junior Stacy Hassinger had 38 assists and sophomore Alex Hill had four blocks.

In the match against Illinois College, the Titans had a .258 hitting percentage and freshman Stephanie Buhrow paced the team with 10 kills while Kirk had nine kills and eight digs. Hassinger made 26 assists and tied for team-best with freshman Miya Thalmann with nine digs.
Hill and Lori Johnson led Illinois Wesleyan with five blocks.

IWU will face Benedictine at 10 a.m. and Concordia (Wis.) at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, in the second day of the tournament.