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Titan Volleyball Loses Twice in Wisconsin Tourney

9/2/2011 10:03:00 PM

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 STEVENS POINT, Wis. - The Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team lost a pair of matches at a tournament in Stevens Point, Wis., on Friday, Sept. 2. The Titans lost to Minn.-Morris in five sets (25-17, 18-25, 25-18, 20-25, 11-15)and the host school in three (19-25, 17-25, 18-25).

"Our passing and defense did a great job in both matches tonight," said IWU head coach Kim Nelson-Brown. "We struggled to connect offensively which made the difference in the outcome."

Against Minnesota-Morris, freshman Kinzie Schweigert led the team with 11 kills while sophomore Stephanie Buhrow added nine and junior Alex Hill and freshman Maddie Greybar each had eight. The team had only a .069 hitting percentage.
Sophomore Erin Wachtel had 38 assists and sophomore Sarah Blum had a team-best 15 digs. Greybar added 11 digs.

In the loss to the Pointers, Hill paced the Titans with seven kills and Buhrow provided six. The team had 25 total kills and 26 errors in 121 attempts for a negative hitting percentage.
Wachtel had 15 assists nine digs and Blum had 16 digs.

Illinois Wesleyan will meet Marian (Wis.) at 10 a.m. and Ripon at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3.







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