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Pointers Topple Falcons For First
Time Since 1994
Box Score
It had been a long
time coming, but the UW-Stevens Point volleyball team finally got past
UW-River Falls.
The Pointers snapped an 18-match losing streak
to the Falcons and improved to 2-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference for the first time since 1998 with a 30-22, 30-26,
24-30, 30-23 victory on Saturday at Berg Gym.
The win was the Pointers� first over UW-River
Falls since a win in the Falcons� regular season tournament on Oct. 28,
1994. In fact, UW-Stevens Point�s sixth-year coach Stacey White was a
member of that UW-River Falls team in 1994 and posted her first career
win over her former team. The Pointers had won a total of eight games
over the 18-match losing streak and hadn�t beaten the Falcons in a
league match since 1988.
UW-Stevens Point used a strong defensive
effort for the victory, rarely giving the Falcons an open hitting lane
and amassing 90 digs in the four games. UW-River Falls hit for just a
.102 percentage in the match and had 33 hitting errors. Senior libero
Lori Marten totaled 33 digs, including 13 in the fourth game to lead the
effort.
Callie Kunde had another solid all-around
match for the Pointers, nearly achieving a triple-double for the second
straight day with nine kills, 26 assists and 14 digs. Shelly Maus led
the offensive attack with 14 kills and just one hitting error in 27
attempts. Katie O�Brien contributed nine kills.
UW-River Falls was led by Molly Thompson with
14 kills. Kat Krtnick had 42 assists and 23 digs, while Tressa Gustafson
totaled 87 digs. |
