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Defensive Efforts Spark Pointers
Past St. Norbert UW-Stevens Point�s
Shelly Maus and Lori Marten spurred a strong defensive performance with
career-high efforts as the Pointers rallied from a fifth-game deficit to
pull out a non-conference volleyball victory at St. Norbert on Monday in
De Pere.
Maus matched a career-best 12 blocks and
Marten amassed a career-high 40 digs as the Pointers earned the 30-17,
24-30, 26-30, 30-18, 15-12 victory to avenge a three-game home loss to
the Green Knights earlier this season. The Pointers improved to 20-8
overall for the season.
UW-Stevens Point trailed 11-8 in the fifth
game and then scored five straight points as Beth Richter had
back-to-back kills to give the Pointers a 12-11 lead and then Callie
Kunde delivered her 10th kill of the match for a 13-11 advantage. The
kill gave Kunde her eighth triple-double of the season as she also
totaled 18 assists and 15 digs.
St. Norbert rallied with a kill of its own to
cut the deficit to one, but the Pointers came back with another kill by
Richter and a kill from Pam Nora to win the match. Nora totaled 13 kills
and Richter had eight kills in the victory.
UW-Stevens Point used a 9-0 run to break a
13-13 tie and take control of the first game. St. Norbert also used a
nine-point spurt of its own to close out the third game and rally from a
26-21 deficit. The Pointers jumped out to a 10-4 lead to control the
fourth game.
Maus had 12 kills in addition to her
career-high blocks night and Amanda Mix also keyed the defense, equaling
a career-best with 20 digs.
UW-Stevens Point hosts UW-Platteville in a
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match on Wednesday at 7
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