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UW-Whitewater Invitational Central

The UW-Whitewater volleyball team cruised to two wins Saturday with back-to-back sweeps. The Warhawks defeated Carroll 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-19) before routing Edgewood 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-14) in their final match of the UW-Whitewater Invitational. 

The Warhawks produced their most best offense of the season against the Eagles hitting .443 with 37 kills in 70 attemps while committing just six attack errors. Senior middle Kristen Ruchti (Brodhead/Brodhead) led UW-Whitewater at the net hitting .625 with an attack line of 11-1-16. She added a solo and two assist blocks in the match. Senior right side Ariel Feiertag (Brown Deer/Brown Deer) and sophomore outside hitter Lauren Pfeifer (Fort Atkinson/Fort Atkinson) added to the offense combining for 15 kills in 25 attempts with no errors.

Senior setter Kim Frei (West Bend/West Bend West) dished out 28 assists. In the backcourt, senior libero Kelsey Nobilio (Johnsburg, IL/Johnsburg) and junior defensive specialist Jaclyn Krizka (Roscoe, IL/Hononegah) shared match high honors with seven digs each. Pfeifer recorded four of the team's six aces in the match.

The wins come after a 1-1 outing in the first day of competition in the UW-Whitewater Invitational. The Warhawks defeated Lakeland Friday afternoon 3-0 before falling to Millikin University in the final match of the evening. 

"We are very happy with the way our team bounced back," said Coach Boudreau. "We needed to clean some things up in serve-receive which we did today. It was great to see our offense produce at such a high level in this last match. We still have some things to work on this week but overall we are proud of the way our ladies were able to rebound after the loss and take both matches today." 

The Warhawks return to the court next weekend with the UW-Stevens Point Invitational. UW-Whitewater is scheduled to face Ripon Friday, September 5 at 3 p.m. followed by a 5 p.m. match up with St. Norbert College. Saturday has the Warhawks facing Wisconsin Lutheran College at 10 a.m.

Carroll Recap
The Warhawks hammered down 39 kills led by sophomore outside hitter Lauren Pfeifer (Fort Atkinson/Fort Atkinson) with 12 in a 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-19) win over Carroll University in the UW-Whitewater Invitational Saturday.The Warhawks will be back in action to wrap up the invite Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. against Edgewood College in Russell Arena.

UW-Whitewater hit .247 posting double digit kills in each set. The defense held the Pioneers to just 19 kills and an attack percentage of .036. Sophomore middle Sydney Toon (Madison/Middleton) pounded down six kills in 11 attempts with no erros and added a solo and four assist blocks in the match.

Senior setter Kim Frei (West Bend/West Bend West) dished out 24 assists in two sets and sophomore Staci Hasler (Sheboygan Falls/Sheboygan Falls) came in to run the offense in set three recording seven assists. Senior libero Kelsey Nobilio (Johnsburg, IL/Johnsburg) led all players with 19 digs. Sophomore defensive specialist Tessa Weber (Pleasant Prairie/Tremper) registered four of the team's eight aces.

Millikin Recap
The 18th ranked UW-Whitewater volleyball team split a pair of matches Friday in the UW-Whitewater Invitational. The Warhawks defeated Lakeland College 3-0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-17) in the afternoon before falling to Millikin University 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 17-25, 25-21) Friday evening.

The Warhawks out-hit Millikin registering 50 kills including an attack percentage of .276 to the Big Blue's 49 kills. The UW-Whitewater defensive front posted 10 blocks and held the MU hitters to an attack percentage of .206. Serve-receive provided the difference in the match. The Warhawks committed 14 service errors and 14 reception errors compared to Millikin's combined 13 errors. 

Sophomore middle blocker Sydney Toon (Madison/Middleton) had a breakout match against the Big Blue. She hit .727 hammering down eight kills in 11 attemps with no attack errors while adding two solo and five assist blocks in the loss. Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Pfeifer (Fort Atkinson/Fort Atkinson) led the Warhawks with 16 kills while committing just one error in 33 attempts.

Senior setter Kim Frei (West Bend/West Bend West) dished out 39 assists. Senior libero Kelsey Nobilio (Johnsburg, IL/Johnsburg) led the defense with 19 digs, a match high, while backcourt teammate Jaclyn Krizka (Roscoe, IL/Hononegah) added 11 to the Warhawks' dig tally. Nobilio has recorded 98 career matches with 10 or more digs in her career, just four matches shy of tying the program record.

UW-Whitewater will return to the court Saturday with two matches to wrap up the invitational. The Warhawks are set to take on Carroll at 10 a.m. and Edgewood College at 2 p.m. in Russell Arena.

Lakeland Recap
The Warhawk volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-17) over Lakeland College to open the 2014 season in the first match of the UW-Whitewater Invitational. 

The Warhawks hit .370 pounding down 36 kills and held the Muskies to a .000 attack percentage and just 23 kills in three sets. Defensively at the net, UW-Whitewater recorded 10 blocks while LC posted just two. 

Junior outside hitter Jessica Sabey (Merrill/Merrill) led the way with eight kills in 19 attempts without committing an error for an attack percentage of .421. Three Warhawks posted seven kills each including senior right side Ariel Feiertag (Brown Deer/Brown Deer), sophomore middle Morgan Parker (Brookfield/East) and sophomore outside hitter Lauren Pfeifer (Fort Atkinson/Fort Atkinson). Parker hit .875 in the middle with seven kills in eight attempts with no errors adding five assist blocks in the first outing of the year.

Senior setter Kim Frei (West Bend/West Bend West) orchestrated the offense distributing 32 assists. Defensively, senior libero Kelsey Nobilio (Johnsburg, IL/Johnsburg) notched her 97th career match with double figure digs recording 17. 

UW-Whitewater continues play in the invitational with a 7 p.m. match against Millikin University in Russell Arena