The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's volleyball team split a pair of matches played in Menomonie Saturday. The Warhawks extended their win streak over league foe UW-Stout with a 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19) win before falling to Northwestern (MN) 3-2 (25-23, 19-25, 25-21, 29-31, 15-12). 

KellyAnn Sotiros (New Berlin, Wis./West Allis Hale) carried the Warhawks in the first set against the Blue Devils with a phenomenal performance from the service line with six aces. Despite being outhit in the set, UW-W's seven aces bolstered the 25-19 first set win.

Adding another ace in set two, Sotiros became the first Warhawk to record at least seven service aces in a single match since Tessa Weber tallied seven against St. Norbert in 2014. UW-W was more efficient offensively but the Blue Devils hit over .500 in the set to win 25-23 and even the match 1-1. 

The Warhawks bounced back to take the next two sets 25-23 and 25-15. UW-Whitewater extended the win streak against UW-Stout to 35 matches dating back to October of 1994 with the victory. 

Sotiros ended up with eight aces, the fourth-most recorded in program history for a single match. 

Offensively, Kirsten Anderson (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie), Jenna Weinfurt (Waukesha, Wis./Catholic Memorial) and Erin McNeil (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) all registered double digit kills with 12, 11 and 10 respectively. Morgan Jensen (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) bolstered the defense with 11 digs. 

In UW-W's second match of the day, the Warhawks battled with Northwestern-St. Paul. As the scores suggest, the teams were fairly even throughout the match. 

Weinfurt had a big match for UW-W hammering down 24 kills while hitting nearly .400 and adding three blocks. McNeil added double figure kills with 12. Sotiros registered 40 assists in the contest. 

Three Warhawks tallied double digit digs led by Jensen's 20. Weinfurt added 15 and Hailey Mackenthun (Webster, Minn./Northfield) posted 13.