Warhawks celebrate a point
Michael Gouvion
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Illinois Col. IC 4-10,0-0 Midwest
3
Winner Wis.-Whitewater UWW 13-2,1-1 WIAC
Illinois Col. IC
4-10,0-0 Midwest
0
Final
3
Wis.-Whitewater UWW
13-2,1-1 WIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Illinois Col. IC 10 14 20 (0)
Wis.-Whitewater UWW 25 25 25 (3)
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Rose-Hulman RHIT 11-6,0-0 HCAC
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Winner Wis.-Whitewater UWW 14-2,1-1 WIAC
Rose-Hulman RHIT
11-6,0-0 HCAC
0
Final
3
Wis.-Whitewater UWW
14-2,1-1 WIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Rose-Hulman RHIT 23 21 22 (0)
Wis.-Whitewater UWW 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Warhawks Pick Up Two Wins with Pair of Saturday Sweeps

Whitewater, Wis. -- The No. 4 UW-Whitewater volleyball team added two to the win column with a pair of sweeps Saturday to wrap up the Warhawks' second home invite of the season. UWW opened the day with a win over Illinois College (25-10, 25-14, 25-20) before taking down Rose-Hulman in a tight three-setter (25-23, 25-21, 25-22). 

The Warhawks cruised in the opener Saturday. UW-Whitewater opened the match hitting .647 in the first set to set the tone for the match. The Warhawks hit .370 for the match and continued to excel at the service line with 11 aces. 

Four Warhawks hit over .600 in the contest -- Aubrie Krzus (Wheaton, Ill./Warrenville South) had five kills in six attempts (.833), Amanda Hillmann (Cedarburg, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) had four in five attempts (.800) while Lexi Jensen (Alsip, Ill./Alan B. Shepard) (4-6) and Emily Lego (Rock Falls, Ill./Rock Falls) (7-9) each hit .667. From the service line, Krzus (5) and Emma Bludgen (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley) (4) combined for nine aces. 

Defensively, Abbie Dix (Brodhead, Wis./Brodhead) led UWW at the net with three blocks including one solo. Natalie Lawton (Elmhurst, Ill./IC Catholic Prep) held down the backcourt with nine digs. 

DiMotto paced the Warhawk offense in the second match of the day with 14 kills. Hillmann  was the most efficient at the net with 8 kills in 13 attempts with a single error - an attack percentage of .538. Dix hit a career milestone in the contest, surpassing the 500 kill-mark with eight in the match. 

At the service line, DiMotto added four aces with Ella Jenkins (McHenry, Ill./McHenry) tallying three - all three were consecutive aces in set two to give UWW set point. 

Defensively, Dix and Hillmann combined for eight blocks in the middle (four each) while Lego posted three. Lawton added 18 digs to her weekend tally. 

Krzus registered 36 assists as the Warhawks hit .276 as a team in the match. 

All-Tournament Team
Abbie Dix (Brodhead, Wis./Brodhead) - UWW
Gaby DiMotto (New Berlin, Wis./West) - UWW
Amanda Hillmann (Cedarburg, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) - UWW
Ava Goldsberry - UWRF
Blessing Adebisi - UWRF
Julia Irmen - RHIT
Emma Blanton - RHIT
Riley Drake - IC

Warhawk weekend numbers for the three All-Tournament honorees:
DiMotto - 30 kills (3.75 per set), .364 attack percentage, 9 aces, 4 blocks
Dix - 20 kills (2.50 per set), .280 attack percentage, 12 blocks (1.50 per set)
Hillmann - 17 kills (2.13 per set), .615 attack percentage, 3 aces, 9 blocks (1.13 per set)
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