WHITEWATER, Wis. — UW-Whitewater volleyball lost to UW-Stevens Point 3-2 (25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 18-25, 9-15) Wednesday evening in Russell Arena.
UWW capped the first set by scoring the final four points, getting a
Penny Schell (Cross Plains, Wis./St. Ambrose Academy) kill at 21-20 and closing on two UW-Stevens Point attack errors before
Abbie Dix's (Brodhead, Wis./Brodhead) kill ended the set at 25-20.
In set two, the Warhawks were within three, 18-15, after
Emily Lego (Rock Falls, Ill./Rock Falls) and
Amanda Hillmann (Cedarburg, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) combined on a block, but UWSP answered with six straight points and went on to take the second set 25-16.
UWW turned a 7-8 deficit into a 12-9 lead in the third set, with Schell putting down back-to-back kills during the response. Dix added late kills as UWW moved ahead 23-17, and after the Pointers closed to 23-21, Dix answered again before an attack error finished the set at 25-21.
After trailing 12-7 in the fourth set, UW-Whitewater got back within 14-12 on a Pointer service error, a block by Krzus and a
Gaby DiMotto (New Berlin, Wis./West) kill. UWW made another push later, with Hillmann and Schell combining on a block before Hillmann added a service ace to cut the Pointers' lead to 18-17. UW-Stevens Point answered with five straight points and took the set 25-18.
UW-Whitewater worked back to tie the fifth set at 6-6 on consecutive kills by DiMotto.
Claire Dillon's (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) service ace later brought UWW within 11-9, but the Pointers scored the final four points to take the set 15-9.
DiMotto led UWW with 16 kills and 16 digs. Dix finished with 12 kills and a team-high six blocks. Krzus recorded 33 assists, 12 digs and four total blocks.
Natalie Lawton (Elmhurst, Ill./IC Catholic Prep) collected a team-high 18 digs.
The Warhawks are back at it Friday against Carthage at 7 PM.
