INDIANOLA, Iowa – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville volleyball team split a pair of matches Friday night at Simpson College. The Pioneers (17-7) first swept Central College (11-11) before falling in four sets to the Storm (15-6).
Central Match
The first set was a back-and-forth contest and a run featuring a kills from
Kennedy Wenger and
Brooklyn Radecke along with an ace from Wenger gave UW-Platteville a 16-12 lead. The Pioneers reached set point 24-20, but the Dutch rallied to tie the set at 24. A service error and a big kill from
Madalyn Mammoser closed the set 26-24.
The second set was another thriller featuring 13 tied scores, but after tying the set 23-23, an attack error and a kill from Radecke gave the Pioneers a 25-23 victory.
The third set was all Platteville, with a 7-1 run midway through giving the Pioneers an 18-9 advantage. A kill from senior
Bria Johnston brought on match point and a block from Wenger finished the match 25-14.
In total, the Pioneers tallied eight blocks with Wenger, Radecke, and junior
Addison Albrecht each collecting two. UW-Platteville finished hitting .219 while holding Central to .090.
Radecke paced the team with 12 kills while sharing a team best 11 digs with Johnston.
Simpson Match
The match started very much the same as the prior against Central, with the teams exchanging points and the score locked 24-24. Radecke gave the Pioneers set-point for the second time and an ace from Wenger gave UW-Platteville a 26-24 victory.
The Storm then rolled to three straight wins to take the match with a 25-15 victory in the second set, a narrow 25-23 win in the third, and another 25-15 win in the fourth set.
Simpson held a .234 - .142 hitting advantage over UW-Platteville. Johnston paced the Pioneers with 11 kills and Radecke finished with a team-high 15 digs.
Up next, the Pioneers will host UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. for Youth Night.
