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0
Western Ill. WIU 4-13,0-5 Summit League
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Winner Denver Denver 9-6,3-1 Summit League
Western Ill. WIU
4-13,0-5 Summit League
0
Final
3
Denver Denver
9-6,3-1 Summit League
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Western Ill. WIU 16 18 8 (0)
Denver Denver 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | WIU Athletic Communications

WIU Falls to Denver

WIU gets swept by Denver.

DENVER, Colo – Western Illinois finished their three-game road trip with a battle in Denver. Brittany Wulf and Aubrey Putman lead the attack as WIU teams fall to Denver in straight sets (16-25,18-25,8-25).

Set 1
Wulf and Putman started their day early in the first set as both had WIU's first two kills. After Putman brought the score to 5-2, Denver would go on a 6-0 run to gain some breathing room. WIU would knock back down. With the score 19-9, WIU Hailey Sperling and Wulf would go back-to-back with kills to bring Western Illinois within 8. Wulf and Grace Kremer would try to start another Leatherneck run but just ran out of time as Denver took set 1 25-16.

Set 2
Denver tried to jump out in front early for the second straight set. With the score 5-9 in Denver's favor, Brittany Wulf had a kill followed by an attack error on Denver with a Wulf service ace to bring the deficit to one. After a Denver 10-2 Denver run in the middle of set two, WIU countered with a 5-0 run of their own to bring WIU within four (19-15). Denver would end up holding off the fighting Leathernecks as they would take the second set 25-18.

Set 3
The third set saw WIU run out of steam. The Pioneers' 19-3 start saw them gain control quickly and early. WIU would see Wulf add another service ace and kill to her totals in the set. Denver would take the third set 25-8.

Wulf led the way in kills with 12 hitting at a .167 percentage. Putman had the best hitting percentage, .200 on her seven kills. Karli Wenzel and Wulf tied for a team-high in digs (7). Jessie Connell had six digs to go along with a team-high 20 assists. WIU had two service aces, one block, and a team-hitting percentage of .056.

Western Illinois returns home, where they will face South Dakota State and South Dakota inside Western Hall next week.
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