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Daytona Dooley
3
Winner South Dakota SD 16-2,5-1 Summit League
0
Western Ill. WIU 4-15,0-7 Summit League
Winner
South Dakota SD
16-2,5-1 Summit League
3
Final
0
Western Ill. WIU
4-15,0-7 Summit League
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
South Dakota SD 29 25 25 (3)
Western Ill. WIU 27 16 13 (0)

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

WIU Falls in Final Game of Home Stand

WIU falls in straight sets

MACOMB, Ill – Western Illinois Volleyball team could not slow South Dakota down at Western Hall on Saturday (Oct. 8) afternoon. The Leathernecks fell to the Coyotes in three sets (27-29, 16-25, 13-25).

SET 1
South Dakota would jump out to an early lead in set one. With the USD leading 6-3, WIU would get a Brittany Wulf kill to help spark a 5- 2 run that would tie the set at 8. WIU would keep it rolling as they would take an 11-9 lead after a USD attack error. The Coyotes would respond with a 10-2 run in the middle of the set to take back the lead (19-11). WIU would not go down quietly. Down 23-15, a service error by USD would start a WIU run. Ella Godsell would go back to serve where she would deliver. Godsell would have two service aces in an 8-0 run by the Leathernecks. Wulf would have two kills in the run, with Elizabeth Ziegler getting a kill. South Dakota would try to take control, but WIU would keep clawing back. Julianna Schmidt would get a kill to tie the match at 25. The Leathernecks would follow that with a kill by Hailey Sperling to give them the lead 26-25. After tying the set at 26, South Dakota would eventually grab the lead and take the set 29-27

SET 2
Set two started in a battle. WIU would jump to an early lead. Ziegler would get a kill to put WIU up 4-2. The visitors would battle back and tie the set at 5. A couple of USD mistakes help WIU hold their lead early. USD would pull away in the middle of the set, where they would use a 16-6 run to gain a 22-12 lead. WIU would get a Kennedy Bauer kill late before USD would pull and take the set 25-16.

SET 3
The third set saw South Dakota take control right away. An opening 10-3 run saw the Coyotes take the lead early. WIU could not claw out of the early three-set deficit, as they would fall 25-13 in the final set.

Wulf registered another double-double on the season with ten kills and 14 digs. Elizabeth Ziegler had eight kills as well. Karli Wenzel led WIU in digs with 18. WIU had six total blocks, including three solo blocks by Schmidt.

The Leathernecks hit the road for a midweek conference match with Oral Roberts on Tuesday (Oct. 11) before returning home on Saturday (Oct. 15) to host St. Thomas.
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