DE PERE, Wis. - Marian University women's volleyball (10-7, 2-3 NACC) was involved in a pair of sweeps in a triangular at St. Norbert falling to the Green Knights before defeating Ripon.
MARIAN VS. ST. NORBERT / 25-10, 25-14, 25-17
- The Sabres started slowly and a 10-0 run from the Green Knights saw SNC lead 16-5 to open the match.
- St. Norbert was able to close out the set scoring the final five points of the set.
- The two squads opened the second tied at 10-10 only to SNC score eight unanswered points.
- The Green Knights once again put the set away with a strong finish scoring four of the last five points.
- Marian opened the third set with a slim 5-3 but SNC had another big run going on a 16-6 spurt to take an eight-point lead.
- The Sabres cut the lead to six but couldn't avoid the sweep.
MARIAN VS. RIPON / 25-23, 25-16, 25-13
- The Sabres only got stronger as the match went on bouncing back with a non-conference win.
- The largest lead of the opening set was only four points and saw Ripon use a 5-1 run to lead 17-16.
- Marian responded with four straight points and never trailed the remainder of the set.
- The Red Hawks were able to tie the set at 23-23, but a service error and kill from junior Riley Shores gave Marian its first win of the day.
- Ripon jumped out to an early lead to open the second set but Marian settled in and the set was tied at 7-7.
- Marian then scored seven unanswered points to build breathing room.
- Marian was able to build its lead to as large as 11 points and finished out the set 25-16.
- After a 10-7 start saw Marian lead, another seven-point run from the Sabres proved to be the difference.
- Marian was able to build its lead to double-digits at the end of the set and scored three straight to close out the match.
MARIAN VS. ST. NORBERT
- The Green Knight defense limited Marian to a -.019 hitting percentage and had seven blocks.
- The SNC offense also held a 36-22 edge in kills.
- St. Norbert has now won the last 13 matches against Marian.
MARIAN VS. RIPON
- Marian finished with a 37-20 advantage in kills hitting .217 in the match.
- The Sabre defense held up its end holding Ripon to -.022 hitting in the sweep.
- This was the first match-up between the two schools since the spring of 2021, both Marian sweeps.
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Junior Riley Shores bounced back after the SNC match to record a match-high 11 kills against Ripon. |
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Sophomore Alana McDermott had 21 digs on the day with 11 coming against St. Norbert. |
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Senior Serina Pehowski had 13 kills on the day and four total blocks, two being solo blocks. Against Ripon, she had nine kills and hit .500. |
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Friday, October 6
Lake Forest, Ill. - 7 p.m. |
