**UW-Oshkosh Sports Information Contributed To This Recap
OSHKOSH, Wis.
–University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh received the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Women’s Volleyball Tournament with a 18-25, 21-25, 25-21, 26-24, 15-13 triumph at Kolf Sports Center on Nov. 15.
It is the fifth event title in program historical past and first since 2008. UW-Oshkosh (28-3) additionally secured the convention’s automated NCAA bid with the victory. The win over UW-Eau Claire (27-4) marked the primary reverse sweep within the WIAC championship match since 1998.
In a match that included 5 complete double-doubles, UW-Oshkosh’s Samantha Perlberg hit .283 with 21 kills and 17 digs, Grace Juergens put up 18s in each kills and digs, and Jaclyn Dutkiewicz had 30 assists and 12 digs.
Izzy Coon led the Titans with 31 assists, Callie Panasuk put up a match-best 27 digs, and Emmy Wizceb notched 5 blocks (one solo) together with her 4 kills.
The Titans and Blugolds traded the primary seven factors of the opening set, and the deficit by no means grew to greater than 4 factors till UW-Eau Claire tallied the ultimate 4 factors.
Early within the second set, UW-Oshkosh took a 4-2 lead earlier than UW-Eau Claire went on a 7-1 run. The Titans closed the hole to a degree when a service error gave them the lead and Perlberg hit back-to-back kills to make the rating 11-10. They saved the rating shut for a number of serves, however a 6-1 spurt created a five-point deficit UW-Oshkosh could not overcome. Another Blugold kill despatched the match into the third set with a 2-0 lead in UW-Eau Claire’s favor.
UW-Oshkosh responded to an early gap with 4 consecutive factors within the third set. Wizceb had a hand in every level, pairing with Juergens for a block, tallying two kills, and pairing with Perlberg for an additional block. The Blugolds claimed a pair of one-point leads earlier than Perlberg broke a 20-20 tie with a kill and the Titans went 4-1 to win their first set.
The Titans scored 4 of the primary 5 factors of the fourth set and fought off a tied rating by going 4-2 over the subsequent six serves. UW-Oshkosh added a 5-1 run to steer 17-14 earlier than the Blugolds knotted the rating at 21, 22 and 24 factors Wizceb and Maren Motz recorded back-to-back kills to tie the set rating at two apiece.
UW-Eau Claire jumped out to a 4-2 lead within the fifth set; nevertheless the sting didn’t final lengthy as UW-Oshkosh instantly recorded a three-point streak to flip the lead. The Titans prolonged their lead with two Perlberg kills and an unforced error by their ninth level and added two 2-0 runs to retain a small edge. After the Blugolds made the rating 14-13 with a pair of kills, Motz registered the Titans’ 68th kill of the match, ending the set and match.
UW-Eau Claire’s Abby Stanwood and Bailey Leeke every recorded double-doubles. Stanwood recorded 21 kills and 22 digs, whereas Leeke produced 23 kills and 17 digs.
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