EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire volleyball team lost to UW-Oshkosh, 3-2, on Saturday at Sonnentag Event Center, with set scores of 17-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-21 and 8-15. The Blugolds rallied in the fourth set after trailing 13-10, taking a 15-14 lead and winning the set 25-21 before Oshkosh took the fifth. UW-Eau Claire finished with 62 kills and 10 service aces, while the Titans matched the kill total and held a 13-4 edge in blocks. The Blugolds' service ace total surpassed their season average of 7.89.
UW-Oshkosh took the opening set 25-17, holding a 15-14 edge in kills while the Blugolds committed eight attack errors.
Rachel Johnson led UWEC with five kills, including three during a four-point stretch that moved the set to 21-16. UW-Eau Claire took the second set 25-20, spreading 12 kills among six players and adding four service aces.
Rachel Johnson led the set with four kills and an ace for the Blugolds, while
Kaitlyn Erickson led the set with five assists and six digs.
The Blugolds and Titans each had 13 kills in the third set, but Oshkosh recorded three blocks and took the set 25-23. UWEC's late push included a
Rachel Johnson kill and back-to-back
Alex Kiebel aces that turned a 22-20 deficit into a 23-22 lead before UWO scored the final three points. UW-Eau Claire won the fourth set 25-21 and held a 20-11 advantage in kills, led by
Brynlee Major's eight and
Mya Cinnamo's seven. After trailing 13-10, UWEC moved in front 15-14, then answered a 20-20 tie by scoring five of the final six points with Major and Cinnamo providing each of its kills in that closing stretch.
The Blugolds were limited to three kills in the fifth set — two by
Mya Cinnamo and one by
Brynlee Major — as UW-Oshkosh took the set 15-8. The Titans finished with eight kills and three blocks to seal the WIAC result
Mya Cinnamo led the Blugolds with 16 kills and finished with 16.0 points. Major added 15 kills, two block assists and matched Cinnamo with 16.0 points.
Alex Kiebel recorded 34 assists, 17 digs and three service aces.
Kaitlyn Erickson collected a team-high 22 digs while adding 10 assists and two aces.
UW-Eau Claire is 13-7 overall and 2-3 in WIAC play. UW-Oshkosh is 23-3 overall and 5-0 in WIAC play.
Up next, the Blugolds volleyball team travels to Stevens Point, Wis., to face UW-Stevens Point on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. at Shirley Egner Court at Berg Gym.
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