MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WLCSports.com) – Wisconsin Lutheran College swept Rose-Hulman 3-0 on Friday at Time of Grace Center, defeating the Fightin' Engineers 25-22, 25-16, 25-22.
The Warriors (2-4) started fast in the opening set, scoring the first eight points behind the serve of freshman
Alyssa Koval (Winneconne, Wis.), who recorded four aces during the run. RHIT battled back with a 7-1 stretch to pull within 13-10, but WLC kept the lead the rest of the way and held off Rose-Hulman for a 25-22 win.
Wisconsin Lutheran again used a key run to take control in the second set. With the score tied 3-3, the Warriors used a 7-1 run on sophomore
Lauren Charbonneau's (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) serve to build an 11-4 advantage. WLC hit a match-best .292 in the set and closed with a 25-16 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
The Fightin' Engineers never led in the third set, despite knotting the score three times. Wisconsin Lutheran stretched its lead to 19-12 with another scoring burst and withstood a late push from RHIT to complete the sweep with a 25-22 win.
The Warriors hit .191 for the match with 33 kills, 16 errors, and 89 total attacks. Freshman
Elizabeth Ehlke (Cedarburg, Wis.) led WLC with eight kills, while junior
Elexa Varden (Dixon, Ill.) added six. Junior
Hannah Rood (Burnsville, Minn.) finished with a team-high 13 assists, followed by Charbonneau with 12. Koval led WLC with five service aces, sophomore
Brooke Bartelt (West Bend, Wis.) collected a team-best 15 digs, and Varden paced Wisconsin Lutheran at the net with five total blocks.
Rose-Hulman (1-4) finished with a .121 hitting percentage, totaling 31 kills, 19 errors, and 99 attacks. Greta Carlson led the Fightin' Engineers with 11 kills, Hannah Bergfeld handed out 17 assists, and Emma Blanton and Keira Ohse recorded two aces apiece. Shae Clements posted a team-high 12 digs, while Ohse and Carlson each finished with one solo block.
The Warriors return to Time of Grace Center on Saturday for the WLC Quadrangular, facing Millikin (3-3) at 10 a.m. and UW-Platteville (3-2) at 12:30 p.m.