RIPON, Wis. (WLCSports.com) – Wisconsin Lutheran College picked up a pair of straight-set non-conference victories on Friday at the Red Hawks Invitational, sweeping both host Ripon and Mount Mary inside Weiske Gymnasium.

Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Ripon 0 (25-14, 25-19, 26-24)
The Warriors opened tournament play by hitting .246 as a team on 47 kills, 17 errors, and 122 total attempts.

Freshman Ireland Zyzo (Waukesha, Wis.) paced the WLC attack with 12 kills, followed closely by freshman Elizabeth Ehlke (Cedarburg, Wis.) with 11. Freshman Lydia Neeb (Oostburg, Wis.) directed the offense with a match-high 23 assists. Freshman Alyssa Koval (Winneconne, Wis.) and sophomore Brooke Bartelt (West Bend, Wis.) keyed Wisconsin Lutheran from the service line with three service aces apiece, while freshman Juliet Boche (Ixonia, Wis.) led the defense at the net with two solo blocks. In the back row, Koval posted a team-high 16 digs, followed by Zyzo and Ehlke with 13 digs each and Bartelt with 10.

The Red Hawks (2-9) finished the match hitting .112 overall, tallying 20 kills, eight errors, and 107 attempts.

Makenna Harren led the RC with six kills. Mattea Jacobson ran the Ripon attack with 17 assists. Brooklyn Tranberg and Jacobson each served two aces, while Tranberg and Harren each recorded a solo block. Haylee Kast paced the defense with 11 digs.

Wisconsin Lutheran 3, Mount Mary 0 (25-9, 25-22, 25-22)
In their second match of the day, the Warriors hit .220, racking up 44 kills and 16 errors on 127 attacks to complete the Friday sweep.

Zyzo again led WLC with 10 kills, while sophomore Lauren Charbonneau (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) distributed a team-high 14 assists. Zyzo and junior Veronica Tollakson (New Glarus, Wis.) each recorded two service aces. Defensively, Bartelt anchored the back line with a match-high 25 digs, while Ehlke collected 12. At the net, freshman Alex Emberger (Maple Grove, Minn.) posted three total blocks.

The Blue Angels (2-10) hit .060 across the three sets, finishing with 23 kills, 16 errors, and 116 total attempts.

Andriana White paced MMU with a match-best 12 kills, Ava Fincher orchestrated the offense with 20 assists, and Gabriela Saucedo Salas led the back row with 19 digs.

Wisconsin Lutheran (4-6) wraps up play at the Red Hawks Invitational on Saturday with matches against UW-Stout Polytechnic (7-3) at 11 a.m. and Hamline (2-8) at 1 p.m.