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Women's Volleyball

Titans Win Nine-Team Invitational

Box Score

The UW-Oshkosh women's volleyball team won six sets by two points on its way to a 4-0 record in capturing the nine-team UW-Oshkosh Invitational on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 16-17) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh (8-6) took care of Concordia University Wisconsin, 25-11, 25-20, 23-25, 25-17 and Carroll University, 25-15, 26-24, 25-23 on Friday to secure first play in their opening pool. The Titans went on to defeat UW-Eau Claire, 26-24, 22-25, 25-21, 29-27 and Elmhurst College (Ill.), 26-24, 25-23, 14-25, 25-21 on Saturday to cap off the weekend.

Morgan Liebetrau (Jr. • West Bend) led the offense by dishing out 154 assists, while adding 22 digs and seven service aces. Morgan Nick (Fr. • Fond du Lac) slammed down 50 kills, Robyn Eggert (So. • Woodridge, Ill.) scooped up 94 digs and Kayla Powers (Jr. • Tomahawk) provided 26 kills and 15 blocks. Sarah Petermann (So. • Appleton) piled up 43 kills, 57 digs and six blocks and Jordyn Bratel (So. • Milwaukee) chalked up 30 kills, 23 digs and seven blocks.

In beating Concordia University Wisconsin (1-8) for the second time in one week all 16 UW-Oshkosh players received court time. Nick led the Titans with 10 kills on a .444 hitting percentage and Liebetrau provided 22 helpers. Eggert patrolled the back court with 21 digs and Danielle Stoppenbach (Fr. • Burlington) seized 10 digs and added four kills. Petermann had 11 kills on a .500 hitting percentage and added 13 digs and Sarah Micheli (Fr. • Wheaton, Ill.) had eight kills.

Maddie Ogden (Sr. • Sheboygan) tallied 15 assists and Kristin Kozlovsky (Fr. • Denmark) had nine assists and eight digs. Larissa Krumplitsch (Jr. • Appleton) had five kills on a .625 hitting percentage and Kelsey Mauer (Jr. • Sheboygan) added four kills on nine errorless attempts. Jessie Schira (Sr. • Wausau), Kozlovsky, Nick and Powers each had three blocks.

Nick provided the offense in the sweep of Carroll University (5-8) with 12 kills, while adding three blocks. Liebetrau had 28 assists and eight digs, Powers amassed three service aces and three blocks and Bratel had seven kills and six digs. Eggert channeled 16 digs and Petermann provided seven digs and two blocks.

UW-Oshkosh had four players with double-digit kills in their dramatic victory over WIAC rival UW-Eau Claire (6-7) in the non-conference tilt. Bratel had 14 kills, followed by Petermann with 13 and Nick and Powers with 11. Krumplitsch added seven kills on nine attempts as the team hit .286 in the match.

Liebetrau dished out 57 assists and scooped up eight digs and had two service aces. Her lone block in the match came on match point. Eggert totaled 26 digs, Petermann 21 and Brittney Cote (Jr. • Orland Park, Ill.) 10. Powers had a team-high four blocks and Bratel and Petermann each recorded three service aces.

UW-Oshkosh turned the tables on Elmhurst College (9-2) in the championship match after losing to the Blue Jays, 25-18, 25-19, 23-25, 25-17 on Sept. 6.  Nick slammed down 17 kills on a .353 hitting percentage to pace the Titans. Petermann added 16 kills and 16 digs and Eggert had a career-high 31 digs and added two service aces. Liebetrau did the work on the offensive end with 47 assists and Powers contributed eight kills and five blocks.

Eggert, Nick and Petermann were named to the 10-person all-tournament team with Petermann capturing most outstanding player honors. Joining the Titans on the squad were Emily Cecka from Carroll University, Perrie Morgan and Antoneya Veasy Smith from Elmhurst College, Lisa Aguilar from Ripon College, Katelyn Hauf from Martin Luther College (Minn.), Liz Amici from UW-Eau Claire and Rachel Johnson from Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Next up for the Titans, who have now won seven of their last eight matches is a showdown with UW-Platteville on Wednesday (Sept. 21). The contest marks the WIAC opener for both teams and will be played in Kolf Sports Center.