DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball program (5-4 overall, 0-1 GLIAC) continued its six-match home stand on Friday night but lost to Parkside (3-6 overall, 1-0 GLIAC) in five sets.  The Warriors were up 2-0 in the match and led the third set 21-12 before the visiting Rangers stormed back to steal a win inside the Matthaei.

HOW IT HAPPENED
WSU led early in the first set 6-4 following a block by Madelyn Krenz (Chenoa, Ill. / Prairie Central) and a bad set by Parkside.  A kill followed by back-to-back aces from Lauren VanderWal (Caledonia, Mich.) pushed the advantage to 9-5.  The Rangers tied the game at 10-10 and led 15-13. A 7-1 run from the Green & Gold gave the home team a 22-18 lead.  WSU would win the opening set 25-18 on two kills from Krenz.

Maddy Benoit (Farmington, Mich. / Mercy) put WSU up 6-2 in the second set with consecutive aces.  Two attacking errors from UWP pushed the margin to 12-8 and VanderWal collected a kill to make it 14-9.  Summer Farris (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) tallied a point and gave the Warriors a 19-12 advantage.  Taylor Wagner (St. Joseph, Mich. / Lakeshore) got in on the action and pushed the lead to 21-13 before Wayne State would secure a 2-0 match lead with a 25-17 victory.

It was more of the same for WSU in the third set as it led 12-15 and Wagner capped a 6-0 run with back-to-back kills.  Sam Palazzolo (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) served an ace to make it 20-10 and VanderWal posted a kill to push the advantage to 21-12.  However, the Rangers would win 13 of the next 15 points and shock WSU with a 25-23 set three win.

The momentum had firmly shifted to Parkside and it powered the visitors to a 9-1 lead to begin the fourth set.  A combo block from Farris and Krenz gave WSU a 19-18 lead and capped a 6-0 rally.  The Warriors held onto a 21-20 lead before UWP ended the set on a 5-1 run and forced a fifth set with a 25-22 victory.

Parkside the led the fifth and final set 4-2 and 7-5.  A block by Olivia Fike (North Branch, Mich.) and Krenz tied the set at 7-7.  The set was tied at 8-8 but the Rangers won the final seven points to best WSU 15-8 and 3-2.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Krenz tallied 16 kills on 32 swings to post a .438 hitting percentage.  Wagner had 12 kills, while VanderWal finished with 11.  Kamryn Duffield (Romeo, Mich.) dished out 49 assists and Benoit anchored the defense with 14 digs.

UP NEXT
Wayne State will finish the home stand against Purdue Northwest on Saturday afternoon with first serve set for 2:00 p.m.