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Kayla Giroux
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Kayla Giroux is hitting .279 this season after her strong performance on Tuesday.
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Saginaw Valley SV 8-5,4-1 GLIAC
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Winner Wayne State WSU 8-5,2-3 GLIAC
Saginaw Valley SV
8-5,4-1 GLIAC
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Final
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Wayne State WSU
8-5,2-3 GLIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Saginaw Valley SV 26 8 19 (0)
Wayne State WSU 28 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Volleyball Sweeps SVSU

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball program (8-5, 2-3 GLIAC) defeated Saginaw Valley State (8-5, 4-1 GLIAC), handing the Cardinals their first league loss of the season.  The Warriors took set one 28-26, set two 25-8 and set three 25-19.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cardinals led the opening set 6-4 and eventually 13-8.  With SVSU up 18-14, the Warriors won five straight points tot ake a 19-18 advantage.  Back-to-back kills from Lauren VanderWal (Caledonia, Mich.) gave the Green & Gold a 22-21 lead.  Maddie Morrison (Flushing, Mich.) gave the home team a 24-23 lead but the Cards won the next two points.  A point by VanderWal and a kill from Halle Shell (Port Huron, Mich. / Port Huron Northern) made it 26-25 but SVSU broke serve again and tied the game at 26-26.  Another spike by Morrison plus an ace from Sam Palazzolo (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) ended the set and gave Wayne State an exciting 28-26 victory.

The Warriors started fast in the second set leading 5-1 after a block by Alex Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens) and Shell.  Another block from the same duo made it 9-2.  The defense continued to supplement the offense and a block by Kayla Giroux (Flat Rock, Mich.) and VanderWal stretched WSU's advantage to 13-5.  Giroux sparked a 12-1 run to end the set.  Over that stretch, she tallied three kills and a block.

Wayne State opened the third set leading 7-3 after back-to-back kills from Shell.  A service ace by Palazzolo extended the home advantage to 11-4.  A point by Withun made it 16-10 before SVSU trimmed its deficit to 16-14 with a 4-0 rally.  WSU regained control and led 21-15 and 22-17.  Following two points by the Cardinals, WSU won the next three points, including consecutive kills by Giroux to complete the sweep.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Giroux and VanderWal led a balanced offensive attack with nine kills each, while Giroux hit .389.  Kamryn Duffield (Romeo, Mich.) finished with 33 assists and Maddy Benoit (Farmington, Mich. / Mercy) posted 16 digs.

ONE BIG THING
WSU's defense held SVSU to a -.009 hitting percentage, totaling 12 blocks.

FROM COACH KOTH
"A great match by the Warriors tonight!  We finally put together a compete effort against a very good Saginaw Valley team.  We had very solid performances by Madison Benoit and Kayla Giroux."

UP NEXT
WSU will host Lake Superior State on Friday and first serve is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

 
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