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Halle Shell, Alexa Withun
Alexa Withun had 35 kills in three matches this past weekend.
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Winner Wayne State WSU 15-5,7-2 GLIAC
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Ohio Dominican ODU 11-10,5-4 G-MAC
Winner
Wayne State WSU
15-5,7-2 GLIAC
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Final
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Ohio Dominican ODU
11-10,5-4 G-MAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Wayne State WSU 22 25 18 25 15 (3)
Ohio Dominican ODU 25 17 25 17 9 (2)

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

Volleyball Ends Crossover with a Five-Set Win

HAMMOND, Ind. -- The Wayne State University volleyball program (15-5 overall) finished play at the 2021 Midwest Regional Crossover with a five-set thrilling win over Ohio Dominican (11-10 overall) on Saturday afternoon.  The Warriors won set two (25-17, set four (25-17) and set five (15-9).

HOW IT HAPPENED
WSU led 6-4 to open the first set but ODU used a 6-0 rally, taking an 11-7 advantage.  An ace from Halle Shell (Port Huron, Mich. / Port Huron Northern) tied the set 15-15 and a kill from Maddie Morrison (Flushing, Mich.) made it a one-point game, 22-21.  The Panthers took the opening set 25-22.

Jenna Kray (Westerville, Ohio / Worthington Christian) staked the Warriors to a 6-5 lead early in the second set.  That advantage grew to 12-8 and 18-9.  During the 9-1 run, Taylor Wagner (St. Joseph, Mich. / Lakeshore) collected a pair of kills.  An ODU error made it 23-14 before Wayne State used a kill from Shell and another Panther error to win the set, 25-17.

The Panthers led set three 7-4 and 11-8.  The Green & Gold answered and led 16-14 before a 5-0 Panthers run gave ODU a 19-16 lead.  The Panthers would go on to win 25-18.

The fourth set was tied at 6-6 after a point by Morrison.  The Warriors went ahead 13-8 on a 7-1 run, which was powered by two kills from Alex Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens).  The Green & Gold led 20-12, 24-15 and would win 25-17 to force a fifth set.

Wayne State never trailed in the decisive set and Wagner put the Warriors on top 6-1.  Two Panther errors made it 10-5.  Points by Morrison and Shell stretched WSU's lead to 12-7.  ODU trimmed its deficit to 12-9 but a kill from Withun and back-to-back services aces Julia Malewicz (Macomb, Mich. / Utica Academy for International Studies / Henry Ford II) ended the set and gave the Warriors a 15-9 victory en route to a 3-2 match win.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Wagner posted a double-double with 14 kills and 19 digs, while Withun tallied 11 kills.  Kamryn Duffield (Romeo, Mich.) finished with 37 assists and 13 digs.

ONE BIG THING
Wayne State continue to lean on it strong serve gae and used 13 aces on Saturday to offset a 55-51 deficit in kills.

HEAD COACH THOUGHTS
"We have had a very challenging schedule over the last few weeks (six matches in eight days) and today being the last day of this stretch was really a war of attrition for us," said head coach Tim Koth.  "Credit to our opponent for playing a gritty match, but great credit to us for doing whatever it took to be successful today.  A great character win for Wayne State Volleyball."

UP NEXT
WSU returns home to host Saginaw Valley State on Saturday afternoon.  First serve is set for 4:00 PM.

 
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