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Kayla Price
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Wright State WSU 3-17, 0-6 HL
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Winner Milwaukee UWM 11-9, 5-1 HL
Wright State WSU
3-17, 0-6 HL
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Final
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Milwaukee UWM
11-9, 5-1 HL
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wright State WSU 21 22 25 22 (1)
Milwaukee UWM 25 25 14 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Panthers Earn Hard-Fought Win Over Wright State

Milwaukee now a perfect 8-0 at home



MILWAUKEE - Kayla Price dished out a season-high 54 assists and Julie Kolinske tallied a game-high 25 kills to help lead the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee volleyball team to a 3-1 win over Wright State Friday night from the Klotsche Center.
 
Milwaukee (11-9, 5-1 Horizon) remains perfect at home with the win, moving to 8-0 this season on its home court after the hard-fought 25-21, 25-22, 14-25, 25-22 win.
 
Wright State (3-17, 0-6 Horizon) was very efficient on the night, committing just 11 errors on the night.
 
But Milwaukee received contributions from seemingly everyone on the court, including another double-double by sophomore Myanna Ruiz, registering 19 digs and 11 kills.
 
Price also recorded a double-double with 12 digs to go with her assist count and Nicole Latzig was key off the bench, hitting .667 with eight kills.
 
"We had to really earn that one," Milwaukee head coach Susie Johnson said. "Wright State played really well. They didn't make a lot of mistakes and we did, so we had to get some guts and work it out. I was really proud of the team because it was definitely a team effort for us to work it out and be able to win in four.
 
"It's a win. Wins are hard in this conference. Everybody is playing really hard against us because we are the team to beat, so I was really proud of the team for being able to push them back and be able to come out of the W."
 
After trailing early in the first set, Milwaukee ripped off five-straight points, highlighted by back-to-back aces by Maggie Dunbar to take the lead at 8-6 and never look back. A Kolinske kill followed by a WSU error stretched the Panther lead to 20-15 and it was Kolinske again with the kill to close out the first set for Milwaukee.
 
UWM had to battle in the second. After an early 6-2 lead, Wright State scored six-straight to claim an 8-6 edge. Milwaukee continued to keep its poise, slowly working back and finally grabbing the lead at 21-20 after forcing an error. From there it was all Milwaukee, wrapping up the set on a block by Dunbar and Kaisa Mattson.
 
The Raiders came out strong in the third set and quickly won their first set. WSU hit .500 and forced 10 Panther errors to bring the match back to 2-1.
 
Milwaukee responded right out of the gates in the fourth with a pair of service aces by Ruiz. Wright State refused to go away quietly, even grabbing a 20-19 lead late. But UWM again showed their fight, rattling off six of the final eight points, capped by back-to-back kills by Kolinske to seal the win.
 
It's a quick turnaround for UWM, taking on conference-foe Oakland Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. from the Klotsche Center.
 
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