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VB win vs Oakland
3
Winner Milwaukee UWM 11-12, 4-5 HL
2
Oakland OAK 11-10, 6-3 HL
Winner
Milwaukee UWM
11-12, 4-5 HL
3
Final
2
Oakland OAK
11-10, 6-3 HL
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Milwaukee UWM 25 18 25 23 15 (3)
Oakland OAK 22 25 23 25 10 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Team Effort Pushes Panthers Past Oakland

Milwaukee sweeps league leaders

ROCHESTER, Mich. – Bridget Wallenberger had a match-high 21 kills to lead the Milwaukee volleyball to a big 3-2 road win over league-leading Oakland Friday evening from the O'rena.
 
The Panthers (11-12, 4-5 Horizon) led the whole way in the decisive fifth set to complete the season sweep over the Golden Grizzlies (11-10, 6-3 Horizon), 25-22, 18-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-10.
 
"This was a very impressive team effort," Milwaukee head coach Susie Johnson said. "We had to play the whole game and everyone was important. We used quite a few subs tonight and they came up big. It was an enormous team effort and I'm so excited to see what this team can continue to do."
 
Wallenberger led all players with 21 kills on the night to go with four blocks and four digs.
 
Kylie Wilks continued her hot streak, tying her career high with 19 digs to go with 18 kills, marking her impressive sixth straight double-double.
 
Mykie Olsen led the way defensively with 20 digs, while Lexie Uselding chipped in with nine and Jenn Dore added another eight. Dore also tied her career high in assists with 63, set just last time out in the win over Wright State.
 
Milwaukee also had notable contributions from Caitlin Schultz (nine kills), Jess Kalous (eight kills, five blocks) and Louise Kiekhofer (eight kills).
 
Darien Bandel led Oakland with 20 kills and eight blocks.
 
For the second straight match, Milwaukee went the full five with their opponents. And, for the second straight match, the Panthers were locked in for the marathon match.
 
After splitting the first two sets, the Panthers started the fifth with a 3-0 spurt after an ace by Kailynn Mongan to quickly force an Oakland timeout. The strong start continued with kill by Wilks making it 7-3 Milwaukee just before the switch.
 
OU fought back, drawing off their home crowd to close the gap to 12-10 late. But, Johnson called a timeout and the Panthers regrouping in fine form. Wilks started the final push with a big kill, followed by a massive block by Dore and Kalous. Wilks then closed things out with another power swing to send UWM home with its third-straight win.
 
Milwaukee claimed the final edge in kills (69-61) and assists (65-58) despite only hitting .168 in the win and Oakland finishing with 24 blocks in the loss.
 
The Panthers finish the weekend road trip Saturday with a 3 pm Central match at Cleveland State from the Wolstein Center.
 
 
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