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Milwaukee MKE 8-19, 7-7 HL
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Winner Cleveland State CSU 17-9, 11-3 HL
Milwaukee MKE
8-19, 7-7 HL
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Final
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Cleveland State CSU
17-9, 11-3 HL
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Milwaukee MKE 29 25 22 16 (1)
Cleveland State CSU 31 23 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Panthers Clinch Postseason Berth Sunday

Team comes up just short of upset of Cleveland State

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Milwaukee volleyball team came up just short in an upset bid of league-leading Cleveland State Sunday afternoon in a 3-1 loss from Woodling Gymnasium.
 
The Panthers (8-19, 7-7 Horizon) took the Vikings (17-9, 11-3 Horizon) to the brink before falling just short down the stretch, 29-31, 25-23, 22-25, 16-25.
 
Despite the loss, MKE clinched a spot in the Horizon League Tournament due to other results around the conference.
 
"We put up a great fight today against one of the top teams in our conference," Milwaukee head coach Susie Johnson said. "We had a number of great individual performances. Defensively, I thought we worked really, really hard. We just came up a little short."
 
Despite their youth, Milwaukee came out and showed they weren't afraid of the league leaders. Down 14-10 in the first, the Panthers responded in a big way with a 9-2 run, capped by a service ace by Shanon Volpis to put her team ahead, 19-16. It was neck-and-neck the rest of the way, going deep into extras before CSU was able to just find a way late for the 31-29 win.
 
MKE bounced back by claiming the second set. Up 23-18 late, the Vikings would rally, but freshman Kleja Cerniauskaite would end any thoughts of a comeback with the late winner to tie things up.
 
It was another close affair in the third, but a late run by the Vikings gave them the 2-1 lead, before sealing the win in the fourth.
 
Carmen Heilemann continued her run of strong play with a match-high 18 kills. Abby Koenen added another 12, Cerniauskaite 11 and Kylie Wilks 10.
 
Jess Grabowski had a match-high 25 digs. Kailynn Mongan, Rylie Vaughn and Wilks all added 15 as the Panthers racked up 89 in the four setter.
 
Vaughn joined Wilks with a double-double of her own with 26 assists on the day, while Jenn Dore dished out 30 assists.
 
The Panthers close out the regular season this coming week with a pair of matches on the road, starting Thursday with a 6 pm match at UIC.
 
 
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