SUPERIOR, Wis. -- Sophomore Maiana Stark (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) recorded 14 kills and senior Alexie Pryd (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove Senior) added 10 as the UW-Superior volleyball team earned its first sweep of Minnesota Morris in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference era on Friday at Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium.
 
The Yellowjackets won, 25-23, 25-22, 25-21, for just their fourth victory over the Cougars since joining the conference for the 2015 season. With the win, Superior climbed back to .500 at 8-8 and remained perfect in league play, moving to 4-0.
 
Stark hit a team-high .250 with only six errors in 32 swings, while Pryd registered 13 digs to complete her seventh double-double of the season.
 
Freshman Colleen Claude (Centuria, Wis./Homeschool) and senior Cassy Teff (Foley, Minn./Foley) combined for 29 of the team's 31 assists with Claude collecting 15 to help guide UWS to a .136 team hitting percentage.
 
The match featured 17 tie scores and eight lead changes with 12 and five, respectively, coming in the first set alone.
 
UWS rallied from a 20-17 deficit in the opening stanza, sealing the win with an 8-3 run. Teff, Stark, freshman Ella Kapus (Ham Lake, Minn./Blaine) and senior Kaylin Plautz (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) contributed kills in the stretch to close it out.
 
UWS, which never lost the lead in the second set, jumped out to a 9-5 with the help of two Minnesota Morris errors sandwiching a Teff service ace. The Cougars (5-10, 2-2) shaved the lead to 12-10 prior to Superior scoring three straight on a pair of errors and a Claude ace. 
 
Morris crept to within 19-18, but UWS used a 5-1 to push the lead to 24-19. UMM fought off three set points, but could not get any closer.
 
Knotted at 19-19 in the third, the 'Jackets closed the sweep with a 7-2 run, which included a block from junior Kielan LaPlante (Chatfield, Minn./Chatfield) and Kapus along with kills by Pryd and Plautz.
 
Laura Wellbrock led the Cougars with nine kills, while McKenzie Newton had 24 assists and Sydney Eckhoff 13 digs.
 
UWS hosts Crown on Alumnae Day Saturday. First serve is set for 1 p.m.