Bethany Lutheran BLC 8-12,1-5 UMAC

Wis.-Superior UWS 15-6,5-1 UMAC

Bethany Lutheran BLC

8-12,1-5 UMAC

Final

Oct. 11, 2024

Wis.-Superior UWS

15-6,5-1 UMAC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Bethany Lutheran BLC	22	17	20	(0)
Wis.-Superior UWS	25	25	25	(3)

Summary
Box Score

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Game Recap: Volleyball | 10/11/2024 9:49:00 PM | Ryan Castaneda, Sports Information Specialist

Volleyball Earns Fifth Sweep of UMAC Play, Defeats Vikings 3-0

SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Yellowjacket volleyball team has been on a roll in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action during the 2024 campaign. UWS picked up straight set victories in its first three matches against Northland, Crown and Minnesota Morris. Despite falling to Northwestern, the Yellowjackets got back on track with a sweep of North Central last week.

The good times kept rolling for the 'Jackets Friday, playing host to Bethany Lutheran in another key conference match. A balanced attack from the home squad resulted in another 3-0 sweep, defeating the Vikings on Swarm Night in Superior.

Match Notes

UW-Superior jumped out in front early by a score of 8-3. Sydney Smith (Milltown, Wis./Unity) got the party started with a kill, who was followed by Addy Gangl (Nashwauk, Minn./Nashwauk-Keewatin) and Maiana Stark (Germantown, Wis./Germantown).
The Vikings began to gain ground with Yellowjacket attack errors, but the Yellowjackets garnered three-straight points from Stark and Gangl, boosting to a 15-9 advantage.
BLC came within three at 17-14 before three consecutive attack errors from the Vikings stymied their rally. They would gain four points to be up 21-19, but Ayla Oltmanns (Gilbert, Minn./Duluth East) and Smith marked kills before Bethany Lutheran grabbed two points. The first set wrapped up after a kill from Addy Gangl (Nashwauk, Minn./Nashwauk-Keewatin), who took a feed from Colleen Claude (Centuria, Wis./Homeschool) to earn a 25-22 set victory.
Set number two saw UWS fall 7-5 in the opening minutes. Bethany Lutheran gave up three-of-four points to allow the Yellowjackets to take the lead before UWS gave back two, sitting at 9-9.
Teams traded the lead and points until the 'Jackets grabbed five consecutive points, leading 19-14. From there the Yellowjackets rolled, seeing kills from Gangl, Stark, Smith and Makenna Hohbein (Holdingford, Minn./Holdingford), winning 25-17.
The third set saw UW-Superior score the first three points from Hohbein, Oltmanns and Smith. From there the lead wouldn't leave the Yellowjackets, as a combination of Viking miscues and Yellowjacket kills saw a 13-7 lead. Gangl, Smith and Hohbein led the offensive attack, with Gabi Schwirtz (Plato, Minn./Glencoe-Silver Lake) dishing assists to her fellow teammates, who sat at a 19-12 advantage.
The 'Jackets continued to roll late in the set, but Bethany Lutheran wasn't done quite yet. Three kills and a pair of consecutive service aces saw BLC crawl back 23-20, but Oltmanns and Stark issued the final blows of the match, giving UWS its fifth 3-0 victory in conference play.
Gangl and Smith finished with double-digit kills Friday, picking up 12 and 10, respectively.
Claude ended the evening with 25 assists, while Schwirtz added 14.
Jenna Anderson (Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji) scooped 24 digs on the evening, once again leading the Yellowjackets' defensive efforts. She currently sits at 2,158 total digs throughout her collegiate career.