Women's Volleyball Sweeps Concordia Chicago

RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The Concordia Wisconsin women's volleyball team took care of business on a quick business trip to Concordia Chicago. The Falcons soared to a 25-16, 25-13, 25-21 victory to soar to 12-9 on the year and 7-1 in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. CUW has now won six consecutive matches.

The serve of freshman McKenna Oetzman (Reedsburg, Wis.) put the Cougars in a 4-0 hole early in the first set. The cats scratched back and closed the CUW lead to 6-5. The Falcons elevated the lead to 10-5 with the serve of sophomore Emily Dickmann (Grafton, Wis.). An attacking error gave the Falcons a 23-14 lead, and junior Abby Proefrock (Grafton, Wis.) ended the set at 25-16 with a kill.

The Cougars flipped the script and held a 4-0 lead to start the second set. That lead quickly evaporated and with the set tied at nine, CUW broke away and a trio of attack errors gave CUW the lead at 16-10. A pair of errors gave the Falcons the set at 25-13.

Junior Mickenzi Benter (De Pere, Wis.) gave the Falcons the lead at 2-1 in the third set and the Birds never looked back. A service ace from junior Noelle Smith (Davenport, Iowa) gave the Falcons a 16-9 lead for the biggest lead of the set. A kill from junior Paige Stickney (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) ended the match at 25-21.

Concordia Wisconsin once again featured a very balanced attack on Saturday with eight Falcons recording a kill, with Paige Stickney leading the way with eight and a 0.533 hitting percentage.

McKenna Oetzman had 18 assists in the victory.

CUW landed nine service aces with Noelle Smith securing four.

Sophomore Skylar Kumprey (New Berlin, Wis.) had eight digs and Mickenzi Benter led the match with three blocks.

The Falcons return home on Thursday against Benedictine.