Carthage College's women's volleyball team lost to Millikin in four sets on Wednesday night at Tarble Arena in Kenosha.
Millikin took the match 3-1 in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin play, winning by set scores of 25-21, 15-25, 28-26 and 25-22. The loss left Carthage at 15-10 overall and 4-2 in conference play.
After dropping the opening set, Carthage answered with a 25-15 win in the second set to even the match. Millikin then edged a third set that was tied at 24-24 and again at 26-26, scoring the final two points, and held its lead late in the fourth set to close out the match.
Millikin finished with 53 kills and hit .223 as a team, while Carthage recorded 49 kills and hit .169. Kristina Manojlovic and Ava Dettwiler led the Firebirds with 10 kills each, and Dettwiler added 23 assists, nine digs and two service aces.
Hailey Wierzgac added eight kills and four total blocks for Carthage, and Macy Wente led the team with 14 digs. Della Walsh recorded 20 assists.
Carthage returns to Tarble Arena on Saturday, Oct. 31, to host Carroll University at 6 p.m. for Senior Night, which the school is also promoting as a Halloween night event.
