UW-La Crosse's volleyball trip to River Falls ended in a straight-sets defeat on Wednesday night, as UW-River Falls took the WIAC match 3-0 at Don Page Arena.
The home side controlled the opening two sets by identical 25-18 scores. River Falls put down 12 kills in the first set, then raised its hitting to .250 with 14 kills and only three errors in the second.
La Crosse pushed hardest in the third set and extended it beyond 25 points, but River Falls closed out the sweep 26-24 with 15 kills in the final set.
Blessing Adebisi led River Falls with 15 kills on 27 swings, hitting .481, plus four blocks and a team-best 18.5 points. Emily Brenner added eight kills and 12 digs, Amanda Baumann had seven kills, Cora Sayotovich ran the offense with 32 assists, and Audrey Petersen led the defense with 19 digs.
As a team River Falls finished with 41 kills, six service aces and 10 blocks, while holding La Crosse to a .067 hitting percentage and 32 kills.
River Falls improved to 15-6 overall and 2-3 in the WIAC. The Falcons play again on Saturday, Oct. 24 in Madison, facing Benedictine and Edgewood on the Edgewood University campus.
