Box Score

ELMHURST, Ill. - The Elmhurst College volleyball team, ranked 25th in the latest AVCA poll, toppled the 22nd-ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in three sets.

Elmhurst (15-4) upended UW-Whitewater (15-5) 25-21, 26-24, 25-20. The win was only Elmhurst's fifth-ever victory against the Warhawks and marked the first victory against UW-Whitewater for head coach Julie Hall.

The match was tight for all three sets as the score was even at 19-19 in each set. The Bluejays surged in front in the opening set with three straight points to take the set 25-21.

Elmhurst trailed 22-19 and 24-22 in the second set, but four straight points gave the Bluejays the set and a 2-0 lead. Sam Szarmach smashed back-to-back kills to fight off both of the Warhawks' set points. Marci Novak followed with an ace to give Elmhurst a 25-24 lead and an attack error on the Warhawks gave the Bluejays the set.

The third set also went down to the wire with the score once again knotted at 19-19. A kill from Szarmach followed by a block from Megan Reynolds gave Elmhurst a 21-19 lead. Back-to-back kills from Kaitlyn Wilks and Reynolds put the Bluejays on top 23-19. An ace from Perrie Morgan gave Elmhurst five set-points. The Warhawks fought off the first point, but Taylor Rasmussen hammered down a kill to give the Bluejays the victory.

Reynolds led the Bluejays' offense with 11 kills and six blocks. Szarmach totaled nine kills and seven digs while Wilks finished with eight kills. Hannah Lessen tallied a team-leading 13 digs while Erin Thill led the squad in assists with 29. Antonéya Veasy Smith chipped in with seven kills and Katie Rueffer finished with nine assists for the Bluejays.

Elmhurst travels to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville tournament this weekend.