Marian University women’s volleyball (1-9, 0-0 NACC) fell to No. 2 UW-Whitewater and Carleton to open the Sandy Schumacher Memorial Tournament.
 

VS. NO. 2 UW-WHITEWATER (25-13, 26-24, 25-15)

• The opening set was all Warhawks as UWW was able to take an early 1-0 lead.
• Marian trailed 20-14 in the second set before going on a 9-3 run to tie the set at 23-23.
• The Sabres were able to fight off one set-point chance, but UWW took advantage of the second to lead 2-0.
• The third set played out similarly to the first as UW-Whitewater was able to secure the sweep.

VS. CARLETON (17-25, 26-24, 25-21, 23-25, 15-11)

• Marian opened the match with a 10-8 lead in the first set before scoring eight straight points to easily take the opener.
• The Sabres had a 17-12 lead in the second but Carleton showed life with five straight points.
• Marian managed to bring its lead out to 23-20 but the Knights stormed back to even the sets with a 6-1 spurt.
• The largest lead for most of the third set was only three points with Marian leading 20-19 late.
• Similarly to the second, Carlteon had a strong finish scoring six of the next seven points to take a 2-1 lead.
• Carleton built a 10-4 lead to start the fourth but Marian fought back to bring their deficit down to just one at 22-21.
• After a Knight point, Marian returned the favor with a strong finish scoring the final four points to force a fifth set.
• Neither team managed a lead larger than two through the first 21 points with Marian trailing 11-10.
• The Knights then scored the next three points which proved to be the difference.

VS. NO. 2 UW-WHITEWATER

• Marian was limited to only 22 kills with 12 of them coming in the second set.
• The Warhawks had a 41-33 advantage for digs.
• Marian remains winless in 10 matches against the Warhawks.
• This was the fourth straight match Marian faced a team at least receiving votes in the national poll.

VS. CARLETON

• Marian finished with a 60-55 edge in kills and 93-87 advantage for digs.
• At the net, Marian had five blocks, while Carleton had eight aces at the service line.
• This was the first victory in three matches for Carleton against Marian.
• The Sabres are winless in both five-set matches this season.

	Junior Kylie Krueger had the first double-double of her career with 15 kills and 21 digs against Carleton.
	Freshman Lily Breed posted 20 assists and 20 digs against Carleton.
	Senior Harley Bartels hit .387 with 14 kills against Carleton.