DePaul University
5-4,0-0Big East
Milwaukee
6-5,0-0Horizon
DePaul Falls at Milwaukee
9/12/2023 8:04:00 PM | WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Scholz leads the team in blocks, while Pressly earns 10 kills
MILWAUKEE, WIS. - DePaul volleyball dropped a three-set match to Milwaukee (15-25, 20-25, 22-25), Tuesday night.
DePaul was led by Jill Pressly who tallied 10 kills and 11 digs for the 36th double-double of her career. Current BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, Meghan Scholz picked right back up from where she left off, tallying six blocks and four kills.Â
Audrey Klemp and Bailey Nelson poured in seven and six kills, respectively. Four Blue Demons tallied two blocks each, earning a total of eight blocks throughout the match.
"Every match for us this year is a separate chapter where we learn a unique lesson," said head coach Marie Zidek. "Today was chapter nine versus Milwaukee. Milwaukee exposed us in ways that will soon become our strengths. They put a motor and pace into transition that we have yet to see, maybe besides South Dakota. They did so with attackers that fixed balls and found kills all over the court. Our defense finally caught up but our offense was so disrupted by their defensive scheme and serve that we could not find the kills we typically find off edges of the block and line. When we finally made it to the red zone, we didn't execute the scout effectively. This was a lesson of a team now having multiple matches to study your game and putting together a good scheme with us just not able to hold onto our games because of it. The silver lining is that this was match nine of 29 guaranteed opportunities this year. If we hold onto this loss, let it hurt, and learn from this, there's no limit to where we can go as a group. The only way is through together."
Milwaukee was led by Ari Miller with 12 kills.Â
HOW IT HAPPENED:
SET ONE: Milwaukee got out to a 10-4 lead, but kills by Klemp and Jones cut the lead to three. The Panthers went on 7-1 run to go up by nine points, but behind a Nelson kill and Milwaukee error DePaul was able to cut into the lead. The hosts took over with a 15-8 surge, to close out the first set. .
SET TWO: The Panthers continued their strong start with a 4-0 run to take the 11-4 lead and cause a Blue Demons timeout. DePaul fought back to take an 18-17 lead after an 8-2 run, highlighted by two kills each from Klemp and Pressly.Milwaukee responded with three straight kills and a Blue Demons error to take the two set lead.Â
SET THREE: DePaul took the early 4-0 lead as Pressly delivered two kills, a service ace from Mannion recorded an ace and Oxley and Jones combined for a block. Much back-and forth as the teams traded points, but the Panthers took the match win on a 5-2 surge.
UP NEXT
The Blue Demons take on two Chicagoland rivals this weekend. DePaul heads north to visit Loyola on Friday, Sept. 15 with first serve from Gentile Arena coming at 6 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Blue Demons will host the UIC Flames at 6 p.m.Â
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