WAVERLY, Iowa – Tournament season has officially begun. The MSOE women's volleyball team headed west and participated at the St. Mary's Sugar Loaf Classic which was hosted by Wartburg College. The Raiders had a rough first day of play, but they rebounded nicely on Saturday to go 2-2 in their first weekend of the year.

RESULTS
MSOE RAIDERS – 0
UW-River Falls – 3

MSOE RAIDERS – 0
Gustavus Adolphus – 3

MSOE RAIDERS – 3
St. Mary's (Minn.) – 1

MSOE RAIDERS – 3
Carleton – 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

• vs. UW-River Falls
  • MSOE (2-2) attacked to the tune of .153 but were outkilled 43-12
  • Italia Fields had an impressive season opener. The senior hit .273 with seven kills and five digs.
• vs. Gustavus Adolphus
  • The Raiders had a hard time getting anything going on the offensive end and finished the second and third sets with a hitting percentage in negative figures
  • Quinn Borchert had eight kills while Fields led the team with two aces
• vs. St. Mary's (Minn.)
  • The Red & White hit .205 as a team in their first victory of the season and were able to win the third set in extra points to turn the tide of the match.
  • Both Borchert and Fields had double digit kills with the former sending home 17 in four sets.
  • Amanda Yackley tallied 35 assists while Fields and Samantha Johnson had 14 and 13 digs respectively.
  • The victory was the first against SMU in program history.
• vs. Carleton
  • MSOE saved their best match for last, downing their opponents in straight sets with 44 kills and a .228 attack percentage.
  • All eight Raiders registered at least one kill and all but two got into the digs stat column.
  • Borchert and Fields once again led the Red & White in kills with 13 each.
  • MSOE has won two straight against Carleton.
    

RAIDER REMARKS

• The Raiders have started 2-2 for the first time since the 2018 season.

WHO'S ON DECK
The Red & White will be back at it with three more next weekend when they travel to Kenosha, Wis. to participate at the Carthage Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

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