WINONA, Minn. — Kicking off the weekend, the Saint Mary's volleyball team (14-11, 3-4) swept the St. Catherine Wildcats (5-15, 3-4) on Friday evening.
SMU 3, STC 0
After a first-set thriller, in which two aces by Lindsey Rossow sealed the deal 27-25 over the Wildcats, the Cardinals finally took control of the remainder of the match.
The Cardinals found themselves trailing early in the second set, 6-3, before turning it around. The team strung together short three-point runs to inch toward the set win. Maddie Baker and Kali Olson sparked the short bursts, leading 16-11. To cap the set, the Cardinals went on a 5-0 run, led by Kinlee Grattan at the service line and the same two, Olson and Baker, at the front lines, taking set two 25-20.
It was another close set thriller in set three. The Wildcats went up 13-9, but the Cardinals started to piece things together as they hit a match-best .233. The Cardinals are a resilient bunch as they found themselves in a hole, down 24-21, but a timeout was all they needed to turn it around.
The Cardinals rallied back from the match-point deficit and shut down the Wildcats. Kali Olson made her presence known, and Rossow capped the evening with an ace.
The Cardinals held the Wildcats without a block in the match for the first time this season.
The Cardinals will be right back in action tomorrow, hosting St. Scholastica for a 5:00 p.m. match.
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