Milwaukee, Wis. – The Wheaton volleyball team competed at the WLC Triangular hosted by Wisconsin Lutheran College on Friday. The Thunder faced the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran in the opening match as the hosts defeated Wheaton, 3-1 (26-24, 25-22, 16-25, 18-25). In the middle match of the triangular, Kalamazoo College topped the Thunder, 3-1 (25-20, 27-25, 21-25, 25-15).
In the 3-1 WLC victory in the day's first match, Wheaton had a match-high 45 kills as the bested the 37 kills recorded by the Warriors.
Katherine Adkison led the Thunder with 10 kills, while
Mary Patrick had nine.
Sydney Overweg tallied eight kills and
Chelsea Poskocil recorded seven.
Karalyn Osborne had 20 assists and
Adasyn Konopka tallied 19.
Avery Nance had a team-high 13 digs for the Thunder.
Mary Hamann had four total blocks, and
Meghan Shah had a team-high three service aces.
Kalamazoo bested Wheaton 3-1 in the final match of the afternoon for the Thunder. Patrick and
Heidi Horan each had 10 kills for the Thunder in the match against the Hornets. Overweg added eight kills for Wheaton. Osborne had 20 assists and Konopka contributed 17.
Mary Patrick had five total blocks, while Overweg added three total blocks.
Elle Hudepohl was Wheaton's dig leader in the match with 11 total.
Wheaton begins a busy week next Tuesday with a 7:00 p.m. match at Aurora University. That is followed by a CCIW road match at fourth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan.
