UW-Oshkosh Has Huge Win (3-12-16)
The UW-Oshkosh men's volleyball team, ranked #7 according to the latest National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Division I poll, took a huge step towards winning its eighth straight Wisconsin Volleyball Conference title with a 25-21, 16-25, 25-20, 25-18 win over #3 ranked Marquette University on Friday (March 11) in Milwaukee.
With the win the Titans remain undefeated in conference with a 12-0 record and the Golden Eagles fall to 9-2 with both loses coming to UW-Oshkosh. UW-Eau Claire sits in third place with a 8-2 mark and UW-La Crosse is fourth at 7-4.
UW-Oshkosh came out on fire in the front court in the first set by recording eight team blocks, led by Tyler Range (Sr. - Kenosha) who had six stuffs. Eaven Mason (Fr. - Milwaukee) and Alec Redlich (Sr. - Wauwatosa) each had three kills as the Titans added 12 kills.
Set two was all Marquette University as they built leads of 5-0 and 13-6 behind powerful serving. The Titans had three receiving errors in the set.
In the critical third set, Redlich had the hot hand, recording seven of the Titans 16 kills. In the fourth set, Marquette University miscued on five serves as UW-Oshkosh built leads of 12-5 and 23-15 before closing out the match.
Redlich paced the Titans with 13 kills on 29 attempts while adding two service aces and two blocks. Wesley Morioka (Sr. - Chicago, Ill.) provided nine kills and five digs, Allen Grunert (Jr.- Muskego) dialed up eight kills, two service aces and three blocks and Range finished with five kills and nine blocks.
Travis Hudson (Sr. - Wauwatosa) knocked out five kills, five digs, eight blocks and 35 assists, Michael Wamboldt (Jr. - Kenosha) had eight digs and Eaven Mason (Fr. - Milwaukee) pitched in six kills and three blocks.
"We had some great individual performances but the bottom line is that we won this highly intense match with a team effort," said head coach Brian Schaefer. "Wamboldt and Redlich had monster performances which was good to see because they didn't play against them the last time we matched up with them. They are a great team and it was one of the best environments I have been a part of in the WVC. It will be fun to see how we both do at nationals."
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