LA CROSSE, Wis. –
Emily Dickmann (
Fr.-Grafton, Wis.) was named to the all-tournament team and the Lakeland University women's volleyball team finished 1-1 on the final day of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Invitational Saturday.
The Muskies traveled up for the final day of the tourney and split two matches, first falling to UW-Stout in five sets, 25-21, 18-25, 18-25, 30-28, 15-12. Lakeland finished on a good note, defeating Martin Luther (Minn.) College 25-16, 22-25, 25-21, 25-17.
The Muskies (4-7 overall) lost a heartbreaker in their first match against undefeated Stout (11-0 overall), coming up short in a match that included 52 ties and 18 lead changes over five sets. Nineteen of those ties came in the fourth set, where Lakeland fought off four set points and even had a match point at 26-25 before the Blue Devils came back.
Stout finally finished the set off with a block and a kill to win 30-28, and then never trailed in a fifth set that still also was close to the end. The Blue Devils jumped to a quick 5-1 lead, but the Muskies came back to tie at 8-8 and still trailed just 12-11 after a kill by
Katie Metzler (
Sr.-Kewaunee, Wis.). UW-Stout closed with three of the final four points, with the match ending on a Lakeland attack error.
Susana Stevens (
Jr.-Las Cruces, N.M.) finished with 18 kills and Metzler added 12 kills.
Isabella Westerholm (
Jr.-Prior Lake, Minn.) also added nine kills without an error in 17 attacks and
Kelly Swope (
Sr.-Heyworth, Ill.) added eight kills plus a career-high 25 digs. Dickmann also finished with 28 assists and
Roseily Carrasquillo (
Jr.-Yabucoa, Puerto Rico) posted 18 assists plus 15 digs.
Lakeland rebounded from the tough loss to take care of business against Martin Luther (2-9 overall). The Muskies never trailed in the first set, and after slipping in the second set pulled out the third late before controlling the fourth set to clinch the win.
Stevens finished with 11 kills and Swope and
Caitlyn Pernsteiner (Fr.-Arpin, Wis.) added nine kills each.
Maeve Sullivan (
Sr.-Chicago, Ill.) finished with 13 digs against MLC after posting 20 against UW-Stout, and
Briuna Harper (
Jr.-Waxahachie, Texas) added six kills plus four block assists. Sullivan,
Montana Zdroik (
So.-Stevens Point, Wis.) and
Ellie Scherer (
Fr.-Sister Bay, Wis.) also all added two service aces each.
Dickmann was one of 10 selected to the all-tournament team and finished with 50 assists from her setter position plus 11 kills with just one error in 21 attacks.
Lakeland is back in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference play Wednesday when it travels to face Concordia University Wisconsin at 7 p.m. in Mequon.
