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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Athletics

STEVENS POINT, WI (UWSP-WSAU) –The UW-Stevens Point volleyball team (26-6) took care of visiting UW-Platteville (13-16) in straight sets to advance to the semifinals of the WIAC Tournament.

Ashley Kopp (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) led all players with 12 kills and she was the only player in the match in double figures. She also had a game-high three aces to with eight digs.

Emma Peterson (Bloomington, Minn./Thomas Jefferson) had 16 digs to lead all players. Grace Michalske (Wausau, Wis./West) added a match-best 30 assists.

Megan Lau (Potter, Wis./Hilbert) had a pair of kills in a 7-2 run as the Pointers created some separation in the first set to ahead, 16-12. Guresi Mena (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley) buried four kills including the set-ender as UWSP took the first, 25-21.

Kopp had two kills and an ace as UWSP took a 5-2 lead to start the second set. A five-point burst by the Pioneers pushed the set into a back-and-forth battle. Reis Derousseau (Tomah, Wis./Tomah) gave UWSP set point with a kill at 24-21, but UWP put up four-straight to put set point on the table for the visitors. Derousseau took over with two blocks sandwiching a kill as the Pointers rallied back to take the set, 27-25.

Kopp, Lau and Mena combined for seven kills in an 11-0 run as the Pointers exploded to a 19-5 lead in the third set. Kopp had three more kills down the stretch and Michalske served an ace to end the match with a 25-13 win.

The Pointers advance to the WIAC Tournament semifinals at UW-Whitewater on Thursday (Nov. 4) at 7:00 p.m.

Kati Frierdich (Neenah, Wis./Winneconne) had a second-half brace and a career-high five points as the UW-Stevens Point women’s soccer team (9-10-0) advanced in the WIAC Championship (presented by Culver’s) with a 4-1 win over UW-Stout (11-8-1).

McKenzie Johnson (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port) got the Pointers on the board just 1:55 into the match. Her second goal in as many matches against the Blue Devils. Gabby Dunn (Dallas, Texas/Bishop) picked up the assist on the goal, her first point of the match.

In the 21st minute, Bridget Kauzlaric (Coal City, Ill./Coal City) bumped the UWSP advantage to 2-0 with her first goal of the season. Frierdich had the assist on the eventual game-winner.

Frierdich found the back of the net in the 59th minute after a free kick by Hannah Kroupa (New Berlin, Wis./West) was spilled by the Stout keeper and headed in.

The Blue Devils pulled one back in the 67th minute off a corner kick scramble in front of net.

With exactly three minutes left, Frierdich tapped in a cross from Dunn for the final tally of the match. It was Frierdich’s fifth point of the match and Dunn’s second.

Miranda Nieman (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln) made six saves in the win for UWSP. UW-Stout goalkeeper Haley Vokaty was busy making 17 saves in addition to the four goals allowed.

The Pointers advance to the WIAC Tournament semifinals to face two-seed UW-La Crosse in La Crosse on Thursday (Nov. 4). Kickoff is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

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