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ST. PAUL, Minn. (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls women's volleyball team had a quick turnaround from last night's away conference match at UW-Oshkosh to today's triangular versus St. Mary's University and host Northwestern-St. Paul.  The Falcon's did not seem to have an issue however beating St. Marys in match one 3-1.  In match two, the Falcons went up against the Eagles of Northwestern who are currently ranked No. 7.  The Eagles took the match 3-0. 
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: St. Mary's 1, UWRF 3
Location: St. Paul, Minn.
Records: UWRF 16-11 (0-5 WIAC) , St, Marys (14-8, 5-2 WIAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST ST. MARYS

• The Cardinals got the first set win (25-17) but the Falcons took care of things after that winning sets two, three and four (25-17, 28-26, 25-20). 
• The Falcons had an impressive set three where they had 17 kills and hit .382.  They won the set 28-26.
• Amara Meyer and Karli Nielsen each had 12 kills for the Falcons.  Nielsen hit a team high and match high of .500. She also had six block assists. 
• Hannah Robb the backbone of the Falcon defense had 14 of the Falcons 36 digs. 
• Overall the Falcons hit .180 (47-25-122) compared to the Cardinals .107 (41-28-122).  They also out-served the Cardinals 8-3 in service aces.    

THE OPPOSITION

• Brandi Blattner led the Cardinals with 12 kills but also led the team in attack errors with 11. 
• Clare Tack had 15 digs. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST NORTHWESTERN

• The Falcons struggled to shut down the offense of the No. 7 Eagles that posted 39 kills and hit .378 in the match. 
• In set one, the Eagles went on an elven point run that the Falcons could not recover from and the Falcons ended up dropping the first set 10-25.
• In set three the Falcons were able to produce a little more offensively hitting .242 and having a match high 12 kills.  They kept the score within five only dropping the set 20-25. 
• Dakotah Poitra was the top performer offensively for the Falcons with 11 kills.  She also had five digs. 
• Amara Meyer had nine kills and had a match high .471 hitting percentage.  She also had two blocks. 
• Hannah Robb dug out 11 digs and had the only Falcon service ace. 

THE OPPOSITION

• Lindsey hit an insane .789 with 15 kills and no errors. The all-around player also had two service aces, three blocks and a team high 11 digs.
• The Eagles hit .378 (39-8-82) as a team. 

 
 
LOOKING AHEAD

• The Falcons travel to the College of St. Scholastica for a triangular that includes the hosting Saints as well as Bethany Lutheran.  The first match will take place on Oct. 21^st at 3 p.m.