UNK sweeps volleyball matches in California

SEASIDE, Calif. – The ninth-ranked University of Nebraska at Kearney volleyball team hit well over .300 in both matches to sweep Menlo College 25-8, 25-15, 25-16 and Cal State Monterey Bay 25-16, 25-8, 25-15 Saturday in Seaside, Calif.

The sweeps completed a march through the Otter Classic hosted by CS-Montery Bay. UNK, now 4-0, hit .332 while holding its opponents to an .



071 average. UNK also served up 22 aces and averaged 15 digs per set. Individually, Missouri sophomore middle Mia Berg (3.

40 kills per set, .582 pct.) and Kansas senior outside Asha Regier (3.

00 kps, .382 pct.) paced the offense with Michigan grad libero Alli Wiese at a team-best 4.

25 digs per set. Against the Menlo Oaks (1-2), UNK hit .355 with Regier leading the way with 10 kills while hitting .

375. Nine others registered at least two kills with Berg and North Platte sophomore outside Carly Purdy at eight apiece. The Lopers out-hit the host Otters (0-3) 368-.

080, diggingp 54 balls and scoring five blocks. Wiese (17 digs) and Stephens (11) leading the back row with Berg and Regier both having two stuffs. Offensively, Berg had 10 kills in 17 swings (.

588) with Regier supplying nine kills. Setter Peyton Neff had four of UNK's six aces. The Lopers host Peru State on Tuesday and have four more home matches next weekend.

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