Wayne State College had three players record double digits in kills and the Wildcats held Minot State to a minus-.080 attack percentage as the Wildcats cruised to a 25-12, 25-7, 25-15 win Saturday at Rice Auditorium.
The Wildcats never trailed in the first set, forcing Minot State into 10 attack errors while hitting .300 with 14 kills and just two attack errors. Alyssa Ballenger had five kills with Jaci Brahmer adding four to pace the Wildcats in the opening set.
Wayne State continued to click in the second set, recording five service aces while posting a .636 attack percentage with 15 kills and just one error on 22 attempts. Ballenger had a team-high four kills while Morgan Alexander and Tarrin Beller each notched two service aces.
The third set saw Wayne State force another 10 attack errors on Minot State with five blocks. Katie Stephens posted six kills on just eight attacks in the third set for Wayne State while Brahmer added three blocks and three kills.
Wayne State finished the match hitting .354 with 42 kills on 99 attacks with just seven errors while Minot State hit minus-.080 with 17 kills and 25 errors on 100 attempts. The Wildcats held a 53-45 advantage in digs and 9-4 edge in blocks over the Beavers. Wayne State also had six service aces to just two for Minot State.
Ballenger led the Wildcats in hitting with 12 kills followed by Brahmer and Stephens with 10 apiece. Brahmer led Wayne State in blocks with five while Beller and setter Megan Gebhardt each had four. Haley Kauth accounted for 13 digs with Maddie Duffy adding 12, while Duffy and Beller each had two service aces.
Wayne State (19-6, 11-5 NSIC) travels to Rapid City, S.D., Tuesday for a non-conference match at South Dakota School of Mines with first serve at 6 p.m. CDT.
