University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
12-0, 1-0Big Ten
Michigan
10-3, 0-1Big Ten
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 18 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 25 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 3 |
Gophers Open Big Ten Play with Win
9/22/2017 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
The No. 1 Minnesota Volleyball team opened Big Ten play with a 3-1 victory over No. 20 Michigan, tonight, at Maturi Pavilion in front of 5,028 fans. Minnesota improves to 12-0 overall, 1-0 in Big Ten action.
Alexis Hart hit .341 and tied a career-best 20 kills, while Stephanie Samedy had a double-double with 13 kills and 14 digs. Molly Lohman had 10 kills hitting .526 and recorded a career-best 14 blocks, and Regan Pittman and nine kills and hit .318. Dalianliz Rosado had a team best of 18 digs and three services aces while Samantha Seliger-Swenson produced 51 assists, four blocks and four digs. As a team Minnesota hit .359 with a set-best .565 in the third. They also added 17 blocks, 60 kills, 63 digs, and six service aces. Michigan hit just .156, had seven blocks and 47 kills.
Minnesota plays Michigan State Sunday at 12 p.m. against Michigan State. The match will be televised on ESPN.
Set Breakdown:
First Set: Minnesota utilized five blocks en route to a 25-18 win. Pittman ended a back and forth rally off a tip to give Minnesota a 10-8 lead. Lohman's slide increased Minnesota's score to 19-16. She and Samedy connected for back-to-back blocks to put Minnesota up 22-16. Lohman made it set point with a kill to the deep corner, while a Michigan service error closed out the set.
Set Two: Minnesota hit .361 and had 16 kills that contributed to a 25-18 set win. Minnesota capitalized on a 4-0 run after a 15-15 tie to win the set. An ace from Hart tied the game 12-12. Michigan used one of its timeout after Pittman and Sam Seliger-Swenson added a block to give Minnesota the 18-15 lead. Samedy recorded her fifth kill of the night with a line shot to put the Gophers at 22-17 which led to Michigan calling their second timeout of the set. A block from Samedy and Lohman closed out the second set and put the Gophers up, 2-0.
Set Three: Michigan battled back and went built a 19-11 lead as the Wolverines won the set, 25-22. Michigan took an early lead in third, 8-3, which lead to a Minnesota timeout. Sydney Kleinman cut the lead in half 8-4 when she tooled Michigan's block on the outside. After a four-point run by Michigan, Samedy added a kill to make it 12-9, as the Gophers earned a side out. Michigan built up a 15-10 lead with big blocks against Minnesota. A kill from Pittman put a break in Michigan's lead, making it 19-12 and Hart made it 20-14 with a kill. Rosado served up an ace to pull the Gopher within five. Hart added another kill to make 20-16. The Gopher run forced Michigan to call a timeout. Hart blocked a tip from Michigan's right side to cut the Wolverine to two, which was followed up by another block by Lohman and Seliger-Swenson to put the Gophers within one of the Wolverines. Lohman and Samedy were able to tie the game up 21-21 with another block. However, Michigan responded and finished off the set with a 24-21 lead and eventually took the set 25-22.
Set Four: Minnesota finished off the match hitting .565 and defeated the Wolverines 25-8. Minnesota started off the fourth set with a 9-1 lead with Rosado on the line who had an eight point service run. Michigan used up their two timeouts at the beginning of the set during the Gophers big run. The Wolverines fourth service error of the set put the Gophers up 19-5. Seliger-Swenson added a kill and increases the Gophers lead to 20-6 while Hart recorded her final kill of the night to make it 21-6. The set ended with an over pass kill from Samedy to win the set and match.
