NAPERVILLE, Ill.  – Nebraska Wesleyan had a great day two of the Tiffany Robinson Memorial Volleyball Tournament at North Central College as the Prairie Wolves picked up a pair of much needed victories to finish the tournament with a 2-2 record.
 
NWU started Saturday with a 3-2 win over Trine University then closed the tournament with a 3-0 sweep over University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
 
Against Trine, NWU took the opening set 25-18 but then dropped the next two sets 25-22, 25-15.  Needing to force a fifth set the Prairie Wolves won set four 25-17 then held on to win a thrilling fifth set 15-13.
 
In the fifth set, the two teams were tied at 8-8 when Hannah Bellinghausen recorded a kill to start a string of four straight points.  Kierra Harder added a kill and two errors from Trine gave NWU the 12-8 advantage.  Trine cut the lead to 12-11 but a service error stopped the run and Harder pounded out two kills for the game-winning points.
 
Harder led the team with 13 kills and 22 digs to post yet another double-double.  Karrie Sestak had a team-high 14.5 points as she recorded 11 kills and five block assists.  Kelsie Stovall dished out 29 assists in the match.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan had an easier time against UW-Oshkosh as they swept the Titans in scores of 25-23, 25-19, 27-25.
 
The Titans recorded more kills and had a higher hitting percentage in the match, but NWU was able to win in three close sets.
 
NWU trailed 16-10 in the opening set before starting to mount the comeback.  The Prairie Wolves slowly chipped away and finally tied the set at 20-20 after two straight Titan errors.  The Sestak twins teamed up for a block to give NWU the lead, then two more errors by Oshkosh gave NWU a 23-020 advantage.  Karrie Sestak ended the set with a kill and the 25-23 win.
 
The Prairie Wolves had to comeback in set two as well, but not after getting out to an early lead. NWU was ahead 15-9 when the Titans got on a roll and eventually led 17-16.  Karrie Sestak and Kylie Sestak had two straight kills to give NWU the 25-19 win.
 
In the third set the Prairie Wolves had match point but an error allowed the Titans to tie it up at 24-24.  Cora Svoboda added a kill to set up another match point, but once again Oshkosh answered with a kill of their own.  Svoboda put NWU ahead 26-25 and Sarah Oldfather sealed the win with a kill.
 
Svobda had a team-high nine kills in the match to go along with five block assists.  Karrie Sestak and Kierra Harder both had eight kills.
 
Lizzie Saale led the team with 15 digs and Stovall had a match-high 21 assists.
 
NWU returns to IIAC action in one week when they travel to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to face Coe College.