RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Hamline lost a pair of tournament matches Saturday, falling 3-0 to Wis.-Whitewater and 3-0 to UW-River Falls.
Against Wis.-Whitewater, Hamline's closest set came in a 25-21 second-set loss. The Pipers moved from a 12-9 deficit to a 14-13 lead on
Cameryn Sand's tying ace and
Ashley Norberg's block before Wis.-Whitewater closed the set with three straight kills. Wis.-Whitewater also won the first set 25-12 and the third 25-16.
Lexi Helmin led Hamline with 10 kills and 12.5 points while hitting .350, and Sand recorded 24 assists, two aces, four digs and a block assist.
UW-River Falls won the second match 25-15, 25-18, 25-21. Hamline tied the third set at 18-18 on a UW-River Falls attack error and held an 11-9 advantage in kills in the set, with
Sophia Johnson recording five.
Lydia Graham led the Pipers with 10 kills and 11 points while adding eight digs and an ace. Sand finished with 20 assists and five digs, while
Ava Montanez had 10 digs and five assists.
Hamline travels to St. Paul, Minn., to face Bethel University on Saturday, Oct. 24.
