SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Hamline (5-20, 2-8 MIAC) lost to Wis.-Stout (15-10, 1-5 WIAC) 3-1 on Monday at Hutton Arena. Hamline took the second set 28-26 but was held to a .079 hitting percentage for the match, while Wis.-Stout hit .233.
Wis.-Stout took the opening set 25-10 and finished with 16 kills to the Pipers' eight, along with three service aces.
Sophia Johnson led the Pipers with four kills, while Kyra Giffen had five kills and Brooke McCune added four for Wis.-Stout.
The Pipers took the second set 28-26, matching Wis.-Stout with 15 kills while getting five from
Sophia Johnson and four from
Lexi Helmin. Brooke McCune had nine kills for Wis.-Stout, but the Pipers scored three points on blocks, added a Helmin service ace and closed the set on
Nora Cairns' kill from
Ava Montanez.
Wis.-Stout won the third set 25-16 with a 13-6 advantage in kills and a 5-2 edge in blocks, led by six kills from Brooke McCune. The Pipers got three kills from
Sophia Johnson, while
Cameryn Sand assisted all six Hamline kills and added a service ace.
Wis.-Stout took the fourth set 25-16 behind seven block points and two service aces, while the Pipers finished with 12 attack errors. Hamline still recorded 13 kills in the set, led by
Sophia Johnson's five and
Lexi Helmin's four, with Sand assisting on 11 of them.
Sophia Johnson led Hamline with 17 kills and 18.0 points while adding two block assists. She also hit her 500th kill milestone as a Piper. Sand finished with 33 assists, nine digs, two block assists and a service ace. Montanez recorded 19 digs and added four assists, while
Alli Helmin posted five total blocks with four kills.
The Pipers are 5-20 overall and 2-8 in MIAC play. Wis.-Stout is 15-10 overall and 1-5 in WIAC play.
Up next, the Pipers host Gustavus Adolphus College on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. at Hutton Arena in St. Paul, Minn.
