Yellowjackets report: UWS sweeps first tourney of volleyball season
· Yahoo Sports
Sep. 7—Wisconsin-Superior women's volleyball won all of its first three matches of the 2026 season at the Sugar Loaf Classic in Winona on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 4-5.
Visit extonnews.click for more information.
The Yellowjackets swept Wisconsin Lutheran 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-10) on Friday, then knocked off Saint Mary's 3- 2 (22-25, 22-25, 25-18, 25-17, 15-12) and Luther 3-1 (25-14, 17-25, 27-25, 25-18).
UWS served 12 aces against Luther, three apiece from Carlie Lohman (Superior) and Alayna Schultz. Lohman also dished out 19 assists, including some of Sydney Smith's team-leading 10 kills. Makenna Hohbein led the defense with 17 digs, while Savanna Hering (Superior) added 13.
The Yellowjackets recorded a reverse sweep on Saint Mary's home floor, with four players recording double-digit kills: Kyndra Peterson posted 11, while Hohbein, Melissa Hoff and Liv Kriewaldt had 10 apiece. Lohman finished with 25 assists, while Schultz added 18 more. Hering was the team's dig leader, with 21.
Friday's match was the first win for new UWS coach Molly Stock, whose team had 39 kills and a .297 hitting percentage in three sets to WLC's 20 kills and .000 hitting percentage.
Hohbein and Peterson notched nine kills apiece, while Hering had a team-best 19 digs.
UWS (3-0) will face Hamline, Macalester and Carleton next weekend in St. Paul.
Wisconsin-Superior earned a pair of encouraging results in the first week of its 2026 season, the first a win over a neighbor and the second a draw against a nationally ranked side.
The Yellowjackets held No. 22 Wisconsin-Eau Claire to a 0-0 draw on Friday in Eau Claire.
The outcome even more noteworthy considering the Yellowjackets had to play the majority with 10 men after Jay'ce Jones was sent off in the 18th minute.
UWS generated seven shot attempts (five on goal) to UWEC's 24 (six on goal), but Yellowjackets goalie Luke Lockman was equal to all of them.
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, UWS held on for a 5-4 win at St. Scholastica in Duluth.
UWS led 3-0 after 28 minutes and Seth Davidson finished off a hat trick by scoring twice in the second half, though Scholastica got back into the game by scoring three times in a 10-minute span down the stretch.
Jones and Bryce Boldt also scored for UWS (1-0-1), which is slated to host Gustavus Adolphus on Wednesday night.
Wisconsin-Superior held an increasing amount of the play in the second half but neither they nor Wisconsin-Stout broke through on Sunday, Sept. 6 in a 0-0 nonconference draw in Superior.
Cayley Larson (Duluth Denfeld) made 10 saves, six in the first half, to keep UWS in it.
The Yellowjackets opened 2026 with a 3-0 home loss to St. Olaf on Friday, Sept. 4. Larsen made 11 saves in that one.
UWS (0-1-1) plays at Macalester on Thursday night.