Green Bay Notebook

The Panthers pulled out a five-set win over Green Bay Friday night in their lone action of the weekend. The victory actually pushed UWM into a multi-team tie for first place in the Horizon League. In fact, just a year after the Panthers ran through the league unbeaten, every school has at least one loss just three matches into the year.

Here are the news and notes from the win over Green Bay.

Last Week’s Results
9/28 – def. Green Bay, 3-2

This Week Matches
10/5 - @ Loyola; 10/6 - @ UIC

Player of the Week
Julie Kolinske, So., OH, Big Bend, Wis. It continues to be hard to pick anyone besides Kolinske for this honor. Against Green Bay, the sophomore tied her collegiate-high with 22 kills and hit .360 in the five-set win. She also added six digs and three blocks. She is now averaging better than four kills per set and is averaging 4.5 kills per set in league matches. She also adds better than three digs per set.

News and Notes
UWM win Friday marked its 27th in its last 28 Horizon League regular season matches … the Panthers also beat Green Bay for the ninth-straight time … Anna Bartz collected 26 digs and now has 836 in her career … Hannah Blanchard tallied a collegiate-best 55 assists … Amber Simonton made her first collegiate start and had six blocks … UWM collected 12 blocks as a team … this was Milwaukee first five-set win of the season after losing its first four 5-set contests … the win turned the tables on a Green Bay team that entered Friday having won five of six 5-set matches.

WSOC Match Report: Detroit

Milwaukee 2:0 Detroit
Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012
Titan Field (Detroit, Mich.)


Woman of the Match
This game's award is shared between Kelly Lewers (pictured) and Krissy Dorre. The pair of forwards combined nicely for both goals, though the first goes down as unassisted because of the distance Kelly ran with the ball.


Notes
Milwaukee leads the series 16-7-2 ... the Panthers are now 9-1-1 at Detroit, including a 9-0-1 mark in the last 10 meetings ... the team's losing streak of six-straight games was its longest ever ... UWM scored first in a game for the third time this season (2-1 record) ... this was the team's first shutout since the first two games of the season and the third overall.


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Next Up
The Panthers continue the road trip at Youngstown State Saturday.

News And Notes On The Opening Weekend Of League Play

The Panthers have split their first two Horizon League contest after beating Youngstown State Friday night before falling to Cleveland State Saturday afternoon.

Here are the news and notes from the first weekend of league play.

Last Week’s Results
9/21 – def. Youngstown St., 3-1; 9/22 – lost vs. Cleveland St., 3-0

This Week Matches
9/28 – home vs. Green Bay, 7 p.m.

Player of the Week
Rachel Neuberger, MB, Jr., Muskego, Wis. Neuberger had a pair of solid performances both offensively and defensively over the weekend. Friday vs. YSU, the junior tallied 16 kills and seven blocks while hitting .517. Then Saturday, Neuberger collected nine kills and a .304 hitting clip. Neuberger leads the team in both hitting percentage and blocks.

News and Notes
UWM’s loss to Cleveland State Saturday snapped a 26-match regular season league winning streak for the Panthers. It was also CSU’s first win over the Panthers in Milwaukee since 1992 … Julie Kolinske had another double-double in Friday’s win over Youngstown State, collecting 19 kills and 16 digs. She now has 13 in 16 matches this season … with Kayla Price out for the year with a hand injury, Hannah Blanchard made her first two career starts at setter over the weekend. She averaged nearly 11.5 assists per set and helped the Panthers hit .261 as a team ... Anna Bartz now has 810 career digs, keeping her on pace to pass 1,000 for her career … Bartz did pass double-figures in digs in both of the weekend matches, pushing her current string of double-figure outings to 12.

WSOC Match Report: Wright State

Wright State 1:0 (2ot) Milwaukee
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012
Engelmann Stadium (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Woman of the Match
Krissy Dorre is continuing to get better after missing the first games of the season with an injury. She looked dangerous the entire game and showed some great bursts of speed at times.

Notes
Milwaukee still leads the series 20-7-5 ... this was the Raiders' first win in Milwaukee since 1989, the first meeting in the series (2-10-2) ... the Panthers' six-game losing streak ties a school record ... UWM lost its league opener for the first time since 1997 ... the loss was also just the team's second in league play at home since 2000 (40-2-1) ... Abbey Hoerchner made her collegiate debut ... she is the third true freshman to play for Milwaukee this season.

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Next Up
The Panthers return to the road, playing at Detroit Thursday and Youngstown State Saturday.

Marquette Invitational Notebook

The Panthers are moving on to league play after wrapping up the early portion of their non-league slate at the Marquette Invitational this past weekend. UWM lost three hard-fought matches against a very high level of competition. In fact, the three opponents entered the weekend with a 22-6 mark.

Here is this week’s notebook from the Marquette Invitational.

Last Week’s Results
9/14 – lost vs. Iowa, 3-2; 9/15 – lost vs. Pacific, 3-1; 9/15 – lost @ Marquette, 3-1

This Week Matches
9/21 – home vs. Youngstown State; 9/22 – home vs. Cleveland State

Player of the Week
Julie Kolinske, OH, So., Big Bend, Wis. Kolinske continues to post big numbers in the early season. She claimed a spot on the all-tournament team by averaging 4.00 kills and 3.08 digs. She had a double-double in each contest this weekend and now has 12 this season. Plus, she had 22 kills against Marquette, the third time this season she has reached that number.

News and Notes
Freshman Sammi Herron emerged as a key performer for the Panthers this past weekend. She had 13 kills against Iowa and 10 more against Pacific … Anna Bartz had a collegiate-best 29 digs vs. Iowa … Bartz is now up to 772 digs in her career and remains on pace to pass 1,000 by the end of the season … Elizabeth Egerer reached double figures in kills in two of the three matches over the weekend … after its loss to Iowa, UWM is now 0-4 in five-set matches this season … the Panthers also won the first set against both Pacific and Marquette before falling … Pacific is now receiving votes in the AVCA poll after going 3-0 on the weekend.

WSOC Match Report: #13 Wisconsin

#13 Wisconsin 2:1 (ot) Milwaukee
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
Engelmann Stadium (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Woman of the Match
Sammy Vovos put the Panthers ahead with her second goal of the season. She now is tied for the team lead in goals with two in just 133 minutes this season. Sammy gave the team a spark off the bench and her goal came on the corner kick in which she came into the game.
Notes
This was the 30th meeting between Milwaukee and Wisconsin ... the Badgers now lead the series 20-5-5, but the Panthers are 4-3-1 in the last eight meetings ... Hannah Kaul left the game in the second half with an injury, the first time she has not played every minute in a game this season ... Krissy Dorre made her season debut in the starting lineup ... Sky Perna made her first collegiate start ... Wisconsin is the third ranked team the Panthers have faced this season (0-2-1) ... UWM donned its black kits for the first time this season.

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Next Up
The Panthers return to the road to take on Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.

InnTowner Invitational Notebook

The Panthers are 5-5 after three weekends, and they’ve been tested every weekend. There’s a good chance four of the five teams that have beaten Milwaukee will be in the NCAA Tournament. Of course, things get no easier this weekend at Marquette, where the three opponents have a combined 22-7 record to date.

Here is this week’s notebook from the InnTowner Invitational.

Last Week’s Results
9/7 – lost vs. North Dakota State, 3-2; 9/8 – def. Drake, 3-0; 9/8 – lost @ Wisconsin, 3-0

This Week Matches
9/14 – vs. Iowa (@ Marquette); 9/15 – vs. Pacific (@ Marquette); 9/15 - @ Marquette

Player of the Week
Julie Kolinske, OH, So., Big Bend, Wis. Kolinske continues to post big numbers in the early season. She claimed a spot on the all-tournament team by averaging 4.45 kills and 3.27 digs. She had a double-double in each contest this weekend and now has nine this season.

News and Notes
Freshman Maggie Dunbar returned to the UWM starting lineup this weekend and tallied 22 kills over the three matches … the win over Drake was Milwaukee’s third 3-set sweep of the season … meanwhile, UWM is 0-3 in five-set matches this year … against North Dakota State, Julie Kolinske and Elizabeth Egerer each tallied 22 kills. It marked the second match this season where the duo each passed 20 kills … Taylor Golabowski continues to be sidelined by a broken wrist … Anna Bartz has now reached double figures in digs in seven-straight matches … in the five-set match with North Dakota, there were only 10 ties and four lead changes. But, in the three-setter with Wisconsin, there were 35 ties and 13 lead changes.

Panther Invitational Notebook

The Panthers are 4-3 after two weekends against good competition. Two of the three losses have come against likely NCAA Tournament teams (Duke and Western Michigan) while the other came against a vastly improved Bradley team that has won five of its first six matches of the year.

Here is this week’s notebook from the Panther Invitational.

Last Week’s Results
8/31 – lost vs. Bradley, 3-2; 8/31 – lost vs. Western Michigan, 3-2; 9/1 – def. SEMO, 3-0; 9/1 – def. East Carolina, 3-0

This Week Matches
9/7 – vs. North Dakota State (@ Madison); 9/8 – vs. Drake (@ Madison); 9/8 - @ Wisconsin

Player of the Week
Rachel Neuberger, MB, Jr., Muskego, Wis. Neuberger was again the most consistent figure for the Panthers over the weekend. She averaged 3.38 kills per set while hitting .359. That has her hitting percentage for the first two weekends of the season at .395. Her best statistical tally of the weekend came vs. Western Michigan, when she collected a collegiate-best 21 kills. Neuberger also contributed 1.12 blocks per set as UWM’s blocking improved over the course of the weekend.

News and Notes
Julie Kolinske continues to pile up some big numbers for UWM. She had double-doubles in three of the four contests and had a collegiate-best 22 kills against Western Michigan. But her dig totals are perhaps the most impressive stat. She had 61 in four matches, including 19 in a three-set win over SEMO … Anna Bartz averaged 4.44 digs per set over the weekend, while Maisey Mulvey added 3.44 digs per set … a number of new faces continue to see playing time for Milwaukee. Sammi Herron had 17 digs Friday night vs. Western Michigan while Nicole Latzig again started all four matches. The weekend also saw sophomore Arianna Wiersma make her Panther debut … Friday night’s match drew 975 fans … Western Michigan was the tournament champion after going a perfect 3-0 on the weekend … the full all-tournament team included: Emily Coon – SEMO; Rachel Neuberger – Milwaukee; Alise Tupuritis – Bradley; Lauren Zerante – Bradley; Ali Goosen - Western Michigan; Jessica Brown - Western Michigan; Lena Oliver - Western Michigan (MVP).