FAYETTE, Iowa - Kailey Porter and Erica Conger each scored 12 points as Upper Iowa (7-10, 3-5 GLVC) swept William Jewell (Mo.) (3-15, 2-5 GLVC) on Saturday, 25-14, 25-18, 25-18. Junior setter Grace Fruzen added 39 assists (13 per set), her most in a three-set match this season.
The Peacocks hit a season-high .317 attack percentage in the win. UIU totaled 46 kills as a team, marking its second-most in a three-set match this season.
UIU found itself down 9-4 in the first set. A kill by Faith Fisher got things back on track and back-to-back kills by Conger tied the set at 9-9. The set remained back-and-forth for the next eight points until the 13-13 mark.
After that, the Peacocks scored 11 straight points and closed the set on a 12-1 run. Conger served for 10 of those 11 points, recording one ace, and Porter and Marissa Becker each had two kills over the run. A kill by Becker won the set, 25-14.
The Peacocks hit .480 in the first set, their highest attack percentage in a single set this season. The team's previous best was .467 in the third set against Union (Tenn.) on Aug. 29. Becker led the team with five kills in the set while Fisher went 3-for-3 on attacks.
Trailing 11-9 in the second set, UIU took a 12-11 lead after kills by Conger, Porter and Gracen Klima. The Peacocks extended the run to 6-1, capped off with another Conger service ace. The Peacocks scored five of the last seven points with two kills each by Klima and Fisher to win it, 25-18. Porter tallied five kills, and Klima had four kills in the second set.
Upper Iowa jumped out to an early 8-2 lead in the third set aided by two Conger kills and a service ace. William Jewell battled back to trail 16-15, but a 6-0 run by UIU with three-straight Bystol kills helped win the set, 25-18. Bystol finished the set with four kills while Conger, Fisher and Klima each had three.
Fruzen added 11 digs and a block to her totals on the day. This marked her ninth straight match with a double-double. She also has double-doubles in every GLVC match this season.
Junior Morgan Block posted 16 digs with four assists and two service aces. This tied for the third-most digs in a three-set match for her this season.
Porter finished the match with 10 kills and hit .529 while adding two digs and three blocks (one solo). Conger and Fisher each tallied eight kills, with Conger adding three service aces, three digs and two blocks.
Klima finished the match with seven kills and a .400 attack percentage. That marked the junior transfer's highest attack percentage this season. Bystol had seven kills, and Becker had five kills.
Addy Vaughn posted seven digs defensively for the Peacocks, and Avery Agnew added six digs. Agnew was a perfect 5-for-5 on serve receives.
William Jewell's offense was led by Macy Bartlett with nine kills, and Wylie Singleton had six. Alexis Frazier led the team in assists with 19 and digs with 10.
The Peacocks finished the match outhitting WJC, .317-.075, with a 46-25 kills advantage. UIU had a 6-5 advantage in aces, a 6-3 advantage in blocks, a 45-25 advantage in assists and a 53-34 advantage in digs.
Upper Iowa takes a quick break from conference play at the Midwest Region Crossover next weekend in Hammond, Indiana, on Friday, Oct. 16 and Saturday, Oct. 17. UIU's opponents and game times will be revealed on Sunday. Stay tuned to uiupeacocks.com for updates.
