Oct. 25, 2022 – Loras College's women's volleyball team managed to steal the first set away from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville on Tuesday night, but couldn't hold on as the Duhawks fell 3-1 in their final road match of the season.

The Duhawks (8-18) started slow in the first set, but used a late run to take a bog lead and hold off the Pioneers (22-7) for surprising first-set win, but the Pioneers took command from there with three straight wins to take the match.

Platteville used big scoring runs to pull away from the Duhawks in each of the next three sets. In both the second and third frames, Platteville tallied a total of four 5-0 scoring runs that helped build its lead. Both sets went to the Pioneers by identical 25-13 scores.

The Pioneers took off early in the fourth and final set as well, rattling off 11 early points to lead 11-2 and coast to a 25-16 match-clinching victory.

The Duhawks were led on offense by senior pin James Keefe, who totaled 12 kills and added a solo block and nine digs to her line. Junior setter Sara Hoskins was the Duhawks leader in digs with 17 to go with her 29 set assists, two service aces, and two block assists.

Loras returns home for its regular-season finale on Saturday, Oct. 29, when they host Lakeland University and celebrate Senior Day with a match at 3 P.M.