Box Score MORRIS, Minn. - Last Friday, Minnesota Morris topped UW-River Falls in the opening match of the UW-Eau Claire Tournament. The two teams met again Friday night at the UMM PE Center for a non-conference volleyball matchup and it had the same result, a Cougars 4-set victory.

The Cougars raced out to an early advantage in the opening set as a 7-0 run gave UMM a 9-3 lead. The Falcons crept back in though and knotted the set at 21. The Cougars would close the set by winning four of the final five points with the final two coming off the hand of Morgan Miller for the 25-22 win.

The second set was tight until a mini 4-0 spurt gave Minnesota Morris a 19-14 edge. The teams would split point the rest of the way with the Cougars prevailing 25-20.

UW-River Falls took the third set in overtime 29-27. The Cougars would bounce back nicely though and cruise through the fourth set 25-13 to win the match in four.

Marissa Ekness led three Cougars in double digits with 15 kills. Miller and Lindsey Markel were right behind with 14 and 13 kills, respectively. Katie Reitsma led with 25 digs and Layne Herrmann delivered 46 assists.

Minnesota Morris (12-13) travels to Minneapolis Saturday for a conference tilt with North Central followed by a match with Trinity Bible College.