NEW ULM, Minn. - The Minnesota Morris volleyball team traveled to New Ulm Tuesday night for a UMAC matchup with Martin Luther and gained a four-set victory (26-24, 25-7, 23-25, 25-14).

The first set was a back-and-forth affair before Martin Luther gained a slight edge at 19-17 following a 5-0 run. The Knights later led 22-19 before the Cougars rallied to tie it at 22. Kills from Mia Frick and Tori Everson put UMM up 24-23. After MLC tied it at 24, Frick and Layne Herrmann closed out the set with successive kills.

After the Cougars easily took the second set, Martin Luther forced a fourth set with a tight win in set three.

Minnesota Morris used an early 6-point spurt to take a 9-4 edge in the fourth set. The lead grew to double figures at 16-6 following an Everson kill and she would close out the set and the match with another kill.

Marissa Ekness led the Cougars with 22 kills. Frick totaled 12 kills to go along with four blocks. Everson and Rachel Mathias had 10 kills. Herrmann recorded 50 assists and Katie Reitsma led with 17 digs.

Minnesota Morris (23-6, 12-2 in UMAC) heads to Wisconsin Friday to take on UW-Stout.