ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. - The Minnesota Morris volleyball team ran their win streak to five with a straight sets (25-8, 25-12, 25-20) win over Crown Tuesday night in UMAC action.
After UMM easily won the first two sets, Crown gave the Cougars a battle in the third. Crown led 9-7 before three straight from the Cougars gave them a 10-9 edge.
Brenna Tinjum was responsible for all three points as she started the stretch with a kill then delivered two straight aces. The Cougars later added a four-point run to extend their lead to 19-13.
Alyssa Ukestad added back-to-back aces to extend UMM's lead to 22-14. Crown scored six of the next seven points to stay in the match however kills from
Kylee Hansen and
ShaeAnn Nelson ended the set and the match in favor of the Cougars.
Tinjum led the Cougars with nine kills.
Morgan Miller had five blocks.
Layne Herrmann delivered 25 assists and
Tori Everson dug out seven balls.
Minnesota Morris (13-8, 8-2 in UMAC) next travels to Minneapolis Saturday for a match at North Central.