CORALVILLE, Iowa — UNI volleyball confronted a troublesome problem on protection on Saturday afternoon because the Panthers fell to the Iowa Hawkeyes in straight units within the ultimate match of the Hawkeye Invitational at Xtream Enviornment (17-25, 16-25, 23-25).
 
UNI finishes the weekend with a 2-1 report with a second-place end within the four-team discipline. Emily Holterhaus and Inga Rotto had been chosen because the Panthers’ representatives on the All-Match Workforce, with Sydney Petersen being chosen because the event’s defensive MVP.
 
Holterhaus led the Panther offense with 13 kills within the loss as Sydney Petersen recorded 12 digs on protection. Tayler Alden tallied 23 assists with one service ace, whereas Baylee Petersen, Kira Fallert and Payton Ahrenstorff every recorded an ace on the service line. Carly Spies anchored the UNI protection on the internet with 4 complete blocks.
 
 
 
Set 1 (IOWA, 25-17): Iowa introduced excessive power to each offense and protection, notching 14 kills on a .462 hitting proportion, plus 4 workforce blocks. Struggling to sluggish the Hawkeye internet protection, UNI dedicated 6 assault errors within the opening body, recording a .226 hitting proportion with 13 workforce kills. After trailing by single digits from the early portion of the set, Iowa took a double-digit lead on a 7-0 run en path to an 8-point victory. Holterhaus tallied 5 kills, with Baylee Petersen and Ahrenstorff each recording 3 digs every.
 
Set 2 (IOWA, 25-16): UNI jumped out to a brief 3-0 result in open the second set, however struggled in opposition to the Hawkeye internet protection. Iowa recorded 16 kills within the second stanza on a .382 hitting proportion, utilizing a 9-0 run to take management and maintain the lead for the rest of the set. The Panthers notched 10 kills with 4 assault errors on a .200 hitting proportion, with Holterhaus main with 3 kills. Alden added 7 assists to her complete with one ace, with Sydney Petersen recording 5 digs, and Spies blocking a pair of assaults.
 
Set 3 (IOWA, 25-23): The Panthers made a valiant effort late, however fell in need of extending the match in a extremely aggressive third set. Trailing by as many as 5 factors, UNI staved off 5 match factors by Iowa earlier than the Hawkeyes snapped the Panther rally to win the body by 2 factors. The Panthers tallied a match-high 16 kills within the third stanza on a .214 hitting proportion, forcing 4 Hawkeye errors. Off the bench, Megan Witte recorded 6 kills, with 5 kills from Holterhaus. Baylee Petersen and Ahrenstorff each recorded one service ace every.
 
 
 
 
PANTHER NOTES

• UNI leads the all-time sequence in opposition to the Hawkeyes 26-23. Saturday’s match was the primary assembly between the 2 packages since 2005.
• Saturday’s match was the 1,600th match in program historical past for UNI. The Panthers maintain an all-time report of 1,155-423-22 (.728 profitable proportion)
• Tayler Alden turned the eleventh participant in program historical past to report 2,000 profession assists. Alden finishes the weekend with 2,016 assists for her profession.
• Inga Rotto performed in her one hundred and thirty fifth profession match on Saturday, becoming a member of this system’s top-10 listing all-time.
• With 13 kills as we speak, Emily Holterhaus reached 964 kills in her profession, 36 shy of 1,000.
• Head coach Bobbi Petersen was one-for-two in challenges in opposition to Iowa. Coach Petersen is 5-for-8 in challenges on the season.

 
 
 
HAWKEYE INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

• Amiya Jones, MH (Iowa) [MVP]
• Toyosi Onabajo, OH (Iowa)
• Sydney Petersen, L (UNI) [Defensive MVP]
• Emily Holterhaus, OH (UNI)
• Inga Rotto, MB (UNI)
• Mahalia White, OH (North Florida)
• Crystal Burk, OH (South Dakota State)

 
 
 
UP NEXT
UNI will open Missouri Valley Convention (MVC) play subsequent Friday, Sept. 23 at Valparaiso at 6 p.m. CT on the Athletics-Recreation Middle. The Panthers will even battle for the UIC Flames in MVC play for the primary time on Saturday, Sept. 24 on the Flames Athletic Middle in Chicago at 5 p.m. CT.
 
Friday’s match at Valparaiso shall be streamed stay on ESPN3, with radio protection being carried on the Panther Sports activities Radio Community through 1540 KXEL. Saturday’s match at UIC might be heard stay on UNIpanthers.com.