EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—The Wartburg volleyball team (3-7 overall) fell 3-0 to Illinois Wesleyan (3-5) 25-18, 25-15, 25-21 Friday night to open UW-Eau Claire's Tournament.

Top performers

• Emerson Kracht: 8 kills, 11 assists, 6 digs
• Abby Hamann: 6 kills
• Brooklyn Buysse: 10 assists
• Caroline Kluesner: 15 digs

Notes/streaks

• Kracht has recorded double digit assists in all eight matches she's played in this season
• Kluesner's third-straight match in double digit digs
• Buysse has tallied double digit assists in all nine matches she's played in this season
• Kluesner has had double digit digs in five matches on the year
• Illinois Wesleyan continues to hold the all-time series lead at 4-1
• The Knights jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first set
• The first set featured six ties and three lead changes
• The Orange and Black fought off match point twice. Once on a kill by Liv Anderson and the next was a Titan hitting error

Next event
Wartburg concludes this tournament tomorrow against Beloit at 2 p.m. and Hamline at 4 p.m.