KENOSHA, Wis. ---  The Parkside volleyball team opened the home portion of the 2023 schedule in style on Thursday night, sweeping the Truman State Bulldogs 3-0. The match was also the first of twelve matches featured in the 2023 Hampton Invitational. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Four different players recorded five or more kills, led by Lindsay Krznarich with nine 

• Karlee Lois finished with a game high 20 assists 

• Parkside had ten total blocks as a team, led by Mariena Coon with five. 

Parkside grabbed the momentum early in set one, ripping off an 11-2 run to jump out to a 11-4 advantage. Ava Irvin had multiple kills during the run. Irvin had a team high four kills in the opening set. 

Truman State was able to claw back to tie the set at 15, but the Rangers were able to rip off another 9-2 run to pull away. Irvin recorded the final point of the 25-19 set one victory on a kill. 

Set two was much like set one with the Rangers going on an early 9-1 run. Lois put an exclamation on the run with an ace. 

The Rangers built their lead out to double digits in the set, winning set two 25-14. 

The Bulldogs looked to rally in set three when they grabbed a quick 13-7 lead. However Parkside had another run in them, using two kills by Krznarich and four total blocks to grab the lead back at 16-15. 

Parkside never looked back, finishing off the three set sweep on a kill by Krznarich. 

The Rangers will have two matches on day two of the Hampton Inn Invitational. Parkside will open the day at 11:00am against Westminster College. They will then take on Winona State in the final match of the evening at 7:00pm. You can find links to coverage including the live stream through FloSports at ParksideRangers.com/coverage.