MANITOWOC, Wis. – The Mount Mary University volleyball team lost to host Silver Lake College 3-0 tonight at the UW-Manitowoc Field House. The loss puts the Blue Angels season record at 0-4 and moves the Lakers to 4-8.

A solid start to the contest for the Blue Angels tonight, but the consistent play from Silver Lake took control of the match early. The Lakers took the first set, 25-17. Then set two provided a much closer affair. Trading back point after point, MMU had a number of opportunities and even had the lead at 27-26, but could not get that final point. The Lakers came back and scored three unanswered points to take the second set 29-27.

Leading the way offensively for the Blue Angels was Lauren Harris (Fr./Sheridan, Ill.). Harris finished with a team high of 11 kills and a .269 kill percentage. Payton Hintz (So./Almond, Wis.) led MMU with 14 assists, a season high for Hintz.

The Lakers were led by Monica Martinez who finished with 12 kills on the night. Danielle Byrum from Silver Lake led the game with an amazing 18 assists.

The Blue Angels next match is coming up Tues. Sept. 15 against Emmaus. The Eagles won last season's matchup against the Blue Angels in a long 3-2 match.  MMU will test the Eagles 4-2 record when they come to the Bloechl Tuesday, the game starts at 6:00 pm.