ARDEN HILLS, Minn. – The St. Olaf College volleyball team ran its winning streak to seven-straight matches by defeating UW-Stout in four sets and Luther College in three sets on Saturday at the Bethel Invitational at Robertson Center Gym.

In the first match of the day, sophomore Summer Reid had a season-high 17 kills while hitting .452 to power St. Olaf (11-1) to a 25-20, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23 victory over UW-Stout (5-5). Later in the day, junior Lauren Rewers, senior Megan Grimes and sophomore Morgan Marxer each tallied double-digit kills in a 25-16, 25-22, 28-26 win over Luther (7-7).

Following the tournament, Grimes and Reid were named to the All-Tournament Team. Reid totaled 22 kills, 12 digs and four total blocks on the day in St. Olaf's two matches, while Grimes had 12 kills in each match for the Oles.

St. Olaf's 11-1 start to the season is the best for the Oles since the 2001 team opened the season with 15-straight victories.

St. Olaf 3, UW-Stout 1 | Box

Reid recorded her fifth double-digit-kill performance of the season for the Oles, while Grimes added 12 of her own in the four-set win over the Blue Devils. Sophomore Lexi Wall assisted on 44 of St. Olaf's 51 kills and added 10 digs for her second consecutive double-double.

Junior Haley Langeslag made a team-high 14 digs defensively, as the Oles tallied a season-high 13 total blocks as a team. Rewers and first-year Katelyn Lannom were each in on five blocks, while Wall and Marxer were each part of four blocks.

St. Olaf trailed 17-15 in the first set but used a 4-1 run out of a timeout to take a 19-18 lead after back-to-back UW-Stout attack errors. The Blue Devils rebounded by winning the next to points to take the lead back by one, but the Oles rattled off the final six points of the set to grab the opener. Lannom was in on two blocks in the 6-0 close to the set and also posted a kill on set point.

The Blue Devils raced out to a 5-1 lead early in the second before the Oles battled back to tie it at 10-10. UW-Stout won five of the next six points, prompting a St. Olaf timeout and led for the remainder of the set. The Oles closed a 24-17 deficit to 24-20 only for an attack error to even the match at a set apiece.

UW-Stout held leads of 5-0 and 7-1 to start the third set but St. Olaf won five-straight points in the middle of the set to take a 15-12 advantage. With the Oles clinging to a 23-22 lead late in the third, Rewers and Reid provided back-to-back kills to give St. Olaf a two-sets-to-one lead.

The Oles broke a 15-15 tie in the fourth with a 4-1 run that ended with consecutive blocks by the pair of Rewers and Marxer. Trailing 18-15, the Blue Devils fought back to take a 22-21 advantage but, out of a timeout, St. Olaf won four of the final five points of the set to close out the victory, sealing it with a Wall ace.

St. Olaf 3, Luther 0 | Box

Rewers posted a match-high 13 kills, Grimes added 12 and Marxer pitched in with 10, as the Oles used a balanced offensive attack to post their eighth sweep of the season. Grimes (.409) and Marxer (.444) both hit over .400 in the match to help St. Olaf hit .284 as a team.

Wall narrowly missed out on her second double-double of the day, finishing with 37 assists, nine digs and four block assists. Langeslag and Rewers each tallied 11 digs in the win, while Emily Jarnigan joined them in double figures with 10. Marxer led St. Olaf with five block assists.

Three-straight kills by Rewers highlighted a 5-1 start to the opening set for St. Olaf. Luther kept the set close until a decisive 6-1 run midway through the set put the Oles ahead 19-13. Rewers had seven kills in the opening set, as St. Olaf pulled away late to seal a comfortable 25-16 set win.

The Norse won six-straight points midway through the second to claim a 16-11 advantage, but the Oles clawed their way back to take a 19-18 lead on a Marxer kill. With St. Olaf up a point, 23-22, Rewers and Reid closed the second set with consecutive kills to give the Oles a two-set cushion.

Luther again went ahead in the third, winning five points in a row to lead 11-6. Trailing 18-12, the Oles won eight of the next 10 points to even the set at 20-20, with Marxer providing four kills to help tie the score. The Norse edged in front 26-25 to threaten to send the match to a fourth set, but a kill by Marxer and a rare Langeslag kill prompted a Luther timeout. Out of the stoppage, an attack error gave St. Olaf its seventh win in a row.

The Oles host Hamline University in their first home MIAC match of the season on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. on Faculty Night at Skoglund Center.