NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Senior Lauren Rewers and juniors Summer Reid and Morgan Marxer were all in double figures in kills, as the St. Olaf College volleyball team swept UW-Superior by scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-12 in its home opener on Tuesday evening at Skoglund Center.

Rewers had 13 kills while Marxer and Reid each had 11, as St. Olaf (4-1) hit .328 as a team on its way to sweeping UW-Superior (1-4). With the victory, the Oles, who received votes in the American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVC) Division III Top 25 earlier in the day, improved to 16-3 in their last 19 home matches dating back to the start of the 2017 season.

In addition to the three Oles in double figures in kills, first year Nicole Banitt and sophomore Katelyn Lannom combined for 17 kills and just two errors on 33 swings out of the middle. Banitt had nine kills on 15 swings and Lannom added eight on 18 attempts.

Junior Lexi Wall handed out 51 assists and tallied nine digs in three sets. Senior Emily Jarnigan registered a match-high 21 digs, marking her fifth-straight match with at least 13 to begin the season.

St. Olaf had 19 kills on its way to winning the opening set and pulled away late to take it, 25-17. After leading 18-15, the Oles won six-straight points to bring up a string of set points. After the Yellowjackets saved two set points, Reid ended the set with a kill to give St. Olaf the opener.

After hitting just .083 in the first set, UW-Superior hit .345 in the second set, but St. Olaf hit .350 to edge the Yellowjackets, 25-23, and take a two-sets-to-none lead. A quick 3-0 lead for the Oles was the largest for either team until back-to-back kills from Lannom put St. Olaf on top, 22-18. UW-Superior got to within one, 24-23, before Marxer put away a kill to end the set.

St. Olaf closed out the match in straight sets by hitting an even .400 in the third, while holding UW-Superior to a .074 clip. The Oles took an early 8-1 lead after winning six points in a row on Jarnigan's serve and led by at least five points the rest of the way.

St. Olaf heads to St. Paul for the Macalester Invitational this weekend, beginning with a 7 p.m. match against Bethany Lutheran on Friday, Sept. 6. The Oles take on Knox College (12 p.m.) and UW-River Falls (2 p.m.) the following day.