Marshfield volleyball wins title at Eau Claire Memorial Invite as Uphoff reaches career milestone

The Marshfield volleyball team celebrates senior libero Elise Uphoff reaching the 1,000 career digs mark as the Tigers won the Eau Claire Memorial Invitational on Saturday. (Submitted photo)

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EAU CLAIRE – Marshfield senior libero Elise Uphoff surpassed 1,000 career digs as the Tigers volleyball team swept three matches to win the championship at the Eau Claire Memorial Invitational on Saturday.

Marshfield defeated Medford 25-16, 25-11, and Memorial 25-19, 25-18, in pool play before taking care of Onalaska 25-18, 25-10, in the finals.

Uphoff had a team-high 30 digs to lead the Marshfield defense and move past the career milestone.

Reinya Balderson had 50 assists and five service aces, Abby Ongna had 21 kills and 19 digs, Caitlyn Pernsteiner added 16 kills and six blocks, Rylee Corteen had eight blocks, Grace Taylor chipped in 14 kills and Lauren Homolka had 11 kills and seven blocks for Marshfield.

The Tigers will play a nonconference match at Stratford on Thursday.