EAST LANSING, -- The Western Michigan volley ball team wrapped up the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational with a pair of sweeps over Wright State and Canisius on Saturday. 

Junior outside hitter Maggie King and sophomore outside hitter Abi Wilcoxson were both named to the All-Tournament Team. King finished the weekend with 3.67 kills per set, 33 total, and Wilcoxson had 3.0 for 24 total. King also had 3.0 digs per set. 

WMU came strong out of the gate in its 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-15) win over the Raiders, led by Wilcoxson and her match-high 13 kills. She had nearly half of her kills in the first set, recording six and hitting .600. WMU as a team hit .324 in the opening set. The Broncos rebounded form a slow start, going down 4-1, to roar back and build a 10-6 lead. WSU was able to cut the lead to one, 12-11, and then tied it up at 15-15. From there it was all Western Michigan. The Broncos went on a 10-2 run to close it out 25-17. The Broncos never trailed in the second set, with the Raiders keeping it close and tying it at 16-16. Although the team's hitting percentage dipped to .149, it recorded seven total blocks in the set, led by Wilcoxson's one block and three block assists. Wright State kept i close early on in the third set but the Broncos took a 4-3 lead and never looked back, hitting .387 and recording six block assists. Logan Case had 24 assists, while Rose Duffy finished with 11. King just missed out on a double-double with seven kills and a team-high 11 digs. 

Western Michigan also hit over .300 in its 3-0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-16) sweep of Canisius, finishing at .311. Julia Marr led WMU with 12 kills, hitting .550, while King had nine kills to go along with eight digs. Duffy started the match and finished with 29 assists. The Broncos also posted six service aces in the match. 

The Griffins opened up the first set with a 2-1 lead but a kill by Madison Merz tied it up and WMU never trailed after that. CC was able to tie it up at 6-6 but the Broncos responded with a 9-2 run to take a 15-8 lead. WU extended its lead to eight, 20-12, after an ace by King. WMU cruised from there to close it out 25-18. King had five kills to lead the team in the second set, also hitting .444. Six different players recorded kills in the second set, which the Broncos won 25-12. Marr had five kills in the final set, while the Broncos recorded eight block assists and held Canisius to a -.036 hitting percentage. The teams battled back and forth to a 7-7 tie until a kill by Wilcoxson gave WMU the lead for good. It jumpstart a 6-0 run to give Western Michigan some distance before closing out the set and match, 25-16. 

The Broncos return to Kalamazoo to host the 2021 Discover Kalamazoo Classic on Friday and Saturday. WMU opens the tournament against Southeast Missouri State on Friday at 11 a.m. Fort Wayne and SEMO battle it out at 4:30 p.m., while Western Michigan and Indiana close out the opening day at 7 p.m. On Saturday the Mastodons and Hoosiers open up the action at 11 a.m. IU and the Redhawks face each other at 4:30 p.m. before the Broncos and Fort Wayne wrap up the tournament at 7 p.m.