Brooke Nuneviller in an orange jersey goes up to tap ball over Team McCage players in purple

Recap: Team Cooper survives late rally from Team McCage, 65-62

Eric Rhew

Oct 25, 2025

MADISON, Wisconsin — Outside hitter Brooke Nuneviller nearly registered a double-double and outside hitter Reagan Cooper added 12 kills as Team Cooper held off a late comeback bid by Team McCage to claim a 65-62 victory to begin Saturday’s AU Pro Volleyball Championship doubleheader at Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center.

KEY MOMENT

Team Cooper used nine combined kills from Cooper and outside hitter Dani Drews in the opening set to claim a 25-20 verdict. Drews added five more kills in the middle frame as Team Cooper upped its match advantage to 50-37.

LEADERBOARD UPDATE

Cooper remains in second place on the league leaderboard with 1,900 points, while Nuneviller rose six spots into sixth place after her 312-point performance on Saturday.

TEAM MCCAGE NOTES

Teams wearing the Purple jersey have dropped four of their last five matches after Team Thompson secured three consecutive victories during Week One.
Middle blocker Tori Dixon has recorded three or more blocks in each of her last three matches after recording a season-high four blocks against Team Cooper on Saturday … In her last four matches, Dixon has amassed 12 solo blocks.
Dixon claimed MVP 3 accolades on Saturday, becoming the 22nd different player to earn Match MVP notice this season … It also marked the fifth Match MVP citation in her AU Pro Volleyball Championship career.
Middle blocker Molly McCage, who dropped her second straight match as a team captain, has posted three or more solo blocks in 4-of-8 matches this season after totaling three rejections on Saturday.
Opposite Temi Thomas-Ailara furnished a season-high 11 digs against Team Cooper on Saturday … She had totaled 19 digs in her first six matches this season.
Outside hitter Alexa Gray collected her second match with 10 or more digs this season after ending Saturday’s opener with 10 digs … The first-year AU Pro Volleyball Championship performer also had 10 digs against Team Kingdon Rishel on October 5.
Outside hitter Natália Zilio Pereira led Team McCage with 10 kills against Team Cooper, marking the third time she has secured 10 or more kills in a match this season.

Next Match: Sunday, October 26 vs. Team Valentin-Anderson | 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT

TEAM COOPER NOTES

Teams wearing the Orange jersey have won three of their last four matches after opening the season with a 1-3 record.
Team Cooper’s 65-62 victory marked just the fourth time a team has won a match by three points or less this season.
Outside hitter Dani Drews authored her 33rd career outing with 10 or more kills after smashing a match-high 13 kills on Saturday afternoon … Drews, who joins opposite Jordan Thompson as the only players to post 10 kills in every match this season, has tallied at least 10 kills in 12 straight outings dating back to last season.
Drews has accumulated 200 or more leaderboard points in 5-of-8 matches this season after her 219-point performance on Saturday.
Outside hitter Brooke Nuneviller became the fifth player in AU Pro Volleyball Championship history to register 400 career kills after contributing nine kills in Saturday’s opener … Nuneviller has now registered 404 kills in her three-year Athletes Unlimited career.
Nuneviller also collected 12 digs in Saturday’s match, marking the third time this season she has posted double-digit digs.
Nuneviller finished with 312 leaderboard points on Saturday, marking her second 300-point outing this season … She totaled 313 leaderboard points against Team Kingdon Rishel on October 5.
Nuneviller, who also collected her ninth career Match MVP award with MVP 1 distinction on Saturday, now owns nine career matches with 300 or more leaderboard points.
Libero Morgan Hentz extended her streak of consecutive double-digit dig performances to 23 matches after ending Saturday with a match-high 16 digs … It also marked her 51st career double-digit dig effort.
Hentz has reached 200 leaderboard points in 6-of-8 matches this season after ending Saturday’s victory with 243 points.
Hentz has now won 99 career sets after Team Cooper claimed the first two sets on Saturday … Hentz’s next set victory will allow her to become the third player in league history with 100 or more set wins.
Setter Marlie Monserez dished out a season-high 37 assists against Team McCage on Saturday, marking her third contest with 30 or more assists this season … She also posted 36 assists against Team Hentz on October 5 and against Team Valentin-Anderson on Thursday night.
Monserez added 12 digs to record her seventh career double-double, including the third double-double this season.
Monserez also ran her personal winning streak to six matches after opening the season with back-to-back losses.
Monserez has posted back-to-back matches with 200 or more leaderboard points after collecting 225 points in Saturday’s victory.
Outside hitter Reagan Cooper posted her sixth double-digit kill effort in eight matches this season with a 12-kill showing on Saturday.
Cooper garnered MVP 2 recognition on Saturday, giving her four Match MVP awards this season.
Cooper also surpassed 200 leaderboard points for the sixth time in eight matches this season after compiling 268 points against Team McCage.
Middle blocker Elise Goetzinger has won five consecutive matches after opening the season with a 1-2 mark in Week One.