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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State volleyball team fell to Pittsburg State, 3-2, on Friday evening in Pittsburg, Kan.
- The Bearcats fall to 9-16 overall and 6-11 in MIAA play. The Gorillas improved to 9-16 overall and 6-11 in conference action.
- Northwest hit .195 as a team with 6.0 blocks and three service aces.

Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats won the first set, 25-23, before dropping the second and third sets by scores of 25-22 and 25-23, respectively.
- Northwest won the fourth set 25-23 to force a fifth set. After falling behind 4-2, the Bearcats rallied for 11 of the next 13 points to take a 13-6 lead and never trailed the rest of the set.
- The Gorillas tied the fifth set 8-8 and scored seven straight points to take the match.
- Sophomore Jackie Becker and classmate Miranda Foster each tallied a match-high 20 kills.
- Becker hit .200 for the match. She also had four digs and three block assists.
- Foster tallied 20 kills and hit .164 over the five sets. She also had three digs, two blocks and an assist.
- Shelby Duren had 10 kills with 18 digs, two assists and a block.
- Sarah Dannettell had 53 assists with six digs, six kills and a blcok.
- Libero Bailey Vance recorded 34 digs defensively with six assists and a service ace.
- Kirsten Hudgens had seven digs defensively and finished with a pair of assists and two service aces.

Up Next
- Northwest heads to Bolivar, Mo., for a 5 p.m. match on Saturday evening against Southwest Baptist.