Story Headlines- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team defeated Lindenwood, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon in St. Charles, Mo.
- The match was the final contest of the season for the Bearcats who finished the season with an 11-19 overall record, going 8-14 in MIAA play.
- Lindenwood finishes the year 5-25 overall and 2-20 in conference action.
- Assistant coach
Alana Wittenburg won her first career match, filling in for
Amy Woerth who did not travel with the team. Woerth and her husband are expecting their first child.
Northwest Statistics- Northwest dropped the first set, 27-25, but rebounded to win the next three by scores of 27-25, 26-24 and 25-10.
- The Bearcats were led by
Miranda Foster who had a match-high 18 kills and hit .333. Foster also had 19 digs, two blocks and a service ace.
-
Jackie Becker had 16 kills to go along with four digs, three blocks and two service aces. Becker hit .387 for the match.
-
Shelby Duren also reached double-digit kill totals, recording 11 to go along with nine digs, a service ace and a block.
-
Sarah Dannettell had a match-best 50 assists, six digs, four blocks and three kills.
- Libero
Bailey Vance had 20 digs and four assists in her final match at Northwest.
- The Bearcats hit .283 as a team and held the Lions to just a .174 attack percentage.
- Northwest had 11 team blocks to Lindenwood's 10.
- The Bearcats' best set came in the third, hitting .317 with 17 kills and just four errors.
- Lindenwood hit -.176 in the final set, committing 10 errors.
Key Sequence- In the fourth set, Northwest held a 16-10 advantage in the fourth set, already up 2-1 in sets. With
Kirsten Hudgens on service, Northwest rallied for nine straight points to close out the match.
Shelby Duren had four kills in the sequence.
Jackie Becker finished the match with a kill from Dannettell.
