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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State volleyball team returned to the win column Saturday evening, sweeping Emporia State on the road, 3-0.
- With the win, Northwest improves to 12-7 overall and 5-4 in the MIAA, while the Hornets fall to 8-11 this season and 3-7 against conference opponents.
- Maddy Bruder led the Bearcats with 12 kills. The freshman added one service ace and one block assist.

Key Northwest Statistics (Northwest wins 3-0; 25-23, 25-21, 27-25)
- Jackie Becker contributed 11 kills and only committed one error, helping the the junior hit .526 in the match. The middle hitter added four block assists.
- Alexis Williams tallied a match-high six block assists while totaling five kills on the offensive end.
- Senior Shelby Duren tacked on six kills, six digs and three block assists.
- Sophomore setter Sarah Dannettell tossed up 31 assists to go along with three kills, six digs, and three block assists.
- Aarika Wittenburg led Northwest with 15 digs, while Miranda Foster contributed 14 digs.
- Northwest hit .173 as a team while holding the Hornets to a .130 hitting percentage.
- The Bearcats never trailed by more than three points in any set.


Key Northwest Sequences
- Early in the first set, Northwest found itself serving with a slim 11-9 lead. Alexis Williams started a Bearcat rally with a kill before joining forces with Miranda Foster to block two of the three attacks from Emporia. Maddy Bruder threw down two straight kills coming out of a Hornet timeout to extend the lead to 17-9.

- Facing a two-point deficit in the second set, Maddy Bruder recorded her third kill of the set to return serve to the Bearcats. Another kill from Bruder leveled the score at 11 before two straight errors on the Hornets handed Northwest a 13-11 lead. The Bearcats would not trail again in the set.

Up Next
- A four-game road trip will continue next weekend for the Bearcats when they head to Bolivar, Mo. to take on Southwest Baptist on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.