Story Headlines- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team fell to Nebraska-Kearney on Friday evening, 3-0, at the Health and Sports Center in Kearney, Neb.
- Northwest falls to 15-9 overall and 8-5 in MIAA play. The Lopers, who entered the match ranked No. 12 by the AVCA improve to 24-5 overall and 11-3 in conference action.
- The Bearcats held leads in both the first and third sets before falling to UNK late.
- Northwest recorded nine total blocks to the Lopers' five on the evening.
Key Northwest Statistics (Bearcats fall 0-3; 19-25, 17-25, 22-25)
- Senior Libero
Aarika Wittenburg had a match-high 16 digs with an assist.
- Middle hitters
Jackie Becker and
Alexis Williams each had four blocks assists. Becker also added seven kills.
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Miranda Foster had nine kills, six digs and three blocks.
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Darcy Sunderman also added eight kills with three blocks and three digs.
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Sarah Dannettell had 35 assists with four digs, two blocks and a kill.
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Maddy Bruder had 11 digs with seven kills and a block.
- The Bearcats hit .142 as a team for the match.
Key Northwest Sequence- Northwest jumped out to an early lead in the first set on the Lopers. After an early 3-3 tie, the Bearcats went on a 5-0 run to force a Nebraska-Kearney timeout. Becker came up with a kill from Dannettell to make it 4-3 and a
Shelby Duren service ace made it 5-3. Becker added another kill to make it 6-3. On the next point, Becker and Dannettell combined for a block to put Northwest up 7-3. After a Loper attacking error, making it 8-3, Nebraska-Kearney called a timeout.
Up Next- The Bearcats will head to Hays, Kan., for a 2 p.m. match against Fort Hays State on Saturday at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
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