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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team swept No. 11 ranked Central Missouri, 3-0, on Saturday night in the Multipurpose Building in Warrensburg, Mo.
- The win moves No. 18 ranked Northwest to 18-1 on the year and 6-1 in MIAA play. The Jennies fall to 13-6 overall and 3-4 in conference action.
- The last recorded Bearcat victory over UCM was back on Nov. 2, 1984.
- Maddy Bruder paced the Bearcats with 18 kills. The sophomore added eight digs, four blocks and four assists in the victory. She hit .375 for the match.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest swept all three sets, winning by scores of 25-20, 25-21 and 25-18.
- The Bearcats hit .239 as a team with 42 kills and just 14 attacking errors. The Jennies committed 23 attacking errors and finished with a .109 attack percentage.
- Northwest tallied seven total blocks to UCM's two.
- Sarah Dannettell had 31 assists with eight digs, three kills, one block and a service ace.
- Olivia Nowakowski finished the night with 20 digs and a service ace.
- Alexis Williams had four blocks with three kills, two service aces and two digs.
- Miranda Foster recorded nine kills, six digs and a block.
- Darcy Sunderman had six kills with a block.
- Jackie Becker tallied three blocks to go along with three kills.
- Megan Stilmock had 11 digs defensively for Northwest.

Key Northwest Sequences
- Up 6-4 in the first set, Northwest got back-to-back-to-back kills from Sunderman to take a 9-4 lead. Foster added another kill and Williams tallied service aces on back-to-back plays to give the Bearcats a commanding 12-4 lead. Northwest would not trail the rest of the set to take an early 1-0 lead.

- Northwest took control of the third set with a 6-0 run. Tied 1-1, Bruder recorded a kill and then the Jennies were forced into an attacking error to make it 3-1. Bruder added another kill and UCM committed another attacking error to make it 5-1. Bruder again put away an ace to make it 6-1. Dannettell finished the 6-0 run with a service ace to give Northwest an early 7-1 lead.

Up Next
- Northwest returns home for a four-match homestand starting on Friday, Oct. 14, against Washburn University in Bearcat Arena at 7 p.m.