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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team fell to Fort Hays State, 3-1, on Saturday at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo.
- The No. 21 ranked Bearcats fall to 21-6 overall and 9-6 in MIAA play. The Tigers improved to 23-8 overall and 9-7 in conference action.
- Senior Miranda Foster recorded 16 digs, 12 kills, two assists and two blocks.
- During the second set, she surpassed 1,000 career kills. On Friday night, Foster went over the 1,000 dig mark.

Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats lost the first set, 26-24, but rebounded to take the second, 25-22. Fort Hays won the third set, 25-20, and took the fourth, 25-13.
- Maddy Bruder had 12 kills with eight digs and three blocks.
- Olivia Nowakowski had 17 digs defensively. She also had an ace and an assist.
- Sarah Dannettell recorded 37 assists with seven digs, three kills and a block.
- Alexis Williams had nine kills with a block.
- Jackie Becker tallied five kills with four blocks, a dig and an assist.
- Sofia Schleppenbach had five kills, three digs and a block.
- Megan Stilmock recorded eight digs and had one assist.

Key Northwest Sequence
- Northwest and Fort Hays played close the entire second set. With the score tied, 19-19, Northwest went on a 6-3 run to close out the set and tie the match at 1-1. Bruder put away back-to-back kills to force a Tiger timeout. Schleppenbach recorded a kill on the next point to make it 22-19. After a Fort Hays kill, Becker came up with a kill and Northwest forced an attacking error to force set point up 24-20. Fort Hays got two points back but Becker put away a kill off an assist from Dannettell to give the Bearcats the set, 25-22.

Up Next
- Northwest will host Missouri Western on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Bearcat Arena.