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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team moved to 9-0 on the year with a 3-1 victory over Arkansas Tech on Friday.
- The match was the first of three the Bearcats will play this weekend at the Peggy Martin Crossover Challenge in Warrensburg, Mo.
- Arkansas Tech falls to 6-4 with the loss.
- Northwest hit .326 for the match and held the Golden Suns to .168.
- Maddy Bruder had 14 kills with 10 digs and seven block assists for the Bearcats
- Setter Sarah Dannettell contributed 37 assists.

Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats won the first set, 25-23, and took the second, 25-15. After falling in the third, 26-14, Northwest closed out the match with a 25-14 fourth set win.
- Jackie Becker had 13 kills, three blocks and a service ace, hitting .476 for the match.
- Darcy Sunderman also reached double-digits in kills with 11, adding three digs.
- Olivia Nowakowski had 16 digs for Northwest and five assists.
- Alexis Williams had eight blocks defensively and eight kills.

Key Northwest Sequence
- Down 15-11 in the first set, Northwest used an 11-2 run to pull ahead and take the early lead in the match, 22-17. A kill from Darcy Sunderman and blocks from Williams and Miranda Foster pushed it to set point at 24-20 later in the set. After two Golden Sun points, Northwest forced an attacking error to win the set, 25-22.

- With the score tied 6-6 in the fourth set, the Bearcats took control of the point with a 6-0 run. Arkansas Tech committed four-straight attacking errors including a block by Williams and Dannettell to make it 10-6 Northwest. Dannettell got a kill off an assist from Nowakowski to make it 11-6, forcing a timeout. The lead stretched to 12-6 as Williams and Bruder combined on a block.

Up Next
- The Bearcats will play two matches on Saturday in Warrensburg, starting at 9 a.m. against Southern Arkansas. Northwest will take on Henderson State at 3 p.m. Live stats for both matches can be found HERE.