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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team moved to 11-0 on the year with victories over GAC members Southern Arkansas and Henderson State on Saturday afternoon.
- The matches were part of the Peggy Martin Crossover Challenge in Warrensburg, Mo.
- Darcy Sunderman led the Bearcats in kills in both matches, recording 23 for the two matches.
- Maddy Bruder had 17 digs and 16 total kills on the day.
- Sarah Dannettell recorded 57 total assists and had 15 digs.
- Bruder and Jackie Becker were each named to the All-Tournament team.
 

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Match One Key Statistics (Northwest 3, Southern Arkansas 0)
- Northwest swept the three-sets by scores of 25-17, 25-10 and 25-20.
- The Bearcats hit .344 as a team while holding the Muleriders to just .109. Northwest recorded 11 total blocks and six service aces.
- Sunderman had a match-high 12 kills with a three blocks and two digs.
- Gaby da Silva had five blocks, four kills, four digs and four service aces.
- Bruder added 10 digs, seven kills, three assists and a block.
- Dannettell recorded 30 assists with six digs, five kills, a block and a service ace.
- Olivia Nowakowski had nine digs in the winning effort.

Match One Key Sequence
- The Bearcats flew out of the gate in the second set, holding Southern Arkansas to just 10 points. Northwest started on a 4-0 run with a kill from Bruder and back to back blocks by Sunderman and Alexis Williams. After giving back two points, Northwest would win seven of the next eight points to take firm control of the match.

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Match Two Key Statistics (Northwest 3, Henderson State 0)
- Northwest won the first set, 25-15, then took the next two by scores of 29-27 and 25-20.
- The Bearcats had 8.5 team blocks and hit .265 for the match while holding the Reddies to a .096 attack percentage.
- Sunderman had 11 kills to lead the Bearcats. She also recorded six digs and five block assists.
- Williams had eight blocks to go along with five kills, three digs, an assist and a service ace.
- Bruder recorded nine kills with seven digs, four service aces and two blocks.
- Nowakowski tied Bruder for the team-high with nine digs. She also added three assists and a service ace.

Match Two Key Sequences
- The Bearcats closed out the first set in convincing fashion, scoring 10 straight points to take a 1-0 lead. Tied 15-15, Sunderman had a kill and da Silva followed it up with back-to-back kills to make it 18-15, forcing a timeout. Sunderman recorded a kill and after a Henderson State handling error, Bruder recorded a kill to make it 21-15 forcing another timeout. Williams and da Silva had a block to make it 22-15. Bruder came up with an ace and after another attacking error by the Reddies Northwest earned a set point at 24-15. Bruder would come through with another service ace to close out the set.

- After tying the set at 24-24 in the second, the two teams would stay neck-and-neck down the stretch, forcing three more ties. With the score tied at 27-27, Becker came up with a kill from Dannettell and on set point, the Bearcats forced an attacking error to take a 2-0 lead in the match.

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Up Next
- Northwest will host Truman State on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. at Bearcat Arena in the team's final non-conference match of the year.