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Story Headlines
- The No. 22 ranked Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team swept Southwest Baptist on Friday evening in the Meyer Sports Center in Bolivar, Mo., 3-0 to move to 13-0 on the year.
- It was the MIAA opener for both teams as Northwest improved to 13-0 and 1-0 in conference action while SBU falls to 3-11 and 0-1 in MIAA play.
- Maddy Bruder hit .324 with 15 kills and 12 digs to lead Northwest.
- As a team, Northwest hit .282 for the match while holding Southwest Baptist to a .155 attack percentage.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest took the three sets by scores of 25-18, 25-21 and 25-22.
- Northwest's best set came in the second, recording 20 kills against just four errors, hitting .390.
- Alexis Williams has 12 kills and one service ace, hitting .429 from her middle position.
- Sarah Dannettell recorded 40 assists and 12 digs defensively to go along with a pair of kills.
- Darcy Sunderman recorded 10 kills, hitting .450 for the match with just one error.
- Libero Olivia Nowakowski had 15 digs and contributed five assists.
- Senior Miranda Foster had 16 digs with seven kills and an assist.

Key Northwest Sequences
- Trailing 16-12 in the second set, Northwest battled back to score 13 of the next 18 points to take a two-set lead. Two errors by SBU pulled Northwest to within two at 16-14. After giving a point back to make 17-14, Sunderman got a kill and Northwest forced an attacking error to make it 17-16. Foster would tie it up on the next sequence, forcing a Southwest Baptist timeout. SBU came back with a point but Bruder answered to tie it at 19-19. Another exchange of points tied the match 19-19 before Northwest would go on to score three-straight points off kills from Williams, Foster and Bruder to take control of the set. Northwest would not trail for the remainder heading into the break.

- In the third set, up 15-11, Northwest went on a quick 6-0 run to pull ahead early. Three bad sets from SBU contributed to the run along with kills from Williams and Foster to put Northwest up, 21-11. But SBU wouldn't go away and would force a 22-22 tie late in the set. But Gaby da Silva put away a ball from Dannettell and two attacking errors from Southwest Baptist gave Northwest the third set and the match.

Up Next
- The road trip continues for Northwest with a 1 p.m. match at Missouri Southern State on Saturday in Joplin, Mo.