Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team improved to 4-0 on the year with wins on Saturday against Maryville and Georgian Court in St. Charles, Mo.
- The Bearcats opened the day with a come from behind victory over Maryville College and swept Georgian Court in the afternoon session.
- This marks the second straight season that Northwest has opened the season with at least four straight wins.
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Maddy Bruder finished the day with 27 total kills and 20 digs.
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Sarah Dannettell tallied 66 assists between the two matches on Saturday.
Match One - Northwest 3, Maryville 2
Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest fell behind early, dropping the first two sets, 25-19 and 25-21. But the Bearcats turned it around and swept the last three sets, 25-14, 25-18 and 15-7.
- After hitting negative in the first set and just .135 in the second, Northwest turned it on with a .387 third-set attack percentage to help turn the tide of the match.
- Bruder had a team-best 17 kills with 11 digs and two blocks.
- Dannettell had 49 assists with 15 digs, three kills and three blocks.
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Miranda Foster had 11 kills for Northwest with four digs and three blocks.
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Olivia Nowakowski had 12 digs with three assists and a service ace.
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Jackie Becker had nine kills with three blocks and two digs.
- The Bearcats had 11.0 blocks while holding Maryville to just 6.0. The Saints hit just .097 in the fourth set and were -.231 in the fifth.
Key Northwest Sequences
- Down 3-2 early in the third set, Northwest rallied for six-straight points to take the lead for good. After a kill from freshman
Sydney Burton, Foster came up with a block to give the Bearcats a 4-3 lead.
Gaby da Silva and Burton added kills and a Maryville attack error prompted a Saints' timeout. Nowakowski completed the six-point run with a kill out of the break to put Northwest up, 8-3.
- In the fourth set, Northwest broke a 2-2 tie with another 6-0 run. After a kill from Foster and an attack error by Maryville, da Silva and Becker each recorded kills to put the Bearcats up, 6-2. Another Saints' attacking error gave Northwest a 7-2 lead and da Silva made it 8-2 with her second kill of the set to force a Maryville timeout.
Match Two - Northwest 3, Georgian Court 0
Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats won in straight sets by scores of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-18.
- Northwest had 13 team service aces which is the most in a three-set match since 2007 (vs. SBU 9/12/07).
- Bruder had a match-best 10 kills in the three-set victory. She hit .500 in the match with just one attacking error. She also had nine digs and three service aces.
- Foster had five kills and four service aces. She also contributed four digs and two blocks defensively.
- Dannettell had 17 assists and three digs. She split time with
Jordyn Musselman at setter who had 16 assists and 11 digs with two service aces.
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Megan Stilmock had three service aces and three digs in the match.
Key Northwest Sequences
- The Bearcats came out firing in the first set, using a 7-0 run early in the match to take control. Up 5-3, Northwest got a ill from
Darcy Sunderman and Stilmock followed it up with a service ace. After a Lion attacking error, Bruder recorded a kill from Dannettell. Stilmock then served up her second ace forcing a timeout. Still on the service line, Stilmock dialed up her third service ace of the set to put Northwest up 11-4. The run was capped with block by Becker and Foster.
- With just a one-point lead in the third set, Northwest used an 8-0 run to help close out the match. Up 6-5, the Lions had a service error and then an attacking error to make it 8-5.
Alexis Williams recorded a kill and Musselman got a service ace to push the lead to 10-5. GCU committed back-to-back attacking errors to make it 12-5. Williams made it 13-5 with a kill from Foster and Musselman got her second service ace to give Northwest a nine-point lead at 14-5.
Up Next
- Northwest will open home play on Friday, Sept. 9 with a pair of games starting at noon against East Central University at Bearcat Arena.
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