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OFFICIAL HOME OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY BEARCAT ATHLETICS
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Winner Lindenwood LWU 16-12, 7-7
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NW Missouri NWMSU 14-12, 8-6
Winner
Lindenwood LWU
16-12, 7-7
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Final
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NW Missouri NWMSU
14-12, 8-6
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Lindenwood LWU 21 25 22 25 15 (3)
NW Missouri NWMSU 25 23 25 20 7 (2)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball drops Saturday match to Lions

Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team fell to Lindenwood, 3-2, on Saturday at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo.
- Northwest falls to 14-12 on the year and 8-6 in MIAA play. The Lions improve to 16-12 and 7-7 in conference action.
- Maddy Bruder had a match-high 19 kills, hitting .207. She had 24 digs, two assists and a block.

Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats won the first set 25-21 but fell in the second, 25-23. Northwest came back in the third, winning 25-22. But Lindenwood took the fourth set, 25-20, and pulled away in the fifth, 15-7.
- Northwest hit .193 for the match and had five service aces.
- Sofia Schleppenbach had 11 kills to go along with two blocks and four digs. She also had a service ace.
- Darcy Sunderman added 13 digs with 10 kills and a service ace.
- Olivia Nowakowski matched Bruder's 24 digs defensively. She had two assists and a kill.
- Maddy Ahrens had 27 assists with three service aces and six digs.
- Sarah Dannettell added 21 assists with six kills, four digs and a block.
- Hallie Sidney led the team with three blocks. She had eight kills and a dig.

Key Northwest Sequence
- The first set featured runs by both teams. Northwest had a four-point run to take an early 8-3 lead. But Lindenwood respond later with a five-point run to tie the match, 10-10. Dannettell and Bruder responded with back-to-back kills to give Northwest the lead. A pair of Lion attacking errors pushed the lead to 14-10 before a Lindenwood timeout. The Bearcats did not trail for the rest of the set.

- The Lions looked to pull away in the third set as Haley Sigel put away a kill that made it 16-12 Lindenwood. But Northwest responded with a 5-0 run. After a Lion service error, Lindenwood was called for a bad set to make it 16-14. Ahrens had a service ace to make it 17-14. Sidney and Schleppenbach had back-to-back kills and a Lion attacking error made it 18-16 Northwest. The set would remain tight and the teams eventually battled to a 22-22 tie. A bad set from Lindenwood and Sundrman had a service ace to give the Bearcats set point. On the next play, the Lions hit into an attacking error, giving Northwest the set.

Up Next
- The Bearcats will head to Kirksville, Mo., on Tuesday, Oct. 31, for a non-MIAA matchup with Truman State at 7 p.m.
 
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