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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team fell to Nebraska-Kearney, 3-1, at the Health and Sports Center on Friday in Kearney, Neb.
- The Bearcats fall to 9-9 on the year and 3-3 in MIAA play. The No. 9 ranked Lopers improve to 17-2 and 5-1 in conference action.
- After dropping the first two sets, Northwest battled back in the third, taking the set, 27-25.

Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats hit .120 for the match and held the Lopers to a .176 attack percentage.
- Maddy Bruder had 13 kills with 15 digs and a block.
- Freshman Morgan Lewis had 11 kills and four blocks.
- Olivia Nowakowski had 34 digs and a pair of assists.
- Sarah Dannettell added 32 assists to go along with five kills.

Key Northwest Sequence
- Down 23-21 in the third set, Northwest forced an attacking error by UNK and got a block from Lewis and Gaby da Silva to tie the set, 23-23. The Lopers got match point at 24-23 after a kill from Kendall Schroer. But a Lewis kill tied the match again at 24-24. Again the Lopers got match point at 25-24 on a kill from Schroer, forcing a Northwest timeout. Out of the break, Darcy Sundrman and Sofia Schleppenbach got back-to-back kills to give the Bearcats set point, 26-25. Sunderman served up an ace on the next point and Northwest took the third set, 27-25.

Up Next
- Northwest travels to Hays, Kan., to take on Fort Hays State at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Gross Memorial Coliseum.