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MARYVILLE, Missouri - The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcat volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 sweep of Southwest Baptist University on senior day at Bearcat Arena. Northwest won by set scores of 25-13, 25-16, 25-16.

Northwest (21-6 overall, 13-3 MIAA) hit .386 for the match while holding SBU (4-25 overall, 0-16 MIAA) to a .080 hitting percentage.

Senior Sofia Schleppenbach registered a team-high 11 kills and a team-best four blocks.

Northwest scored the first seven points in the opening set. Schleppenbach would tally five kills in seven attempts with no errors in the first set to lead Northwest to a 25-13 win.

The Bearcats hit .550 in the second set with 12 kills and one attack error en route to a 25-16 win. Hallie Sidney led the Bearcats with four kills in the second stanza.

Northwest closed out the sweep with a 25-16 triumph in the third. SBU was held to .069 hitting in the third with 11 kills to go against nine errors.

The Bearcats will wrap up the MIAA regular season Friday at Fort Hays State (6 p.m.) and Saturday at Nebraska-Kearney (6 p.m.).

NOTES: Northwest is 19-0 in three-set matches this season ... the Bearcats have won seven of their last eight matches ... Northwest honored its four seniors (Maddy Bruder, Olivia Nowakowski, Sofia Schleppenbach and Megan Stilmock) prior to the match.