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KEARNEY, Nebraska - The University of Nebraska-Kearney Loper volleyball squad held off the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats in five sets to claim the outright MIAA title. Nebraska-Kearney won by set scores of 24-26, 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 15-13.

The No. 3-ranked Lopers withstood a 27-kill effort from Bearcat senior Maddy Bruder. Bruder also tallied 17 digs for the Bearcats. It is Bruder's 16th double-double on the season and 12th in MIAA play.

Sophomore Maddy Ahrens notched a career-high 67 assists to go alogn wtih 20 digs, four blocks and three kills. Ahrens has 14 double-doubles on the year.

Hallie Sidney recorded her seventh double-double this season with 19 kills and 17 digs.

Northwest will be the No. 4 seed and will play host to No. 5 seed Central Missouri in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Tournament. The match will be played Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Bearcat Arena. The winner will advance to the semifinals in Kearney, Nebraska, on Nov. 9.