Anna Kiel totaled a game-high 19 kills in leading No.14 Northwestern College to a 3-1 win (16-25, 25-21, 31-29, 25-23) over Concordia in a tough conference road match-up played today in Seward, Neb. The Red Raiders push their win streak to 12 and improve to 2-0 in GPAC play, 15-1 overall. 

Kiel hit .421 during the four-set match and put down 19 kills, two shy of matching her career high. A.J. Horstman added 14 kills and was the only other Red Raider in double figures. Lacey Wacker, the reigning GPAC setter of the week, lofted up 49 assists and Karsyn Winterfeld led the back-row with a career-high 18 digs and two ace serves. 

By the Numbers...

Northwestern hit .247 (56 kills, 20 errors, 146 att.) compared to .233 by Concordia; the Red Raiders had the higher hitting percentage in every set except for the first, when the Bulldogs hit .387 compared to .207 by NW

Kiel has hit for double figures in 14 consecutive matches, 15 for the season; Horstman has hit for double figures in nine matches

Makenzie Fink totaled nine kills and both Lauryn Hilger and Josie Blankespoor added six kills; Hilger and Kiel led the team with two blocks

Concordia had the edge in blocks, 7-3; Northwestern had the slight advantage in ace serves, 6-5

Winterfeld, the NAIA's leader in ace serves, had two aces against Concordia; the freshman has had at least one ace serve in every match; Kiel matched her career high with a pair of ace serves

Wacker put up 49 assists, just missing out on her third 50+ assist match of the season

Tara Callahan and Jenna Habegger led Concordia with 12 kills each