Second-ranked Northwestern earned a 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-14, 25-22) over the #13 University of Jamestown (N.D.) in a match-up between ranked teams. The Red Raiders improve to 6-0 in conference play and are in sole possession of first place with both the Jimmies and Midland losing this afternoon. Northwestern moves to 18-0 overall. 

Makenzie Fink was one the standouts for Head Coach Kyle Van Den Bosch's squad, smashing down a match-high 16 kills while hitting over .400 on the rightside. A.J. Kacmarynski registered 12 kills and five digs and Anna Wedel turned in another double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs. 

The host Red Raiders scored the first three points of the match and never trailed in their 25-19 first set win. Up by two (6-4), a 10-2 run gave Northwestern a commanding 16-6 lead after a successful attack by Wedel. 

Set two played out just like the first as Northwestern used an early 8-2 run to take a 10-4 lead. Fink had the hot hand, putting down three kills in the decisive spurt for Van Den Bosch's squad. Jamestown closed to within five (16-11) but Northwestern scored the next four points and outscored the visitors 9-3 to earn the 25-14 win.

Close during the early stages of set three, Jamestown took its biggest lead of the match (15-13) when they scored four straight points with Sydney Ellingson at the service line. Successive kills by Kacmarynski and Bekah Horstman tied the set at 15; still tied moments later at 17, Emily Van Ginkel broke the tie with a kill and back-to-back errors by Jamestown put Northwestern in front 20-17. The Jimmies rallied one more time, tying the score at 22, but kills by Fink and Kacmarynski and a combination block by Fink and Horstman clinched the match.

Northwestern hit .291 and totaled 10 blocks compared to a .125% hit percentage and four blocks by Jamestown. Lacey Wacker put up 38 assists and Emily Strasser accounted for 16 digs. 

Ellie Michaletz and Isabel Wedell led Jamestown with eight kills each.