Game Time...Fresh off its four-set win against Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday night, the Northwestern College volleyball returns to the court 48 hours later for a road GPAC match against Morningside. First serve in Sioux City, Iowa, is scheduled for 7:30pm. Northwestern is a perfect 3-0 on the year, 1-0 in the GPAC; Morningside is 2-3 in conference play, 3-5 overall. 

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All-Time... Northwestern is 24-11 all-time, 8-2 in the last 10 matches, against the Mustangs. Last season, the Raiders swept Morningside (25-13, 25-13, 25-19) in an October 26 match played in Orange City. 

Scouting Reports...

    Morningside Mustangs: 2-3 (8th), 3-5                Head Coach: Jessica Squier (1st year)

The Mustangs snapped its two-game losing skid with a 3-0 sweep over Briar Cliff last time out, Sept. 30, on the Chargers home court. Prior to that win, Morningside lost consecutive matches to Dakota Wesleyan (3-1) and Jamestown (3-1). They are currently in eighth place in the GPAC with a 2-3 record, 3-5 overall.

Squier is in her first season as the Mustangs head coach, taking over the program after an eight-year stint in the same role at Northeastern Community College. Squier played for Morningside one season, earning All-American honors as the team's setter. She inherits a Morningside team that returns four starters, seven players, from a 2019 team that finished tied with Doane for sixth place in the GPAC with an 8-8 record, 17-13 overall. They went 1-2 in pool play at the NAIA National Championship, losing to Park and Providence and defeating Oklahoma City.

    By the Numbers (GPAC rank):
    Hitting Percentage - .192 (7th)
    Kills / Set - 12.9 (6th)
    Aces - 31 (11th)
    Digs - 19.8 (2nd)
    Blocks / Set - .9 (12th)

    Individual Leaders (GPAC rank):
    Krista Zenk (All-Conf) - 4.2 kills/set (1st), .186%, 4.2 digs/set
    Kaelyn Giefer - 2.9 kills/set, 5 aces
    Caitlin Mackovicka  (All-Conf) - 2.5 kills/set, 1.9 digs/set
    Sabrina Creason - 11.0 assists/set (3rd), 5 aces, 2.2 digs/set
    Kayla Harris (All-Conf) - 5 aces, 6 digs/set (1st)

Northwestern College: 1-0 (GPAC), 3-0 overall            Head Coach: Kyle Van Den Bosch - 16th year

The Raiders stayed unbeaten with a 3-1 win over Dakota Wesleyan last time out (Sept.30). Anna Wedel put down 20 kills and both Taylor Meyer and Macay Van't Hul added a career-best 10 kills each in their team's win. Northwestern is 1-0 in conference action, 3-0 overall, and is 9-1 in sets played this season.

    By the Numbers (GPAC rank):
    Hitting Percentage - .293 (1st)
    Kills / Set - 14.6 (1st)
    Aces / Set - 1.4 (5th)
    Digs - 16.6 (5th)
    Blocks / Set - 2.2 (5th)

    Individual Leaders (GPAC rank):
    Anna Wedel (All-American) - 3.9 kills/set (2nd), .279 (9th), 2.5 digs/set
    Emily Van Ginkel (All-Conf) - 2.8 kills/set, .386 (2nd), 1.4 blocks/set (3rd)
    Makenzie Fink  (All-American) - 2.8 kills/set, .429
    Lacey Reitz (All-American) - 12.1 kills/set (1st), 2.9 digs/set
    Emily Strasser (All-Conf) - 4.0 digs/set (10th)
    Olivia Granstra - 3.9 digs/set