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Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | NWC Athletic Communications

Northwestern Dominates Dakota State to Finish Red Raider Invite

De Haan leads the Raiders with 15 kills and 13 digs in the win

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The No. 5-ranked Northwestern College volleyball team (2-0, 0-0 GPAC) concluded the 2023 Red Raider Invite with a dominant win over Dakota State University (0-1, 0-0 NSAA), controlling every facet of the match inside the Bultman Center as the Red Raiders remain unbeaten against Dakota State in program history.  
Northwestern got off to a hot start, taking five of the first six points. Dakota State, in turn, would score five of the next six points themselves and would lead 8-7 but it would be the only time in the match the Trojans would hold a lead over Northwestern. Tied up at 9-9, Northwestern went on their first, of three major, runs on the match with a 15-2 spurt, taking total control of the set at 24-11. The Trojans would take three-straight themselves, but the set would come to an end with a service error on their small run.
 
A 17-3 run with Olivia Granstra (Jr., Sheldon, Iowa) behind the service line a majority of the time saw the Red Raiders dominate the second set 25-9. Leading 5-3 and following a Dakota State attacking error, the Red Raiders ripped off 13-straight points to run away from the Trojans. Northwestern would score the final four points of the set, taking a commanding 2-0 match lead.  
Set three also proved to be all Red Raiders as another big run, this time nine-straight points, saw Northwestern take a commanding 16-6 lead. The Raiders would go on to score eight of the last 10 points of the set to pick up their second-straight sweep, winning 25-10.
 
MATCH NOTES:
  • Northwestern improves to 16-0 all-time against Dakota State and 9-0 under Kyle Van Den Bosch.
  • NWC hits north of .300 (0.305) for the second-straight match, completing back-to-back sweeps.
  • The Raiders controlled both the net and service line with 10 team blocks and seven service aces in the match.
  • Jazlin De Haan led the match with her 15 kills, the lone Raider with double-digit kills.
  • Zavyr Metzger was once again a force at the net with her seven blocks in the sweep.
  • Liv Reitsma notched 20+ assists to lead the team and the match, notching 24 in the win.
  • Reitsma now needs just nine assists to eclipse the 1,000-assist mark in her career.
  • Olivia Granstra (15), Reitsma (13), and De Haan (13) all notched double-digit digs.
  • Sophomore Jenna Bouma picked up her first varsity action of her Red Raider career in set two.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Jazlin De Haan
Up Next: Northwestern will next be in action next Friday, August 25 in the Concordia (Neb.) Bulldog Bash with a top-15 clash with No. 11-ranked MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) at 5:00 p.m. in Seward, Nebraska.

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