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

Northwestern Takes Down Morningside in Top-15 Matchup

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Top-ranked Northwestern took down No. 15 Morningside in three sets on Wednesday night in a top-15 matchup inside Allee Gymnasium.

"I thought it was a good team win for us," commented head coach Kyle Van Den Bosch. "We served the ball aggressively and our offense really got going early. This was one of our best defensive games from our block to our back court running down a lot of volleyballs."

NWC 3, MSIDE 0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-14)
How It Happened
The Raiders got out to a hot start in set one, opening up an 8-3 lead on a Savonne Sterk kill. Their lead grew to double digits for the first time of the night when Alysen Dexter put down a kill to make it 14-4. Northwestern controlled play in the latter part of the set, reaching 20 points on a Morningside error with the score 20-7. The Mustangs brought some energy to close the set, but it was not enough as Northwestern took a 1-0 advantage with a 25-13 win.

Set two was neck-and-neck to begin, with the sides trading points before a 7-1 run sparked by Emma Westphal put Northwestern ahead 18-12. Over the run, Jazlin Douma collected four kills to lead the team. Later on, the Mustangs inched closer at 21-17 before the Raiders took five of the final seven to put themselves on the brink of a top-15 sweep.

Morningside came out firing in the third, grabbing a 4-1 advantage to start. Out of a timeout with the score 8-5 Mustangs, Northwestern stormed back, taking its first lead of the set at 9-8 on back-to-back Dexter kills. The run grew to 18-4, growing the Raider lead to 22-12 on Dexter's service ace. Northwestern closed out the match with the final three points, scored by Douma and Emma Westphal.

Game Notes:
  • Northwestern averaged an efficient .350 hitting percentage.
  • The Raiders move to 4-0 this season against teams in the NAIA top 25.
  • Jazlin Douma led all players with 18 kills.
  • Douma has five double-doubles this season after tallying 11 digs tonight.
  • Alysen Dexter scored on 11 kills and two aces at a .455 clip.
  • Liv Reitsma was the match's assists leader with 17.
  • Three Raiders (Hajek, Douma, Winterfeld) had double-digit digs.
  • Zavyr Metzger totaled seven blocks and Maddy Sampson added six.
Up Next: The Raiders will face cross-county rival Dordt on Saturday. First serve is at 5:00 p.m. in Sioux Center, Iowa.
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