YANKTON, S.D. — Northwestern (25-1, 15-0) swept Mount Marty (13-18, 3-12) 3-0 on Saturday. The Red Raiders hit .274, including .700 in the second set, while the Lancers finished at .000.
 
The Lancers moved in front 5-3 early, but the Raiders took five of the next six points, with Stella Winterfeld recording two kills and Aubrey De Groot and Halie Kapelke combining on a block point during the stretch, to go ahead 8-6. The Lancers answered by tying the set at 8-8 and later building a 12-9 lead before the Red Raiders worked back to 13-13 on a Maddy Sampson kill and a Sidney Oostra service ace. After the Lancers edged back ahead 15-14, the Raiders scored six of the next seven points, including kills by Kapelke, Jadyn Hofmeyer and Sampson, to move in front 20-16 before the Lancers closed within 20-19. Hofmeyer stopped that run with a kill, Sampson and Nyah Potthoff combined on a block for a 22-19 lead, and kills by Sampson, Winterfeld and De Groot finished the Red Raiders' 25-21 set win.
 
The Raiders scored the first three points of the second set, including an Aubrey De Groot block on a Lexi Eickhoff attack, and built a 10-4 lead after kills by Kapelke and Hofmeyer. The Lancers cut the gap to 13-8 behind two Jaya Wachholtz kills and a Taylor Dobrenz ace, but the Red Raiders moved back ahead 18-9 with a Kapelke kill, a Winterfeld ace, another De Groot block and a De Groot kill. The Raiders continued to add separation with kills from Hofmeyer and Sampson, and Sampson closed the set with a kill for a 25-13 win.
 
The Red Raiders built a 5-0 lead to open the third set with Madi Nemmers serving, using Lancers attack errors and block points involving Winterfeld, Sampson and Potthoff. After the Lancers got on the board, Winterfeld and Kapelke added kills and Potthoff served an ace as the Raiders moved ahead 11-3. The Lancers cut the margin to 15-10 and later 17-14, but kills by Aubree Shields and Winterfeld helped the Red Raiders reach 19-14 before a block by Aubrey De Groot and Kapelke made it 20-15. The Lancers pulled within 21-19, but Hofmeyer answered with a kill, Bella Sysa put the Raiders at set point, and De Groot and Potthoff combined on the final block to finish the set 25-20.
Game Notes:

• Jadyn Hofmeyer finished the match with a team high 13 kills on a .611 hitting percentage.
• Aubrey De Groot had 7 blocks and 4 kills.
• Nyah Potthoff notched 33 assists and 4 blocks in the match.

Up Next: Northwestern travels to Sioux Center on Tuesday, November 3 for the last regular season match of the year. The contest versus the Dordt Defenders is slated to begin at 7:30 PM.