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The Northern State volleyball team snapped its two-match losing streak and evened its conference record to 2-2 as the Wolves defeated U-Mary Tuesday night in straight sets. Set scores went 25-16, 25-12 and 25-23. NSU improves to 9-3 overall with the victory.

The Wolves were led by Kelsey Chambers and Mandy Kurosky who each recorded 12 kills in the win. Chambers also moved into 10^th place on NSU's all-time kills list with 882 for her career. Setter Drew Smith notched her sixth double-double of the season in the match as she recorded 30 assists and a team-best 13 digs. Chambers added eight digs while Hailey Busch had seven.

Cari McGarvie had a strong night for Northern as she recorded seven kills and had a career-high .875 attacking percentage. McGarvie also had three block assists. Northern was led by Tori Biach's six total stuffs.

Kurosky and Smith also had a pair of service aces each to lead the Wolves in that category. Northern hit just .237 for the match but held the Marauders (3-10, 0-4 NSIC) to a -.010 hitting percentage. Northern also had twice as many blocks (10) as U-Mary (5).

NSU continues its homestand this weekend as Upper Iowa and Winona State come to town for Friday and Saturday matches, respectively. The UIU match begins at 7 p.m. while Winona and Northern face-off at 4 p.m.