Aberdeen, S.D. – In their fifth top-25 match-up of the season, the No. 5 Northern State University volleyball team fell to No. 8 Minnesota Duluth in 5-sets. With the loss, NSU drops to 22-3 overall and 14-3 in the NSIC, and are now tied with the Bulldogs for second in the league standings.
 
Northern opened with a 25-20 opening set victory, before falling 25-14 in the second set. The bounced back with a 28-26 victory in the third, but ultimately fell 25-16 and 15-11 in the final two sets of play. The Wolves offense struggled to find consistency, hitting a season low .138 through five sets. They tallied 53 kills, 50 assists, 68 digs, and one service in the match. The Wolves net defense however was on point, with a season high 14 team blocks led by Jenna Reiff with eight.
 
Hailey Busch and Laura Snyder led the team, as the only Wolves in double figures, with 16 and 15 kills apiece. Snyder also hit a team high .344 in the match. Sally Gaul and Reiff added eight and seven kills respectively, while Ashley Rozell and Morgan Baufield rounded out the team total with four and two.
 
Rozell recorded 46 total assists, and was third on the team defensively with 12 digs. Jaiden Langlie led the Wolves defense with 17 digs, followed by Lexi Boesl with 14. Busch matched Rozell's total with 12 digs of her own, notching her tenth double-double of the season. Baufield was second on the team at the net with five blocks, followed by Rozell, Busch, and Snyder with three.
 
The Wolves return to Wachs Arena for their final regular season home match versus St. Cloud State. First serve is set for 3 p.m. versus the Huskies on senior day.