Fayette, Iowa – Despite a bumpy first set, the No. 2 Northern State University volleyball defeated Upper Iowa 3-1 on the road. Northern took the match, winning the final three sets with scores of 25-17, 25-19, and 25-23. With the win, the Wolves improve to 17-1 overall and 9-1 in the NSIC.
 
It was a defensive heavy match with both teams recording over 100 digs, while also hitting shy of .200 offensively. The Wolves combined for 113 total digs, averaging a single season match high 28.25 per set. Northern added 58 digs, a match high ten blocks, and one service ace, while hitting .182 as a team.
 
Jaiden Langlie had a career night for NSU with 34 total digs, averaging 8.5 digs per set. The junior surpassed her previous career high of 29 digs, which was set against Southwest Minnesota State a season ago.
 
Langlie was one of five Wolves to record double figure defensive numbers, followed by Bry Goar with a career high 27 of her own. The freshman averaged 6.75 digs per set, while adding three assists. Lexi Boesl and Hailey Busch each recorded 17 digs, followed by Ashley Rozell with 13. Rozell and Busch each tallied double-doubles as well.
 
Rozell dished out 52 assists, averaging 13.00 per set, while adding four kills and two blocks. Busch led the Wolves offense with 21 kills, averaging 5.25 per set. The senior added two blocks and the team's lone ace of the match, while hitting .203. Sally Gaul was the only other Wolf in double figures offensively with ten kills. The freshman also recorded three blocks and one dig.
 
Jenna Reiff hit at the highest efficiency in the match with a .300 attack percentage, recording nine total kills. The junior added a team leading four blocks, as well as one dig. Laura Snyder notched nine kills as well, and recorded two digs, one block, and one assist. Morgan Baufield recorded the final five kills for the Wolves. She also tallied three blocks and one dig.
 
Northern returns to action tomorrow evening, for a 5 p.m. match against Winona State University.