Portland, Ore. – The No. 9 Northern State University volleyball team completed the opening week sweep following two wins against Colorado Christian and Tiffin University. The Wolves improve to 4-0 overall, after winning all four games in straight sets.
 
The Wolves handed Colorado Christian their first loss of the 2018 season, sweeping the Cougars 25-21, 25-22, and 25-9. Northern only improved upon the opening day outing with 50 team kills and a .343 attack percentage. The Wolves added 42 digs, six aces, and six blocks, while holding CCU to just 30 kills, three aces, and one block.
 
Three Wolves notched double figure kills, led by senior Hailey Busch with 15. The outside hit .387 in the match, adding six digs, two aces, and a team leading three blocks. Jenna Reiff and Laura Snyder followed with 13 and ten kills respectively, hitting .579 and .381 in the match. Reiff matched Busch with three blocks, while Snyder tallied one.
 
Morgan Baufield and Sally Gaul rounded out the hitters with six and five kills respectively. Baufield hit .444 in the match, and tallied one ace and three digs. Ashley Rozell boosted her numbers from day one with 44 assists in the win, averaging 14.67 per set. The junior also recorded a team high three service aces, as well as six digs and two blocks. Jaiden Langlie led the Northern defense with 12 digs, as eight Wolves notched multiple in the match.
 
Northern shined in the second match of the day, hitting a season high .494 with 49 kills and just four hitting errors. NSU downed TU with set scored of 25-14, 25-14, and 25-19, and tallied 36 assists, 31 digs, five aces, and two blocks. A total of seven Wolves hit above .300 in the match, with four hitting above .500.
 
Busch led the offensive attached with 16 kills in 21 swings. The senior hit .762, which ranks fourth on the single game hitting percentage list, and did not suffer an attack error. Gaul added another ten kills in the win, hitting .381 with four assists and three digs. Baufield followed with four, while Reiff, Snyder, and Lexi Lockhart each tallied two.
 
Rozell dished out 25 assists and knocked down two kills of her own, while grabbing a team leading eight digs. She was followed by Bry Goar with five digs, and Lexi Boesl, Morgan Baufield, and Hailey Busch with four apiece. Goar, Boesl, and Gaul each recoded three assists, while Baufield, Reiff, Busch, and Lockhart recorded one block. Goar and Langlie both led the team with two service aces, while Boesl rounded out the team total with one.
 
Although the Wolves remain on the road next weekend, they do return to South Dakota for the Augustana Tournament next Friday and Saturday. NSU will face off against U-Mary, Fort Hays State, Lindenwood, and No. 23 Augustana from the Elmen Center.