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St. Joseph, MO. – Northern State volleyball took to the Fairfield Inn Griffon Volleyball Classic Friday, September 4 where they split their opening two matches of the weekend. The Wolves beat the Eagles in five sets then fell to the No. 11 ranked team in the nation, Missouri Western, in four sets.
THE QUICK DETAILS
Final Score vs Oklahoma Christian: NSU 3, OC 2
Final Score vs No. 11 Missouri Western: NSU 1, MWSU 3
Records: NSU 4-2, OC 3-2, MWSU 6-0
HOW IT HAPPENED VS OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN
- Northern State came out on top against Oklahoma Christian in five sets with set scores of 25-15, 26-24, 22-25, 19-25, and 15-12
- The Wolves used a 6-0 run late in the opening set to build a 23-14 advantage before closing out the frame, 25-15
- After going up two sets to none, Northern dropped sets three and four; they won the first four points of the fifth set to take an early advantage
- NSU scored 83 points and had 70 kills, 68 assists, 81 digs, and nine blocks, hitting .263 as a team
- Northern State held Oklahoma Christian to a .189 attack percentage and forced 25 errors
- Linnea Nesheim led the Wolves on offense with 23 kills, followed by Victoria Persha with 14 and Katelyn Schroeder with 13; the three were also the team's point leaders with 25, 17, and 14.5 respective points
- 57 of the team's 68 assists went to Ava Nilsson, she added 13 digs, three block assists, and one service ace
- Ashley Yost topped the charts defensively with 23 digs, while Sara Moberg had 14, while Nesheim added 10
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Linnea Nesheim: 23 kills, .321 attack %, 10 digs, 25 PTS
- Ava Nilsson: 57 assists, 13 digs, 3 BA, 1 ace
- Victoria Persha: 14 kills, .333 attack %, 4 BA, 17 PTS
- Lydia Nelson: 10 kills, .227 attack %, 4 BA, 13 PTS
HOW IT HAPPENED VS NO. 11 MISSOURI WESTERN
- Northern State battled Missouri Western through four sets with set scores of 24-26, 17-25, 25-16, and 20-25
- This match consisted of 24 ties and 12 lead changes
- After dropping the first two sets, the Wolves used a 7-0 run in the third to take the lead and eventually take the set
- Northern State recorded 50 kills, 49 assists, 52 digs, and five total blocks while hitting .228 as a team; NSU committed 19 errors to MWSU's 12
- At the net, Victoria Persha paced the Wolves with 11 kills while hitting .400; Katelyn Schroeder added 12 kills and Morissen Samuels and Lydia Nelson notched eight apiece
- Ava Nilsson recorded 41 of the team's 49 assists, along with six digs, one service ace, and one block assist
- Defensively, Ashley Yost posted a team-high 18 digs, while Schroeder and Linnea Nesheim each added eight and Sara Moberg recorded seven
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
UP NEXT
NSU volleyball returns for the second day of the Griffon Volleyball Classic with their last two matches of the weekend. Northern will face Northwest Missouri State at 9 a.m. and Rockhurst at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, September 5 at MWSU Fieldhouse in St. Joseph, MO.
