Posted: Sep 25, 2024

Volleyball Improves To 10-1 With 3-0 Sweep Over SVSU

Northwood

(10-1,2-0 G-MAC)

Saginaw Valley

(3-7,1-1 GLIAC)

Final

Northwood (10-1,2-0 G-MAC)

Saginaw Valley (3-7,1-1 GLIAC)

Game Leaders

K: Sarah Veale - 9

B: Sage Schumacher - 5

D: Elizabeth Bruschuk - 15

SA: Elizabeth Bruschuk - 2

K: Sage Kissman - 10

B: Sydney Hasenfratz - 3

D: 2 Players (#12, #1) - 14

SA: Macy Kellstrom - 3

Team Stats

Saginaw Valley

Northwood

Hitting %

0.119

0.264

Blocks

Digs

Aces

Full stats

OVERVIEW – SAGINAW VALLEY

SCORE: Northwood 3, Saginaw Valley State Cardinals 0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-17)

RECORDS: Northwood 10-1 / Saginaw Valley 3-7

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Volleyball improves to 10-1 on the season with a 3-0 sweep over rival Saginaw Valley Wednesday night (September 25)

INSIDE THE MATCH

The opening set was close most of the way. With the score tied 13-13, the Cardinals scored four straight points to take a 17-13 advantage. Northwood came right back, scoring the next six points to go up 19-17. The score was level at 22-22 when the Timberwolves put up three of the final four points to take the set 25-23 for a 1-0 lead.
NU took and 8-4 lead in the second and maintained their advantage the rest of the set. The Timberwolves pushed their lead to 13-7, but the Cardinals did not go away. SVSU cut the lead down to 13-12 and 17-16 before the Timberwolves scored eight of the final 11 points. That gave Northwood the second set 25-19 and a 2-0 overall lead.
The Timberwolves took control of the third set, jumping out to an 11-4 lead. SVSU got no closer than five the rest of the way. NU eventually took the set 25-17 to sweep the match.

MATCH STATS