Kiana Martens Leads Volleyball To 3-2 Win Over Parkside

OVERVIEW – PARKSIDE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Parkside Rangers 2 (19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13)

RECORDS: Northwood 14-6 / Parkside 7-12

LOCATION: Hammond, Ind.

RECAP: Thanks to Kiana Martens and her milestone day, Northwood Volleyball earns a 3-2 win over Parkside to conclude the Midwest Crossover Saturday (October 19)

INSIDE THE MATCH                                                                                        

• With Northwood missing Sydney Hasenfratz, who leads the team in kills and blocks, Parkside raced out to a fast start. UWP held leads of 6-0, 7-1 and 10-2 early. Northwood fought back to get within four at 13-9, but that proved to be as close as the Timberwolves would get. The Rangers led by as many as nine before taking the set 25-19 for a 1-0 lead.
• After a tight start to the second set, a small run Parkside had them up 16-12. Northwood responded with four of the next five points to get within one at 17-16. A 5-1 run later in the set gave the Timberwolves a 21-20 lead. The score was tied 23-23 when NU put up three of the final four points to take the second set 25-23.
• It was Northwood who got off to a fast start in the third set, scoring five of the first six points. Parkside came right back to tie the score at 6-6. With the score tied 8-8, UWP posted 10 of the next 14 points to open up a 18-12 lead.  The Timberwolves did get within two at 21-19 but were unable to get any closer that two the remainder of the set. Parkside's 25-22 win in the third gave the Rangers a 2-1 advantage.
• Northwood took the lead for good in the third set at 6-5. An 8-1 run for Northwood put the Timberwolves on top 12-6. Parkside fought back to get within one at 13-12, only to see NU score seven of the next nine points to go on top 20-14. Parkside made one final run, cutting a Northwood 24-18 lead down to 24-22, but the Timberwolves closed out the set 25-22 to force a decisive fifth set.
• The final set was tightly contested through 18 points – the score was tied 9-9 and the biggest lead for either team was two points. The key stretch came with Parkside leading 9-8, as the Timberwolves scored five straight and six of the next seven to get to match point at 14-10. UWP scored the next three points to get within one, but a solo block by Martens closed out the win for Northwood 15-13.

MATCH STATS

• HITTING: Parkside .217 (59-23-166), Northwood .250 (63-19-176)
• DIGS: Parkside 71, Northwood 71 (Sophia Oakes – 28)
• BLOCKS: Parkside 8, Northwood 9 (Ott/Mackenzie Scheid – One)
• ACES: Parkside 18, Northwood 6 (Macy Kellstrom/Renee Brines – Two)

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Martens: 28 kills, nine digs, four blocks, 31.5 points
• Olivia Ott: Nine kills
• Madeline Heil: Seven kills, .600 attack percentage (7-1-10)
• Renee Brines: 49 assists, eight digs, five kills

MATCH STATS

• With her 28 kills today, Martens reached the 1,000 kill mark for her career. She is now the 17th player to reach 1,000 kills. Martens joins teammate Hasenfratz, who reached the milestone just eight days ago. Martens now has 1,004 kills for her career.

UP NEXT

• Northwood hosts Hillsdale Saturday (October 26). First serve is set for 1 p.m.