Volleyball Earns Fourth Straight Win, Sweeping Malone 3-0

OVERVIEW – MALONE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Malone Pioneers 0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-19)

RECORDS: Northwood 11-10, 6-6 G-MAC | Malone 6-18, 5-8 G-MAC

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood Volleyball earns its fourth straight win, sweeping Malone 3-0 Friday night (November 7).

INSIDE THE MATCH

• Northwood scored the first three points of the match and did not allow Malone to lead at any point of the opening set.  NU led 6-5 when the Timberwolves scored 17 of the next 22 points to take a commanding 23-10 lead. Northwood went on to take the opening set 25-12.
• Malone played much better in the second, starting with the first three points of the set. The Pioneers led the majority of the way and were up 22-16 when the Timberwolves made their run. Kylie Goodman came into serve and keyed an 8-0 run for Northwood to take a 24-22 lead. Malon responded with three straight points to tie the score at 25-25, only to see the Timberwolves take the final two points to win the set 27-25 for a 2-0 lead.
• The final set was tied 4-4 when NU took over. The Timberwolves put up three straight and 12 of the next 16 points to go up 16-8.  Northwood led by as many as 10 before taking the third 25-19 to finish off their fourth straight sweep.

MATCH STATS

• HITTING: Malone .105 (31-19-114), Northwood .256 (47-14-129)
• DIGS: Malone 58, Northwood 54 (Laney Kokaly – 17)
• BLOCKS: Malone 4, Northwood 8 (Soleil Allen – Four)
• ACES: Malone 1, Northwood 12 (Mackenzie Scheid/Kokaly – Two)

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Sage Kissman: 15 kills, 10 digs, two blocks
• Renee Brines: Seven kills, 32 assists, seven digs
• Allen: Nine kills, four blocks, .583 attack percentage (9-2-12)
• Dani Pohl: Seven kills, .462 attack percentage (7-1-13)

UP NEXT

• Northwood hosts senior day Saturday (November 7), taking on Walsh in NU's home finale. First serve is set for 5 p.m.