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Northwest volleyball wins in three sets at Southwest Baptist

Northwest2013riggertThe Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team picked up a 3-0 sweep over Southwest Baptist on Friday evening at the Meyer Sports Center in Bolivar, Mo.

Northwest moved to 13-7 overall and 6-4 in MIAA play. SBU falls to 3-18 overall and 1-9 in conference action.

Maddy Bruder had a match-high 13 kills for the Bearcats in the victory.  Shelby Duren added 10 kills to go along with 11 digs defensively. She also had a pair of blocks while hitting 64.3 percent for the match.  Senior libero Aarika Wittenburg had a match-high 14 digs and also added a service ace.

Northwest hit .289 for the match with 42 kills while limiting SBU to just 27 kills and a .098 attack percentage.

The Bearcats will head to Joplin, Mo., for a 7 p.m. MIAA contest against Missouri Southern State on Saturday evening.

— Northwest Athletics —

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