The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team picked up a five-set victory over Lindenwood, 3-2, on Friday in St. Charles, Mo.

– The No. 18 ranked Bearcats move to 17-1 overall and 5-1 in MIAA play with the victory. Lindenwood falls to 5-11 and 1-5 in conference action with the loss.
– Maddy Bruder had 21 kills, 14 digs, three blocks and one assist. It marked the fifth time in her career she has tallied 20 or more kills in a single match.
– The Bearcats dropped the first set, 25-21, but came back to win the next two, 25-17 and 25-23. Northwest fell in the fourth set, 26-24, but took the deciding fifth set, 15-10.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Miranda Foster had 14 kills, 16 digs and three blocks in the win.
– Sarah Dannettell had 61 assists with 15 digs, four kills, three blocks and one service ace.
– Olivia Nowakowski had 21 digs and a pair of assists.
– Jackie Becker had 12 kills and a pair of blocks.
– Darcy Sunderman had 11 total kills.
– Alexis Williams tallied eight kills, five blocks and five digs.
– Megan Stilmock had 12 digs defensively.

Key Northwest Sequences
– With a two-point lead in the second, 18-16, Northwest closed out the set with a 7-1 run. Bruder had back-to-back kills to force a Lindenwood timeout. Out of the break, Bruder tallied another kill to make it 21-16. A Lion attack error and a block by Dannettell and Williams widened the margin to 23-16. Lindenwood scored to make it 23-17 but Bruder and Dannettell combined for a block to give the Bearcats set point. Williams put away a kill off an assist from Dannettell to give Northwest the second set, tying the match, 1-1.

– Down 22-17 in the third set, Northwest rallied to score eight of the next nine points to win the set and take a 2-1 lead. After a Lion service errors, Foster and Bruder combined for three-straight kills to force a Lindenwood timeout trailing by just one, 22-21. Out of the timeout, Williams and Bruder combined for a block to force a 22-22 tie. A bad Lion set gave the Bearcats a 23-22 lead. After a second Lindenwood timeout, Bruder marked up another kill to make it 24-22. On set point, the Lions got a killl but Lindenwood errored on the ensuing service to give Northwest the 25-23 set win.

– Northwest scored nine of the last 11 points in the fifth set to win the match. With Lindenwood leading 8-6, Northwest used a 5-0 run to take an 11-8 lead after kills from Sunderman, Becker and Bruder. Holding a 13-10 lead, Bruder closed out the set with back-to-back kills to give the Bearcats the win.

Up Next
– The Bearcats will head to Warrensburg on Saturday to take on No. 11 Central Missouri at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Building.

— Northwest Athletics —