The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team defeated Emporia State, 3-0, on Saturday at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo.
– Northwest moves to 13-10 on the year and 7-4 in MIAA play with the win. The Hornets fall to 13-11 overall and 5-6 in conference action.
– The Bearcats hit .279 for the match and committed just 13 attacking errors.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest won all three sets by scores of 25-12, 25-23 and 25-23.
– The Bearcats had eight blocks and six total service aces.
– Maddy Bruder had 13 kills, five digs and three blocks, hitting .265 for the match.
– Sofia Schleppenbach had eight kills and zero errors, hitting .615 with two blocks and a service ace.
– Morgan Lewis committed just one attacking error, hitting .538 with eight kills and six blocks.
– Darcy Sunderman had eight kills with eight digs, four service aces and three blocks.
– Olivia Nowakowski had nine digs and a service ace.
– Maddy Ahrens and Sarah Dannettell each had 18 assists. Ahrens had seven digs and Dannettel had two with two blocks.

Key Northwest Sequences
– The Bearcats closed out the first set in convincing fashion by scoring the final seven points. Hallie Sidney had three kills in the sequence while Sunderman and Lewis each contributed a pair of blocks. The set ended with a Schleppenbach service ace.

– Emporia State threatened to take the match to a fourth set after a late rally in the third. Trailing 20-14, the Hornets went on a 6-0 run to pull even at 20-20. After the teams traded points in the next six sequences, the match stood tied at 23-23. But Bruder put away a kill on an assist from Ahrens. On the final play, Sunderman and Schleppenbach came up with a block to end the match, giving the Bearcats a 3-0 sweep.

Up Next
– The Northwest homestand continues on Tuesday, Oct. 24, with a 7 p.m. match against Missouri Western.

— Northwest Athletics —