MARYVILLE, Missouri – The Northwest Missouri State volleyball team ran its win streak to nine in a row with a decisive 3-0 victory over Fort Hays State Friday in Bearcat Arena. Northwest won by set scores of 25-18, 25-11, 25-17.

Northwest (14-3 overall, 6-0 MIAA) hit .375 and posted an 80.9 sideout percentage in the sweep. Fort Hays State (6-12 overall, 0-6 MIAA) hit .141 for the match.

Senior Maddy Bruder and sophomore Hallie Sidney provided the offensive punch against the Tigers. Bruder had a match-high 15 kills (.438), while Sidney added 14 kills (.467). Sophomore Maddy Ahrens tallied 42 assists. Senior Olivia Nowakoski paced the defense with 13 digs.

Northwest jumped out to an 11-5 advantage in the opening set and never looked back in a 25-18 win. The Bearcats hit .318 in the opening set with 17 kills to go against three attack errors. Senior Sofia Schleppenbach went for five kills in five attempts in the first set.

The Bearcats rolled to a 25-11 triumph in the second set. The Bearcats opened up a 17-5 lead. Northwest pounded out a .522 hitting percentage with 14 kills and two errors, while holding Fort Hays State to .000 attack percentage with seven kills and seven errors. Bruder went 6-for-7 in kills in the second.

Northwest closed out its 13th sweep of the season with a 25-17 triumph in the third set. Fort Hays State trailed 14-13 before Northwest compiled a 6-1 run to open up a 20-14 lead. The Bearcats rode Sidney in the final set with a six kills.

Northwest will return to its home floor Saturday at 6:30 p.m. against Nebraska-Kearney. Admission is free.

NOTES: Northwest’s nine-game win streak is tied for the fourth-longest in school history … Northwest had a pair of nine-game win streaks in 1984 and 1994 … Northwest is 6-0 in MIAA for the first time in school history … Nowakowski moved into third place in school history in career digs … Nowakowski has posted 1,497 digs and trails only Page Spangenberg (2007-2010) with 2,489 digs and Jill Quast (1997-2000) with 1,924 digs) … Nowakowski moved past Jennifer Pittrich (1993-1996), who posted 1,488 digs, and Tori Beckman (2010-2012), who tallied 1,488 digs.

— Northwest Athletics —