The Northwest Missouri State volleyball team picked up its first MIAA win of the season, beating Lindenwood, 3-1, on Friday evening at Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo. The win moves Northwest to 5-5 on the season and 1-1 in MIAA play. Lindenwood drops to 3-8 overall and are now 0-1 in conference action.

Northwest was dominant in the first two sets, hitting a blistering .500 and.400, respectively, and jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead. After a small setback in the third set in which the Bearcats fell, 25-17, Northwest bounced right back to claim the fourth, 25-21.

Junior Brooke Bartosh tallied a game-high 20 kills and hit .515 for the evening. Freshman Miranda Foster added 13 kills and sophomore Shelby Duren had 12 kills. Senior setter Bridget Hanafin had 46 assists, six digs and six kills. Defensively, junior Bailey Vance had 22 digs while Duren added 18. Vance also had a team-high three service aces.

Northwest will complete the weekend road trip with a visit to Joplin, Mo., and a 6 p.m. matchup against Missouri Southern in MIAA action on Saturday evening.

— Northwest Sports Information —