Kerns and Tauchen_NW_19
John Ellis
3
Winner Northwest Mo. St. NMSU 15-5,8-4 Mid-America Intercollegiate
2
Missouri Western MW 11-8,5-6 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Northwest Mo. St. NMSU
15-5,8-4 Mid-America Intercollegiate
3
Final
2
Missouri Western MW
11-8,5-6 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Northwest Mo. St. NMSU 26 25 18 25 15 (3)
Missouri Western MW 28 18 25 20 13 (2)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | MWSU Athletic Communications

Northwest Outduels Griffon Volleyball

Griffs go toe-to-toe through five with No. 14-ranked Bearcats

ST. JOSEPH – Griffon Volleyball (11-8, 5-6) and No. 14-ranked Northwest Missouri (15-5, 8-4) duked it out for almost two and a half hours, Tuesday night, with the Bearcats coming out on top in five sets.
 
The match featured 34 ties and nine lead changes and the statistics could not have been much more even. Missouri Western struck first winning a first set that featured 15 ties and three lead changes, 28-26. The rivals slugged out that first set with neither team ever leading by more than two points and neither scoring more than two points in a row until the Griffons closed it out on a 3-0 run.
 
Northwest controlled a second set that saw the teams combine for 13 blocks, 25-18. The Griffons bounced back and controlled the third, 25-18, hitting .275 and holding Northwest to a .157 hitting percentage. The Bearcats were cruising early in the fourth, leading 12-4 before the Griffs whittled the lead to two at 15-13. Northwest answered with a  6-2 run and held off another MWSU push to force the fifth set, 25-20.
 
The fifth set featured 10 ties and four lead changes. The Griffons went up 12-10 before Nortwest rallied to win 15-13 and avoided its fifth loss in the last seven matches.
 
NOTABLES
  • It was the third-straight five set match for Northwest and just the third of the season for MWSU.
  • Missouri Western had four more kills (65) and seven more digs (106) than Northwest. Blocks were even at eight apiece while Northwest had four aces to the Griffs' two.
  • The 65 kills were 10 more than MWSU's previous match-high this season. 61 assists was also a season-high by 10 for the team.
  • Allie Kerns led the team with a career-high 17 kills and added 15 digs and three blocks for 19.5 points. Seven of her kills came in the third set.
  • Sam Duncan had a career-best 15 kills and Danielle Moje posted a career high 10 kills to go with a team-high five blocks.
  • Tiana Bulter was one dig shy of matching her career high with 36.
  • Lauren Murphy had 54 assists and 13 digs.
  • Ali Tauchen posted another double-double with 13 kills and 12 digs.  She had six kills in the first.
 
UP NEXT
  • Missouri Western hosts No. 3-ranked Washburn at 6 p.m., Thursday.
  • The Ichabods will enter 18-2 with a 10-2 mark in conference play after a sweep at Fort Hays State, Tuesday night.
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