Posted: Nov 05, 2016

Volleyball Loses In Five Sets At Northern Michigan

Northwood

(13-13 (4-11 GLIAC))

Northern Mich.

(15-14 (6-9 GLIAC))

Final

Northwood (13-13 (4-11 GLIAC))

Northern Mich. (15-14 (6-9 GLIAC))

Game Leaders

K: Sydney Greulich - 13

B: Colleen Mayer - 4

D: Hailey Jones - 16

SA: Allison Getty - 2

K: Madison Whitehead - 17

B: 2 Players (#7, #12) - 3

D: Autumn Monsma - 23

SA: Autumn Monsma - 2

Team Stats

Northwood

Northern Mich.

Hitting %

.234

.295

Blocks

7.0

Digs

Aces

Full stats

OVERVIEW – NORTHERN MICHIGAN

SCORE: Northern Michigan 3, Northwood 2 (20-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-14, 15-11)

RECORDS: Northwood (13-13, 4-11 GLIAC), Northern Michigan (14-8, 6-9 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Vandament Arena – Marquette, Mich.

RECAP: Northern Michigan rallies from a 0-2 deficit to down Northwood 3-2 Saturday afternoon (November 5).

INSIDE THE MATCH

Both offenses came out fast to start the match, but Northwood's was a bit better in the opening set. NU hit .378 (17-3-37) while NMU finished at .294 (12-2-34). Northwood earned early leads of 5-1 and 15-7 en route to a 25-20 opening set win.
The Timberwolves offense kept their strong play going in the second set, registering 16 kills and a .342 attack percentage (16-3-38). After the score was tied 9-9, NU finished strong to win 25-21 to lead the match 2-0.
Northern Michigan began its comeback in the third set with a late push. NMU led 19-18 in the set before scoring six of the final seven points to win 25-19. The Wildcats out-hit Northwood .259-.167 in the set.
NMU dominated the fourth set thanks to a big run. The Wildcats led 9-7 when Northern Michigan posted 11 of the next 13 points to go up 20-9 before winning 25-14. NMU hit .303 in the fourth (15-5-33) while holding Northwood to a .061 clip (8-6-33).
The final set was tied 11-11 when the Wildcats made one final push to close out the win. The Wildcats scored the final four points to take the set 15-11 and claim the match 3-2.

MATCH STATS