Posted: Oct 24, 2018

Volleyball Sweeps Alma 3-0

Alma

(18-6)

Northwood

(9-15)

Final

Alma (18-6)

Northwood (9-15)

Game Leaders

K: Sara Majerle - 9

B: Naomi Mason - 1

D: Georgia Miller - 15

SA: Brianna Zimmer - 1

K: Grace Rekeweg - 11

B: 2 Players (#12, #17) - 2

D: Grace Rekeweg - 11

SA: 2 Players (#5, #17) - 2

Team Stats

Alma

Northwood

Hitting %

.098

.212

Blocks

1.0

4.0

Digs

Aces

Full stats

OVERVIEW – ALMA

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Alma Scots 0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-14)

RECORDS: Alma (18-6), Northwood (9-15)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood picks up 3-0 sweep over Alma in a non-conference matchup Wednesday night (October 24).

INSIDE THE MATCH

The first set was tight the majority of the way, with the Timberwolves leading 17-16 late. NU was the better team the rest of the way, scoring eight of the final 11 points to close out the set 25-19. Both offenses were efficient in the first set, with Northwood hitting .275 while scoring 21 of their 25 points on kills (21-7-51). Alma's first attack error in the set came on the final point, finishing with a .233 mark (11-1-43).
In the second set, the flow of play was nearly identical to the opener. The score was tied 16-16 in the final stages of the set when Northwood went on a run. The Timberwolves scored nine of the final 12 points this time to win the set by a matching score of 25-19. The offenses slowed down it the second, as Northwood hit .132 (12-7-38) compared to the Scots at .033 (7-6-30).
Alma led 10-9 in the third set when the Timberwolves took over. NU scored four straight points to go up 13-10. With the Northwood lead standing at 16-13, the Timberwolves scored eight straight and nine of the final 10 to win 25-14 to complete the sweep. Northwood ended the third hitting .208 (8-3-24) while holding the Scots to a -.034 mark (8-9-29).

MATCH STATS