Posted: Oct 26, 2018

Volleyball Earns 3-2 Road Win At Lake Superior State

Northwood

(10-15, 4-9 GLIAC)

Lake Superior St.

(5-20, 2-12 GLIAC)

Final

Northwood (10-15, 4-9 GLIAC)

Lake Superior St. (5-20, 2-12 GLIAC)

Game Leaders

Northwood

K: 2 Players (#15, #17) - 18

B: Karlie Wengorovius - 2

D: Brenna Murphy - 23

SA: 2 Players (#1, #15) - 2

Lake Superior St.

K: Kelly Walter - 18

B: 3 Players (#6, #11, #13) - 2

D: Paige Gotham - 17

SA: Lauren Lukasik - 4

Team Stats

Northwood

Lake Superior St.

Hitting %

.207

.128

Blocks

3.0

5.0

Digs

Aces

Full stats

OVERVIEW – LAKE SUPERIOR STATE

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Lake Superior State Lakers 2 (25-18, 17-25, 23-25, 25-21, 16-14)

RECORDS: Lake Superior State (5-20, 2-12 GLIAC), Northwood (10-15, 4-9 GLIAC)

LOCATION: Cooper Gymnasium – Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood earns 3-2 comeback win at Lake Superior State Friday night (October 26).

INSIDE THE MATCH

Northwood trailed the opening set 11-10 when a run put NU in control. The Timberwolves posted six straight points to open up a 16-11 advantage. LSSU got no closer than two points the rest of the way in a 25-18 Northwood victory. NU finished the set hitting .179 (12-5-39) while holding Lake Superior State to a -.024 mark (8-9-42).
The second set was very similar to the first, except it was the Lakers who made a run to level the score. The set was tied 10-10 when LSSU put up seven of the next 10 points to go up 17-13. Lake Superior State eventually took the set 25-17. Both teams offenses improved in the second, with the Timberwolves finishing at .385 (14-4-26) and the Lakers ended up at .391 (11-2-23).
Lake Superior State made the plays late in the third to take a 2-1 lead. LSSU was up 19-14 before the Timberwolves fought back, eventually leveling the score 23-23. The Lakers responded, however, earning the final two points to close out the set 25-23. Northwood ended up hitting .211 (14-6-38) while LSSU finished at .167.
Northwood scored six of the first seven points to set the tone for the fourth set. The Lakers fought back to level the score at 10-10. With the score tied 20-20, Northwood put up five of the final six points to win 25-21 to force a fifth set. NU finished the fourth hitting .175 (15-8-40), compared to the Lakers at .085 (12-8-47).
The final set saw big runs for both teams before closed out the match. The Timberwolves led 4-2 and 5-3 early when LSSU went on an 8-1 run to go up 11-6. Northwood came right back with five straight points of their own to tie the match at 11-11. LSSU eventually had a match point at 14-13, but the Timberwolves scored the final three points of the match to earn the win. NU hit .148 in the final set (7-3-27) while LSSU finished at .160 (9-5-25).

MATCH STATS