Volleyball Drops Pair At Midwest Crossover

OVERVIEW – QUINCY/WALSH  

SCORES: Quincy Hawks 3, Northwood Timberwolves 1 (19-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-21)/Walsh Cavaliers 3, Northwood 0 (26-24, 27-25, 25-22)

RECORDS: Northwood 10-6 / Quincy 8-10 / Walsh 11-7

LOCATION: Hammond Sportsplex – Hammond, Ind.

RECAP: Volleyball a pair of matches at the Midwest Region Crossover Friday afternoon (October 15), falling to Quincy 3-1 before falling to Walsh 3-0.

INSIDE THE MATCH 

• The Timberwolves held the early advantage in the opening set, going up 10-5. The Hawks came back and appeared to be ready to take the opening set, leading 22-17. NU responded with a big run to earn a comeback win, scoring seven straight points and eight of the final nine to win 25-23. Northwood hit .250 in the opening set (16-5-44), while Quincy finished at .186 (15-7-43).
• Set two was evenly played throughout and was tied 17-17. Quincy led 23-22 before scoring the final two points of the set to level the match 1-1. The Hawks ended the second set at .211 (14-6-38). Northwood fell back to .184 (14-7-38).
• Northwood started well in the third, scoring four of the first five points. The Hawks responded with five of the next six points to take a lead they would not give up. NU got within one point at 16-15 but got no closer in a 25-20 QU win. Quincy had its best hitting set of the match in the third, ending at .394 (14-1-33). Northwood had a .188 percentage in the set (16-7-48).
• Quincy started the final set fast, putting up five of the first six points. NU eventually tied the score at 10-10, but an 8-2 push from Quincy gave QU an 18-12 edge. Northwood got no closer than two the remainder of the way. The Hawks hit .267 in the final set (11-3-30) and held the Timberwolves to a .146 (14-8-41).

MATCH STATS 

• HITTING: Northwood .193 (60-27-171), Quincy .257 (54-17-144)
• DIGS: Northwood 62 (Maddy House – 15), Quincy 65
• BLOCKS: Northwood 9 (Maya Ferland/Megan Acs – Four), Quincy 9
• ACES: Northwood 4 (Lauren Bell – Two), Quincy 4

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Grace Rekeweg: 18 kills, six digs
• Maya Ferland: 16 kills, four blocks
• Macy Lintz: 48 assists, nine digs

INSIDE THE MATCH - WALSH

• After Walsh jumped out to a 6-1 lead to start the match, Northwood responded with five straight points to level the score at 6-6. The Cavaliers appeared on their way to an easy set win, leading 19-12. NU fought back, however, going on a 7-1 run late to tie the score at 23-23. WU bounced back again, scoring the final two points to win the first set 26-24. Neither team hit well in the opener – Walsh finished at .082 (13-9-49), while Northwood hit .000 (9-9-48).
• The second set started in similar fashion to the first – Walsh led 5-1 to start only to see the Timberwolves come back to tie the score at 6-6. While the remainder of the set was close, it appeared NU would get on the board with a set point at 24-23. The Cavs controlled the play the remainder of the way, however, scoring four of the final five points to win 27-25 to go up 2-0. Both team were much better offensively in the second, as the Cavaliers hit .257 (15-6-35) compared to the Timberwolves at .275 (16-5-40).
• Much like the first two sets, the finale was tightly contested as well. Up to Northwood leading 17-15, the largest lead for either team was three points. That is when the Cavaliers took over, going on a 7-1 run to lead 22-18. The Cavaliers eventually finished the sweep at 25-22. Walsh ended the final set at .224 (16-5-49) while holding Northwood to a .136 mark (16-8-59).

MATCH STATS - WALSH

• HITTING: Northwood .129 (41-22-147), Walsh .180 (44-20-133)
• DIGS: Northwood 62 ( Lintz – 16), Walsh 76
• BLOCKS: Northwood 9 (Al'Lesha Roberts – Four), Walsh 5
• ACES: Northwood 1 (MacKelle Thompson), Walsh 0

TOP NU PERFORMERS - WALSH

• Rekeweg: 11 kills, three blocks, 13 digs
• Sydney Sweet: Nine kills, three blocks
• Kiana Martens: Eight kills
• Lintz: 38 assists, 16 digs

UP NEXT 

• Northwood will finish the Midwest Crossover with a match against Lewis Saturday (October 16). First serve is set for 1:45 p.m. (ET).