Volleyball Drops 3-0 Match To Ashland

OVERVIEW – ASHLAND

SCORE: Ashland Eagles 3, Northwood Timberwolves 0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-16)

RECORDS: Northwood 10-6, 5-3 GMAC | Ashland 14-5, 9-0 GMAC

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP:  Northwood Volleyball falls to Great Midwest Athletic Conference leader Ashland 3-0 Saturday afternoon (October 1)

INSIDE THE MATCH

• Ashland scored four of the first five points of the match and did not trail the remainder of the set. Northwood trailed 10-8 when the Eagles put up seven of the next nine points to lead 17-10. NU got no closer than four the rest of the set, which was one by Ashland 25-17.
• Northwood played much better early in the second set, forcing an Ashland timeout with the Timberwolves leading 14-8. The Eagles responded with five of the next six points to make the score 15-13. NU came right back, eventually going up 20-17. But Ashland was the better team to finish the second set, putting up eight of the final 11 points to close out the set 25-23 to go up 2-0.
• Ashland scored the first point of the third set and held onto the lead throughout. AU led 13-11 when the Eagles controlled the final portion of the match, scoring 12 of the final 17 points to complete the sweet 25-16.

MATCH STATS

• HITTING: Ashland .240 (32-9-96), Northwood .070 (39-30-128)
• DIGS: Ashland 45, Northwood 47 (Megan Acs – 15)
• BLOCKS: Ashland 6, Northwood 4 (Sydney Sweet – Three)
• ACES: Ashland 3, Northwood 4 (Renee Brines – Two)

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Kiana Martens: 16 kills
• Sydney Hasenfratz: Seven kills
• Renee Brines: 31 assists, two aces

UP NEXT

• Northwood hosts Ferris State in a non-conference match Tuesday (October 4). First serve is set for 7 p.m.