Volleyball Sweeps Ursuline 3-0

OVERVIEW – URSULINE 

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Ursuline Arrows 0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-15)

RECORDS: Northwood (12-12, 6-5 GMAC), Ursuline (3-20, 1-12 GMAC)

LOCATION: Riepma Arena – Midland, Mich.

RECAP: Northwood sweeps Ursuline 3-0 at home Friday night (October 21).

INSIDE THE MATCH

• With the Timberwolves finding themselves down 4-1 early in the opening set, they scored ten of the next eleven points to jump out to the 11-5 lead. NU remained comfortably ahead of UC after taking the lead, not allowing the Arrows to get any closer than four points. NU eventually finished the set on a 7-2 run to win 25-14.
• The second set was evenly played early, with the score tied 10-10 through twenty points. That is when the Timberwolves took control, scoring 11 of the next 14 points to go up 21-13 . Northwood used a team attack percentage of .447 to lead by as much as ten, eventually taking the set 25-16.
• After the score was 2-2 early in the third, NU took over to close out the sweep. Northwood held leads of 7-3, 13-5 and 21-9 before eventually winning 25-15 to close out the sweep

MATCH STATS 

• HITTING: Ursuline .000 (22-22-84), Northwood .369 (43-12-84
• DIGS: Ursuline 25, Northwood 36 (Megan Acs -- 12)
• BLOCKS: Ursuline 5, Northwood 9 (Sydney Hasenfratz – Five)
• ACES: Ursuline 5, Northwood 4 (Lauren Bell – Two)

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Hasenfrantz: 13 kills, five blocks, ace
• Venera Kadriu: Seven kills
• Renee Brines: 29 assists, four digs (two sets)

UP NEXT 

• Northwood will host Lake Erie Saturday (October 22). Match time is set for 4 p.m.