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#7 Warriors Come Back To Defeat NWU 3-1 in Volleyball

Women's Volleyball

#7 Warriors Come Back To Defeat NWU 3-1 in Volleyball

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Nebraska Wesleyan took set one from 7th-ranked Midland University and had all the momentum in Snyder Arena, but the Warriors fought back to win the next three sets to earn a 3-1 win over the Prairie Wolves in GPAC volleyball action.

NWU won set one 25-20 before an energized crowd and looked poised to pull the upset.  Midland silenced the crowd early in set two and went to take the next three sets 25-15, 25-21, 25-22 to improve to 25-2, 7-2 in GPAC.  The Prairie Wolves fall to 16-6, 6-4 GPAC.

The match opened with NWU jumping out to a 4-0 lead and sending the NWU student section into a frenzy.  Midland appeared rattled and NWU never let them take the lead the rest of the set.

Set two was a whole different story as Midland went out to a 6-2 lead and took the air out of the Snyder Arena faithful.  They pounded out 15 kills in the set and rolled to the 10-point victory.

NWU led 10-7 in the third set, but the Warriors rattled off seven straight points to take a 14-10 lead on five kills.  They never let NWU get closer than three points in the set to earn the 25-21 win.

In set four, NWU jumped ahead 7-3 and kept extending the lead.  A block from Katelyn Walsh and Bridget Bucher put NWU ahead 15-8.  Midland then went on a run to pull within three at 16-13.

Nebraska Wesleyan still led 21-18, but two kills by Midland and a Prairie Wolves error put the set tied at 21-21.   After a timeout, Walsh got a kill for NWU, but that would be the last point for the Prairie Wolves.  Back-to-back blocks from Midland gave the Warriors the win.

Malory Dahl led NWU with 11 kills, with Walsh and Bucher each adding 10 kills.  NWU hit .174 as a team with 48 kills while Midland hit .263 with 62 total kills.  KC Heimann had 17 kills to lead the Warriors.
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