Box Score
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.