NAMPA, Idaho – Northwest Nazarene volleyball bounced back from a rare loss on Thursday with a dominating sweep of Montana State Billings on Saturday in the Johnson Sports Center.
How It Happened
The Nighthawks came out firing from the start, jumping out to an 8-1 lead that was capped by
Olivia Wright kills on two of the final three points of the stretch. The momentum did not shift the rest of the set, as NNU scored the final four points with a
Tayler Markland kill punctuating a 25-11 victory.
Set two was much of the same, with NNU scoring the first five points and taking leads of 11-4 and 17-7. The Nighthawks cruised once again, with a
Helen Sullivan ace capping another 25-11 win.
The Yellowjackets put up a decent fight in the third set, taking their first lead of any set early at 7-4. MSUB still led 19-15 late, but NNU responded with a 10-3 run to put away the match. After a MSUB service error,
Natalie Sullivan recorded three aces in a row to begin the run and Wright finished it with another kill.
Nighthawks Notes
- NNU improves to 11-2 overall and 4-1 in GNAC play
- The Nighthawks are now 21-7 all-time against the Yellowjackets, and snapped a brief two-game skid to MSUB with today's victory
- The Nighthawks had 10 aces to just one for the Yellowjackets, and also outpaced MSUB 9-3 in blocks
- NNU hit .284 for the match, including an impressive .471 in the second set while holding MSUB to just .066 for the match
- Wright led the team with 14 kills and five blocks while hitting .286
- Miya Koch hit .500 with six kills and seven digs
- Mckenzie Lee had 36 assists while hitting .429, recording four kills on seven attempts
- Caroline McMahon had 18 digs to lead the back line along with three aces
Next Up
The Nighthawks will hit the road next week, heading north to face Simon Fraser on Thursday and Western Washington on Saturday.
