Box Score

ST. PAUL – The Northwestern College volleyball team played one of its best matches of the season on Friday night in a 3-0 victory over Northland College. The Eagles posted a .300 team attacking percentage while holding the LumberJills to a -.152 mark en route to earning their 11th UMAC win of the year.

Elissa Sandstrom (Cloquet, Minn./Carlton) (Cloquet, Minn./Carlton), fresh off of earning the 1,000th kill of her career on Wednesday afternoon, had an outstanding night on the court, tallying 13 kills on 22 attempts to maintain a .591 mark with no errors. Greta King (Willmar, Minn./Willmar) (Willmar, Minn./Willmar) added nine kills, while Chelsea Koth (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing) chipped in seven kills.

Leah Kostek (West Des Moines, Iowa/Des Moines Christian ) (Des Moines, Iowa/Des Moines Christian) and Krista Stoltz (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial) (Lino Lakes, Minn.) successfully quarterbacked the team to 39 kills while combining for 30 assists on the night. Northwestern's blocking scheme worked well against Northland. The LumberJills not only had negative hitting numbers, but also were only able to come up with a mere eight kills on 79 attempts.

Sandstrom had three blocks for the Eagles, who compiled four blocks as a team.  Kelsey Korporal (Sumner, Iowa/Sumner-Fredericksburg) (Sumner, Iowa/Sumner-Fredericksburg) had a match-high 11 digs.

Northwestern, now 24-11 overall (11-2 UMAC), will get some rest before playing back-to-back matches on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles will first play their final conference match of the season against the College of St. Scholastica, who won the UMAC regular season championship outright on Friday, at 1 p.m. before hosting Augsburg College at 3 p.m. Both matches will take place in the Ericksen Center on Northwestern's campus.