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Women's Volleyball Shut Down by Minnesota, 3-0
10/3/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 3, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - Sarah Ballog had nine kills to lead a balanced Northwestern attack, but it wasn't nearly enough as the Wildcats fell to Minnesota, 3-0, Saturday night in Minneapolis.
Game scores were 15-7, 15-6, 15-0.
The loss dropped NU to 2-12 overall on the season and 0-4 in the Big Ten. The Gophers remained unbeaten in the conference and improved to 13-3 overall.
Ballog was joined by Jennifer Zagorski, who had eight kills, and Leah Ackerman who had seven. But as a team the Wildcats managed just a .088 kill percentage, while Minnesota connected on 41 percent of their kill attempts.
Carmen Burbach had eight digs to lead the defensive efforts for NU. For the Gophers, Nicole Branagh had 17 kills and 12 digs, while Yvonne Wichert had 13 kills and 14 digs.
Northwestern comes back home next weekend for a pair of Big Ten tilts, hosting No. 2 Penn State Friday night and Ohio State Saturday night. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m.
