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Volleyball Team Goes 1-1 in San Diego on Saturday
9/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 7, 2002
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - After dropping two consecutive matches to open the invitational, the Northwestern women's volleyball team completed play at the University of San Diego Invitational by sweeping Montana Saturday night. The Wildcats defeated the Grizzlies 30-20, 30-24, 32-30, to improve their record to 4-2 overall.
Junior middle blocker Erika Lange (Orland Park, Ill.) hammered 22 kills with only one attack error on her way to hitting a career-high .583 in the match. Lange also posted eight total blocks while Drew Robertson (Long Beach, Calif.) added 31 set assists and 16 digs.
Montana managed to hit just .080 for the match, thanks in part to 17 total blocks by Northwestern. The Grizzlies fell to 4-3 overall after entering tournament play undefeated.
Earlier in the day, the Wildcats gave No. 23 North Carolina all that it could handle, but fell in four games to the Tar Heels, 30-28, 30-28, 28-30, 30-22.
The Tar Heels remained undefeated thanks in part to a double-double by Laura Greene who recorded 16 kills and 10 digs. Lange led four Northwestern players in double-figures in kills with 18 while Lizzie Carlson (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Christie Gardner (West Bend, Wis.) added 19 and 17 digs, respectively.
North Carolina took advantage of 36 attack errors by Northwestern in the match.
The Wildcats will return to action next Friday when it opens up play at the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind. by taking on the host Fighting Irish.
