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Saturday, September 17
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Abbott Continues Big Ten-Leading Offensive Pace
9/17/2016 2:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Box Score | Season Stats
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Symone Abbott and Gabrielle Hazen had typically strong offensive performances, but Northwestern dropped the final of the UNI Tournament to host school Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon.
Abbott had a match high 16 kills in just three sets. She raised her kills per set average to 4.3, which continues to lead the Big Ten. She also had seven digs and two blocks. Hazen added eight kills, five of which came in the first set.
True freshman libero Sarah Johnson made her first career start and totaled a match-high 18 digs.
Taylor Tashima added 20 more assists to her career total, bringing it to 2,433. She is just 33 away from Kelli Meyer (1999-2002) for seventh place on the all-time list at Northwestern.
Northwestern begins Big Ten play next week with the conference opener at Indiana Wednesday night at 6 p.m. CT. The 'Cats home opener is next Sunday vs. No. 20 Penn State at 1 p.m.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Symone Abbott and Gabrielle Hazen had typically strong offensive performances, but Northwestern dropped the final of the UNI Tournament to host school Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon.
Abbott had a match high 16 kills in just three sets. She raised her kills per set average to 4.3, which continues to lead the Big Ten. She also had seven digs and two blocks. Hazen added eight kills, five of which came in the first set.
True freshman libero Sarah Johnson made her first career start and totaled a match-high 18 digs.
Taylor Tashima added 20 more assists to her career total, bringing it to 2,433. She is just 33 away from Kelli Meyer (1999-2002) for seventh place on the all-time list at Northwestern.
Northwestern begins Big Ten play next week with the conference opener at Indiana Wednesday night at 6 p.m. CT. The 'Cats home opener is next Sunday vs. No. 20 Penn State at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
NU
UNI
Kills
35
47
Errors
12
19
Attempts
103
115
Hitting %
.223
.243
Points
41.0
59.0
Assists
35
45
Aces
1
3
Blocks
5.0
9.0
Game Leaders
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
3
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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