Friday, September 9
Nashville, Tenn.
7:30 p.m.
Northwestern
5-3
1
at
3
Lipscomb
6-2
1
2
3
4
F
Northwestern
30
25
20
23
1
Lipscomb
32
16
25
25
3
Slater, Wildcats Block Way Into Record Book
9/9/2016 10:44:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Box Score | Season Stats
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senior middle blocker Maddie Slater and the Northwestern defense blocked their way into the record book Friday night at Lipscomb.
Slater's 14 blocks (1 solo, 13 assisted) were a career high and tied for the second-most ever by any Wildcat player in a single match. The last Northwestern player to reach that mark was Sabel Moffett on Oct. 10, 2010, against Minnesota.
Chicago's Big Ten Team racked up 22 blocks overall, 19 of which came in the first two sets. That final total ranks fifth all-time for a single match in program history and was the best mark since Oct. 13, 2000, when the Wildcats had 24 vs. Michigan.
Other notable defensive performances included a career high 10 blocks from Kayla Morin. Gabrielle Hazen had seven, one off of her career best. All told, seven Wildcats recorded stops at the net.
Northwestern also held Lipscomb to just .112 hitting and forced the Bisons into 40 errors. Libero Katie Kniep tallied a career-high 21 digs.
Lipscomb was able to eek out the win, 3-1, with the first and final frames both decided by the narrowest of margins.
The Wildcats fought back from down 23-20 to force the first set to go a little longer. It ended up being a lot longer, with Lipscomb winning a back-and-forth affair, 32-30. The last time Northwestern played a set into the 30s was Nov. 22, 2013, in a 33-31 loss at Penn State.
Chicago's Big Ten Team came out firing on all cylinders in the second set, jumping out to a 14-7 advantage and winning 25-16 to tie the match at one.
Lipscomb mustered the final five points of the third set to win 25-20 and then just edged NU in the fourth, 25-23, by scoring the final two points.
Northwestern had seven players get on the board with kills, and Slater, Morin and Taylor Tashima all hit over .300, but the Wildcats hit just .176 as a team. Tashima just missed another double-double with 37 assists, eight digs, six kills, three blocks and an ace.
The Lipscomb Invitational wraps up tomorrow with a 12:30 p.m. match against Ole Miss.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Senior middle blocker Maddie Slater and the Northwestern defense blocked their way into the record book Friday night at Lipscomb.
Slater's 14 blocks (1 solo, 13 assisted) were a career high and tied for the second-most ever by any Wildcat player in a single match. The last Northwestern player to reach that mark was Sabel Moffett on Oct. 10, 2010, against Minnesota.
Chicago's Big Ten Team racked up 22 blocks overall, 19 of which came in the first two sets. That final total ranks fifth all-time for a single match in program history and was the best mark since Oct. 13, 2000, when the Wildcats had 24 vs. Michigan.
Other notable defensive performances included a career high 10 blocks from Kayla Morin. Gabrielle Hazen had seven, one off of her career best. All told, seven Wildcats recorded stops at the net.
Northwestern also held Lipscomb to just .112 hitting and forced the Bisons into 40 errors. Libero Katie Kniep tallied a career-high 21 digs.
Lipscomb was able to eek out the win, 3-1, with the first and final frames both decided by the narrowest of margins.
The Wildcats fought back from down 23-20 to force the first set to go a little longer. It ended up being a lot longer, with Lipscomb winning a back-and-forth affair, 32-30. The last time Northwestern played a set into the 30s was Nov. 22, 2013, in a 33-31 loss at Penn State.
Chicago's Big Ten Team came out firing on all cylinders in the second set, jumping out to a 14-7 advantage and winning 25-16 to tie the match at one.
Lipscomb mustered the final five points of the third set to win 25-20 and then just edged NU in the fourth, 25-23, by scoring the final two points.
Northwestern had seven players get on the board with kills, and Slater, Morin and Taylor Tashima all hit over .300, but the Wildcats hit just .176 as a team. Tashima just missed another double-double with 37 assists, eight digs, six kills, three blocks and an ace.
The Lipscomb Invitational wraps up tomorrow with a 12:30 p.m. match against Ole Miss.
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Team Stats
NU
LIP
Kills
44
58
Errors
21
40
Attempts
131
160
Hitting %
.176
.113
Points
70.0
66.0
Assists
43
54
Aces
4
5
Blocks
22.0
3.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
10
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
7
Kills
7
Aces
1
Blocks
14
Players Mentioned
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