VB: Homestand ends with sweep

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The Concordia University, Nebraska volleyball team had a busy weekend, falling to 14th-ranked Northwestern College 3-1 (30-26, 30-20, 21-30, 30-27) on Friday before sweeping Mount Marty College, (-19, -21, -19) on Saturday night in Seward, Neb.

After the weekend the Bulldogs are 12-8 overall (3-3 GPAC).

Against Mount Marty freshman Alexa Oelke led the Bulldogs with 12 kills, hitting an impressive .346 in her first collegiate start. Oelke was one of four Bulldogs who hit over .300 on the night.

Concordia didn't waste any time against Mount Marty, jumping out to quick leads in two of the three games. In the opening game the Bulldogs hit .467 as a team, finishing with 17 kills in 30 attempts with only three errors.

Kelsey Affolter hit a red hot .438 in the match, notching nine kills. Katie Werner and Kelli Ziegler also finished above the .300 mark with nine and eight kills respectively.

Mount Marty was paced by their setter, Abby Haiar, who had kills on 17 attempts. As a team the Lancers finished with just 24 kills, hitting an anemic .102.

On Friday the Bulldogs got off to a good start in most of the games, taking early leads. But Northwestern was able to turn things around thank in part to solid defense. The Red Raiders finished the match with 68 digs as a team and had three players reach double digits in digs, led by Janna Bloemendaal.

Northwestern struggled in the third game, a 30-21 victory for the Bulldogs, hitting negative. The Red Raiders had just eight kills compared to 13 errors in the third game. As a team Concordia actually out-hit the Red Raiders for the match (.121 - .102).

Werner led the Bulldogs in kills with 17. She also added one solo and six block assists. Kelli Ziegler notched another triple-double finishing with 10 kills, 20 set assists and 11 digs. She also added four blocks. Dani Hoagland just missed double digits in kills, finishing with nine. Hoagland also added three solo and two block assists.

Northwestern was paced by Rand Hulstein who finished the game with 14 kills. She was one of four Red Raiders to finish in nine or more with kills. Hillary Hanno had a pair of solo blocks and three assist to go along with nine kills.

Concordia takes to the road, traveling to Blair, Neb., and Sioux Center, Iowa, this week to take on Dana and Dordt College on Oct. 3 and Oct. 6 respectively. The next home action for the Bulldogs comes on Oct. 10 as Doane College comes to town for a 7:30 p.m. match.

Posted by Sports Information on 10/1/2007 2:00:00 PM

VB: Homestand ends with sweep

VB: Homestand ends with sweep

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