Sports briefs
Northwest volleyball still
perfect after weekend
The Northwest Missouri State University volleyball team moved to 11-0 on the year with victories over GAC members Southern Arkansas and Henderson State on Saturday afternoon.
The matches were part of the Peggy Martin Crossover Challenge in Warrensburg. Darcy Sunderman led the Bearcats in kills in both matches, recording 23 for the two matches. Maddy Bruder had 17 digs and 16 total kills on the day. Sarah Dannettell recorded 57 total assists and had 15 digs. Bruder and Jackie Becker were each named to the All-Tournament team.
Match One Key Statistics
(Northwest 3, Southern Arkansas 0)
Northwest swept the three-sets by scores of 25-17, 25-10 and 25-20. The Bearcats hit .344 as a team while holding the Muleriders to just .109. Northwest recorded 11 total blocks and six service aces. Sunderman had a match-high 12 kills with a three blocks and two digs. Gaby da Silva had five blocks, four kills, four digs and four service aces. Bruder added 10 digs, seven kills, three assists and a block. Dannettell recorded 30 assists with six digs, five kills, a block and a service ace. Olivia Nowakowski had nine digs in the winning effort.
Match Two Key Statistics
(Northwest 3, Henderson State 0)
Northwest won the first set, 25-15, then took the next two by scores of 29-27 and 25-0. The Bearcats had 8.5 team blocks and hit .265 for the match while holding the Reddies to a .096 attack percentage. Sunderman had 11 kills to lead the Bearcats. She also recorded six digs and five block assists. Williams had eight blocks to go along with five kills, three digs, an assist and a service ace. Bruder recorded nine kills with seven digs, four service aces and two blocks.
Nowakowski tied Bruder for the team-high with nine digs. She also added three assists and a service ace.
Up Next
– Northwest will host Truman State on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. at Bearcat Arena in the team’s final non-conference match of the year.
Bearcat cross country
shows strong at Nebraska
The Northwest Missouri State University men’s and women’s cross country programs competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday. The Bearcat men took second place out of 15 teams in the 8K gold division while the women were sixth of 12 teams in the 6K gold division. Brayden Clews-Proctor and Nolan Zimmer placed third and fourth, respectively, on the men’s side. Zac Miller was 24th in 26:36.0 and Tim Grundmayer was 49th in 27:25.7. The men’s other point scorer was Johnny Harley in 56th place in 27:37.0
– Sammy Laurenzo paced the women’s team, finishing in 51st place in 24:07.2.
– Maria Mostek placed 81st in 25:13.7 and Melissa Shepherd was 83rd in 25:14.7.
– Sierra Coen placed 90th in 25:22.7 and Mckenzie Christensen also scored in Northwest’s top-five, running 26:11.7 to place 105th.
Up Next
– The Bearcats will head to the Arkansas Chili Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Northwest soccer shut
out by Central Missouri
The Northwest Missouri State soccer team battled hard Sunday but dropped a non-conference matchup to Central Missouri, 1-0.
The match was played as a regional matchup and will not count toward MIAA standings.
Northwest moves to 2-3, while Central Missouri goes to 5-0.
Ashley Malloy recorded eight saves for the Bearcats.
Danielle Wolfe and Ashley Cole took a team high two shots.
Northwest took seven shots in the contest, two of which were on goal.
On the other end, the Jennies attempted 15 shots with nine being on frame.
Peri Rainey, Jessica Breyfoggle and Abbi Brown all added shots for the Bearcats. Northwest was whistled for eight fouls, 15 for UCM.
Northwest will host Lindenwood for the final non-conference matchup on Friday, Sept. 23, at 4 p.m. at Bearcat Pitch.
