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Taylor Wagner
Taylor Wagner had fifth match with at least 10 kills on Saturday.
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Winner Wayne State WSU 11-3,5-1 GLIAC
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Northern Mich. NMU 5-10,2-5 GLIAC
Winner
Wayne State WSU
11-3,5-1 GLIAC
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Final
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Northern Mich. NMU
5-10,2-5 GLIAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Wayne State WSU 25 25 25 (3)
Northern Mich. NMU 21 19 20 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Volleyball Wins in Three Sets at Northern Michigan

Taylor Wagner had 13 kills and hit .243 on 37 swings.

HOUGHTON, Mich. -- The Wayne State University volleyball program (11-3 overall, 5-1 GLIAC) won at Northern Michigan (5-10 overall, 2-5 GLIAC) on Saturday afternoon in three sets.  WSU won by scores of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-20.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Taylor Wagner (St. Joseph, Mich. / Lakeshore) tied the opening set at 4-4 with a kill before a Kamryn Duffield (Romeo, Mich.) service ace made it 7-4.  The Wildcats regained control and led 12-8.  An ace from Julia Malewicz (Macomb, Mich. / Utica Academy for International Studies / Henry Ford II) put the Green & Gold ahead 20-17.  The Warriors would win 25-21 on a point by Wagner.

Northern Michigan won the first three points of the second point.  Jenna Kray (Westerville, Ohio / Worthington Christian) trimmed the deficit to two, 7-5 with a kill.  Another tally by Kray tied the set at 10-10, forcing NMU to use a timeout.  Sam Palazzolo (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Utica Eisenhower) gave Wayne State a 12-11 advantage with an ace.  WSU extended its lead to 15-11 and eventually 17-13 following an NMU error.  Kills from Maddie Morrison (Flushing, Mich.) and Alexa Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens) made it 20-15.  An ace by Halle Shell (Port Huron, Mich. / Port Huron Northern) pushed WSU to a 23-19 lead as the Warriors took a 2-0 match lead with a 25-19 victory.

WSU led the third set 3-0 before NMU won the next five points.  A spike by Morrison kept WSU close, 10-7, but the Wildcats continued to control the tempo and led 14-9.  The Warriors went on a 4-0 rally to trim the deficit to one, 15-14.  Wayne State tied the set at 17-17 on another kill from Morrison.  A kill from Withun gave WSU a 20-18 advantage before WSU led 23-20.  Two kills from Wagner and another point from Withun gave the Green & Gold a 25-20 win and a 3-0 sweep.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
Wagner tallied 13 kills and 13 digs, while hitting .243.  Withun posted a .467 hitting percentage on her way to nine kills.  Duffield collected 28 assists.

HEAD COACH THOUGHTS
"For the second day in a row we played an outstanding, well coached opponent and performed well," said head coach Tim Koth.  We executed just a bit better and where able to earn a nice road win.  We have some great offensive performances today from Taylor, Alexa and Jenna that really carried us."

UP NEXT
Wayne State will play three straight at home beginning on Friday against Davenport at 7:00 PM inside the Matthaei.



 
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