DETROIT -- Playing at home inside The Matthaei Center for the first time in nearly a month, and on a brand new Taraflex floor, the Wayne State University volleyball team (8-13 overall, 3-7 GLIAC) swept Northern Michigan (7-14 overall, 4-6 GLIAC) on Friday night.
COACH KOTH
"It was very nice to finally play in front of a home crowd. I think we definitely drew some energy from them. Our offense was very strong tonight, led by a great individual performance from
Alexa Withun, and our defense gave us lots of chances to score. I'm proud of the effort by our group against a very good team."
HOW IT HAPPENED (-21, -19, -12)
- The beginning of the first set saw six ties and four lead changes in the first 16 total points before Northern Michigan was ahead by two, 9-7.
- Wayne State then began to get hot with five-straight points to lead by three, 12-9.
- The Wildcats' final advantage came at 14-13 before the Warriors took the lead for good at 16-15.
- Once the home team was up two, 17-15, the teams went back and forth seeing the visitors pull within one on six occasions.
- Wayne State then slammed the door with three-consecutive scores to win the period and go up 1-0 in the match.
- Early on in the second, Northern Michigan held a two-point lead 6-4, before Wayne State responded with a 6-1 run of its own.
- The away team eventually took the advantage back, 17-16, before the hosts again put the nail in the coffin with nine of the next 11 points.
- Aside from one deadlock at 1-1, the Warriors led the third set wire to wire.
LEADING THE WARRIORS
ONE BIG THING
- Wayne State dominated the head-to-head categories with Northern Michigan, including 58-34 in points, 43-26 in kills, 7-4 in service aces, 8-4 in blocks and 40-26 in assists.
UP NEXT
Wayne State is back at it on Saturday to host Michigan Tech with the first serve scheduled for 4 p.m.
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