North Dakota State
17-7, 9-4Summit
Western Illinois
14-12, 10-3Summit
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 30 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 2 |
| Western Illinois | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 3 |
Five-Game Loss at Western Illinois Sends Bison Into Fifth Place
11/3/2007 1:45:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
MACOMB, Ill.--North Dakota State slipped from first to fifth place in the Summit League volleyball race with a 3-2 loss at Western Illinois on Friday, Nov. 2. Western Illinois won 28-30, 30-28, 30-32, 30-11, 17-15.
Western Illinois remains in a four-way tie for first place with South Dakota State, IPFW and Oral Roberts, who were all three-game winners Friday to improve to 10-3 in the league.
North Dakota State slipped to 9-4 in the league and 17-7 overall. NDSU plays at UMKC at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3.
Freshman outside hitter Brooke VandenBergh had a career- and match-high 28 kills to lead the Bison. She hit .368 and had nine digs. Senior middle hitter Christy Stuewe notched her eighth double-double of the season with 24 kills and 22 digs. She hit .311 and added four blocks.
Western Illinois won with a balanced attack and stingy defense.
The Westerwinds made 125 digs compared to NDSU's 113. Libero Lindsay Muehlbauer had 29 digs and setter Sarah Trimpe made 25 saves to lead six Western Illinois players in double figures.
Five Western players reached double figures in kills led by the 25 kills of Amy Sauerwein, who hit .322, and 22 kills from Michelle Donnelly, who hit .404 and made 10 blocks.
Trimpe had 78 assists to help Western to a .283 hitting percentage. NDSU hit .213 behind the 68 assists of Mattie Johnson, who added five kills and nine digs.
VandenBergh had 12 of her 28 kills in Game 3 as the Bison came back from a seven-point deficit to win. Her 20th kill of the night put NDSU ahead 29-28 and forced a Western Illinois timeout. The Westerwinds survived two game points before kills by Nicole Sheridan and Stuewe won it for the Bison.
Western Illinois had 11 kills and two blocks during a 15-0 run in the fourth game that built a 23-7 lead.
North Dakota State's 2-0 and 4-2 leads were the biggest margins in Game 5. NDSU had match point twice on a Kelly Lopez kill and a Western Illinois error, but the Westerwinds scored the last three points to win on a kill by Donnelly, an ace by Trimpe, and an error by NDSU.
Kari Fagnan made a match-high 32 digs for NDSU, teammate Kristen Hille had 20 digs, and Lopez finished with 13 digs.
