Volleyball Claims 3-1 Road Win At Tiffin - Sydney Hasenfrantz Reaches 1,000 Kill Milestone

OVERVIEW – TIFFIN

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Tiffin Dragons 1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-23)

RECORDS: Northwood 13-3, 5-1 G-MAC / Tiffin 8-7, 3-4 G-MAC

LOCATION: Osborne Center – Tiffin, Ohio

RECAP: Northwood Volleyball earns a 3-1 road win at Tiffin Saturday (October 5).

INSIDE THE MATCH                                                                                        

• In a match full of runs for both teams, it was Northwood who started with a 6-3 advantage. Tiffin responded with six of the next seven points to go up 9-7. With the score tied 9-9, the Dragons put up four straight points to take a 13-9 lead. NU came back to get within one at 14-13. That was as close as the Timberwolves would get, however, as the Dragons went on to take the opening set 25-20 for a 1-0 lead.
• Northwood led set two 5-4 when the Timberwolves went on a 7-1 run to take a 12-5 lead. The Dragons responded with five straight points to cut the NU advantage to 12-10. Northwood then scored three straight to get the lead back up to five at 15-10. TU got back within one at 17-16 but were never able to level the set. The Timberwolves eventually took the set 25-22 to level the match at 1-1.
• NU kept the momentum going from the second-set win, scoring the first five points and seven of the first nine overall. Northwood led 13-10 when the Dragons scored four straight points to take a 14-13 lead. The score was tied 14-14 before a 5-1 run by Northwood put the Timberwolves up 19-15. Tiffin got no closer than three the rest of the third set, which was finished off by a 6-2 push by Northwood. NU's 25-18 win gave Northwood a 2-1 edge for the match.
• Set three was tied seven when Northwood went on the first big run of the set, scoring five straight points to open up a 12-7 lead. Tiffin chipped away at the Northwood advantage, getting within two at 14-12. Northwood pushed the lead back to five at 18-13, but the Dragons did not go away. Tiffin got within one at 23-22 and 24-23 before the Timberwolves closed out the set 25-23 and the match 3-1.

MATCH STATS

• HITTING: Tiffin .160 (46-22-150), Northwood .369 (62-28-188)
• DIGS: Tiffin 76, Northwood 74 (Sophia Oakes – 20)
• BLOCKS: Tiffin 8, Northwood 7 (Mackenzie Scheid – Five)
• ACES: Tiffin 3, Northwood 7 (Renee Brines – Three)

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Sydney Hasenfratz: 19 kills, two aces, two blocks
• Olivia Ott: 14 kills, 11 digs
• Kiana Martens: 12 kills, four digs, three blocks
• Scheid: Nine kills, five blocks, .471 attack percentage (9-1-17)
• Brines: 53 assists, three kills, three aces, 16 digs

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• With her 19 kills tonight, Sydney Hasenfratz became the 16th player in program history to reach the 1,000 kill mark. She now has 1,009 for her career.

UP NEXT

• Northwood travels to Findlay (12-4, 5-2 G-MAC) in a match featuring two of the top teams in the conference Saturday (October 12). First serve is set for 4 p.m.