Marquette, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State
University volleyball team fell in five sets to Northern Michigan
University Friday evening (Oct. 23). The Cardinals dropped
the first two sets by the same 25-22 score before winning the next
two by scores of 25-18 and 25-14, respectively. SVSU lost the
fifth and final set by a count of 15-9.
Senior Kait
Harris (Essexville, Mich./Garber HS) led offensively with 40
assists and added 11 digs for the Cardinals. Sophomore Annie Buxton
(Aurora, Ont.) tallied 16 kills as well as 13 digs for SVSU.
Junior Jessica Treiber
(Unionville, Mich./USA HS) posted 11 kills while hitting for a .320
clip against the Wildcats. Sophomore Laura Ward (White
Lake, Mich./Lakeland HS) had 22 digs for Saginaw while senior Allison
Schlinkert (Marysville, Mich.) had 14.
The loss puts the Cardinals' record at 15-8 on the season with
an 8-4 mark in conference play. The Wildcats improve to 15-8
and 9-3, respectively. Saginaw Valley will play at Michigan
Tech tomorrow (Oct. 24) for a 4:00 pm match-up with the
Huskies.
