FAIRBANKS - The Nanooks volleyball team fell to Northwest Nazarene on Saturday, Oct. 17. Alaska falls to 11-10, 3-8 GNAC after the loss.
How it Happened
Alaska won the first two sets before NNU rallied and won the next three to grab the win. Alaska opened up with a 25-22 win, hitting .267 to NNU's .083. The Nanooks had 18 kills and six errors to the Nighthawks' 10 kills and six errors. NNU opened up with a 6-3 lead before the Nanooks rallied to tie it at 10-10. The two sides traded runs and leads. After a 22-22 tie, the Nanooks picked up three straight points on an
Ashlyn White kill followed by an NNU error and
Emma Freeman kill to win the set. In the second set, Alaska jumped out to a commanding 9-3 lead. NNU pulled to within one before Alaska extended it's lead back to four at 17-13. The Nighthawks made it 22-19 but three-straight by Alaska after won them the set 25-19.
After the first two set wins, the Nanooks unfortunately did not swing above .192 and NNU never swung under .212, including a .353 in the fourth set. The Nighthawks took the third in dramatic fashion, outlasting Alaska 33-31. The fourth was similar, with Northwest Nazarene once again earning a close win by a score of 25-23. In both sets, the Nanooks had one more kill than the Nighthawks, but surrendered seven more errors over the two-set span. In the fifth set, NNU had seven kills and just one error while the Nanooks had five kills to three errors.
NNU jumped ahead 7-2 before making it 10-4. Unfortunately, the Nanooks could not swing the momentum and found themselves down 14-5. They strung three points together, but the deficit was too much to overcome and the Nighthawks won it 15-8.
Inside the Numbers
- Haylee Lyons had a big game on both sides of the net. She led the 'Nooks with 21 kills while hitting .342 and added 18 digs, second on the team today. She also had three assists and two aces for 23.5 points today.
- She was one of three double-doubles by Alaska today. Cynphany Henderson also had a double-double, posting a team-high 29 assists with 12 digs. She had one kill as well.
- Ashlyn White also posted a double-double, assisting in the distribution with 23 assists and picked up 14 digs. She added three kills, two aces, and a block.
- Peri Hoshock led the Nanooks on the block, finishing with a team-high seven blocks. She had 10 kills, hitting .500 and had two digs.
- Emma Freeman also had double-digit kills, finishing with 10. She had three blocks, an assist and a dig.
What's Next
The Nanooks head on the road next week and face Western Washington in Bellingham, Wash. and Simon Fraser in Burnaby, B.C.
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