BROWN HAS BIG NIGHT AS HAWKS SWEEP LAKERS AT HOME WEDNESDAY

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College volleyball team was back home at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk Wednesday night to battle conference foe Iowa Lakes Community College. The Hawks took the matchup by a final score of 3-0 for their fourth sweep of the season.

Northeast (6-12, 4-2 ICCAC) was led on the night in kills by Alli Brown (Wakefield, Neb.) with 12 kills in just three sets, which was a career high for the freshman. Daveigh Munter-McAfee (Wakefield, Neb.), Katie Borg (Wakefield, Neb.) and Mckenna Jones (Yutan, Neb.) all had two ace serves each and Jones led the Hawks in assists with 16. Northeast currently sits in a tie for fourth in the ICCAC standings with just five conference matches left in the regular season.

STAT SHEET:

SET SCORES: 25-18, 25-15, 25-10

Kills: Alli Brown (Wakefield, Neb.) - 12

Blocks: Rowan O'Keefe (Clear Lake, Iowa) - 7

Ace Serves: Daveigh Munter-McAfee (Wakefield, Neb.) - 2, Katie Borg (Wakefield, Neb.) – 2, Mckenna Jones (Yutan, Neb.) - 2

Digs: Grace Robidoux (Blair, Neb.) - 13

Assists: Mckenna Jones - 16, Isabel Hollatz - 11

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Volleyball Coach Amanda Schultze on what worked well in the victory tonight:

"Alli Brown stood out on the outside," Schultze said. "She did a nice job with 12 kills. I was also impressed by our block, especially in that second set. Rowan O'Keefe has really been picking it up defensively at the net, and I'm proud of her for that."

Schultze on what she is looking for from her group with just a month left of the season:

"I just want to see us continue to get better and work on the little things we are trying to work on in practice," Schultze said. "I just want to see it all come together."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will make a short trip for a match at 7 p.m. Friday in Lincoln, Nebraska against Nebraska Wesleyan University JV.

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