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Eagles Complete Saturday Sweep in Spokane

Box Score SPOKANE, Wash. – Northwest University completed a sweep on the final day of the Sports Travel Northwest Invitational with a 3-0 sweep of Simpson (25-22, 25-15, 25-19) to even their record at 3-3 for the weekend.
 
Northwest got off to a slow start in set one and found themselves deadlocked with the Red Hawks 11-11 early in the set. But a 6-1 run by the Eagles capped off by a Dakota Adams (Yakima, Wash.) kill would put NU ahead 17-12. Simpson would not go away easily and would cut into the NU lead and trail by one, 21-20 after two straight Eagle errors. Simpson would tie the score at 21-21 and again at 22-all, but two Eagle kills and an attack error by the Red Hawks would give the Eagles the narrow 25-22 win.
 
In set two, NU would hold an 11-7 lead , but Simpson would chip away at their lead and cut it to two, 12-10. Northwest would heat up and outscore the Red Hawks 10-2 to increase their lead to 22-12 after two straight kills by Amanda Waterman (Highlands Ranch, Colo.). NU would outscore SU 3-2 down the stretch for the set victory.
 
The final set would see Simpson hold two early leads, but trailing 3-2, Northwest U would take a 14-8 lead outscoring the Red Hawks 11-6. Three straight kills by NU's Arika Zwack (Whittier, Calif.), Waterman and Adams would give the Eagles a 19-14 lead and they would close out the set and match for the 3-0 win.
 
Freshman Amanda Waterman led Northwest U (3-3) with 11 kills and 13 digs for a double-double. Arika Zwack had 7 kills with a .417 hitting percentage and Mattie Jo Johnson (Rosalia, Wash.) also had 7 kills and hit .364 for the match. Christina Gleb (Vashon Island, Wash.) led the way with 19 assists while Brooke Riddle added 11 assists and Leia Roy (Puyallup, Wash.) tallied 10 digs for the Eagles.
 
Commented Steven Bain, NU head coach, "The second match of the day was similar to the first as it took some time for us to find our rhythm again. Half way through the first set we were in better position and we were able to improve our efficiency on offense. It was a good match for us with contributions from the veterans and our younger players."
 
Northwest U will now make a cross country trip to Daytona Beach, Florida next weekend for the Embry Riddle Labor Day Tournament.
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