October 14, 2003

WOLVES EARN HARD FOUGHT WIN OVER SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

ABERDEEN, S.D . - Northern State collected its second straight win in front of 580 fans in Wachs Arena as the Wolves toppled South Dakota State 30-27, 18-30, 33-31, 30-25 on Tuesday night.

Northern jumped out to a nice lead in game one and held off the Jacks to take a one games to none advantage. But the Jackrabbits would bounce back to take a 13-3 lead in game two and go on to win the game handily 30-18.

From then on, it was all Wolves as Northern rattled off nice runs in games three and four including an impressive nine-point stretch in the fourth to hand NSU the match 3-1.

Jessica Bates led all hitters with 19 kills on the night. The senior hit .291 on the evening for the Wolves and came up with three blocks, as well.

Renae Sparling posted her eighth double-double of the season with 16 kills and 12 digs while Tara Sauter made good on 44 assists, ten digs and six blocks.

Monica Inge added 25 digs to pace the Wolves defensively while Chelsey Deibert added six blocks and nine kills to her stat line.

As a team, Northern State hit .176 while SDSU was at a .170 cilp. The Jacks' were paced by Senior Wendy O'Neill who connected for 18 kills, five aces and 12 digs.

Northern State (8-12) will host nationally-ranked Minnesota-Duluth on Friday night in Wachs Arena. First serve is at 7 p.m.

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