October 24, 2003

DRAGONS COME BACK TO UPEND NORTHERN STATE

Moorhead, Minn. - The NSU volleyball team squandered a two-game lead for the second straight match on Friday night as the Wolves were toppled by MSU Moorhead 3-2 in a five-game shootout on Friday night in Moorhead.

Northern State seemed to have things well in hand after defeating the Dragons by decisive scores of 30-19, 30-24 in games one and two, respecively, but MSUM found a way to edge the Wolves 33-31, 30-28 in games three and four while winning the decisive game five 15-7.

The Wolves dropped a five-game decision on Tuesday night to Bemidji State in similar fashion going up 2-0 in the Beavers before faltering in the final three games.

The Wolves hit over .200 as a team for just the fourth time this season in the loss rolling off a .209 (65-27-182) clip on the evening.

Individually, NSU was paced by a career high 17 kills by Tara Engquist (Oakes, N.D.) as the junior hit .438 on the match.

Jessica Bates (Byron, Wyo.) and Chelsey Deibert (Aberdeen, S.D.) each came in with 16 kills while Tara Sauter (Belle Plaine, Minn.) put up 35 assists and 12 digs.

Monica Inge (Johnston, Iowa) surpassed the 1,000 dig mark in her career with a 31-dig performance on Friday to lead the Wolves defensively.

Northern State drops to 9-15 on the season and 3-7 in NSIC play. They will travel to Wayne State on Friday night.

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