EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State volleyball broke back into the win column on Saturday night in the Breslin Center, defeating Northwestern, who is receiving votes in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, by a final score of 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-14). Senior middle blocker Emma Monks had a career night with a career-best 11 kills.
“I’m proud of the team,” Michigan State head volleyball coach Leah Johnson said. “This morning we talked about how we’ve been giving teams points instead of being greedy with our points and I saw the team convert on that today and play with a lot of confidence. Northwestern is in a tough situation without their setter, and they’re a great team, but we can’t control their circumstances, we have to control ours.”
The Spartans out-hit Northwestern, .252 to .067, holding the Wildcats to -.050 hitting in set two. Northwestern was hitting well over .500 early in set one before Michigan State adjusted after a series of timeouts. MSU out-blocked Northwestern 8-5 and had five service aces to the Wildcats’ four.
“I thought our serving game was really good across the board, and once our pins started managing their errors we got better and better the whole match,” Johnson said.
Sophomore Aliyah Moore matched Monk’s kill mark for the night with 11 to lead the Spartans. Fifth year Rebecka Poljan and freshman Evie Doezema each finished with five kills. Graduate setter Zoe Nunez posted her eighth double-double of the season and her second of the week with 25 assists and 12 digs. Junior Nalani Iosia had 10 digs and six assists for the Spartans. Poljan finished…
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