#21 Nebraska-Kearney 3 Wayne State 2

21st-ranked Nebraska-Kearney edged Wayne State 3-2 in non-conference volleyball played Tuesday evening in Kearney.  Scores of the match were 22-30, 30-19, 30-12, 24-30 and 15-10.  The Lopers improved to 26-4 with the win while Wayne State slipped to 19-11 overall.

UNK outhit Wayne State in the match .273-.175 as the Lopers had just 15 hitting errors in the match to 33 for the Wildcats.  Wayne State's top hitter was senior Emily Schroeder with 20 kills, moving her into second place on the all-time kills list at Wayne State with 1,571.  She moved past Jacey Kuck Schwarz (1,554 from 2002-05) and needs just 81 kills to surpass Lindsey Koch (1,651 kills from 1998-2001) on the all-time kills list at Wayne State College.  Schroeder also added 21 digs and five blocks for the Wildcats.

Junior Brittany Van Beek accounted for 19 kills with freshman Lea Hartigan adding 16 to the Wildcat attack.  Libero Laura Dolezal paced Wayne State on defense with a match-high 35 digs and freshman setter Jenna Jansen handed out 66 set assists for the Wildcats.

Wayne State will close out Northern Sun Conference play this weekend with a pair of road matches at Upper Iowa Friday night and Winona State Saturday afternoon.