Doane Extends Winning Streak Over NWU In Volleyball

October 5, 2011

Doane College picked up its 20th win of the season and showed why they are one of the top teams in the GPAC as they defeated Nebraska Wesleyan, 3-0, on Wednesday night in conference volleyball action in Crete, Neb.

The Tigers won in scores of 25-16, 25-22, 25-13 to extend their winning streak over the Prairie Wolves to 19 straight matches with the last victory for Nebraska Wesleyan over Doane in volleyball coming in 2001.

Doane (20-3, 5-2 GPAC) hit .290 as a team led by Susan Rollman pounding out 15 kills and an attack percentage of .400. Meanwhile, NWU hit just .028 overall and had a negative attack percentage in the third set.

Brittnie Kreikemeier had a solid match to lead NWU as the junior had nine kills with a .316 hitting percentage. Alexa Rosenau added seven kills. Caitlin Anderson dished out 21 assists and Mackenzie Hite led NWU with 12 digs.

The Prairie Wolves fall to 8-7 overall and 3-4 in GPAC play. NWU has two more road GPAC matches this week as they travel to Northwestern College on Friday night and Dakota Wesleyan University on Saturday.