by Madison Parrott, Athletic Communications
Over the weekend NWOSU volleyball competed in the Tiger Clasic in Hays, Kansas.
The lady Ragners swept the first day of the Tiger Classic as they played Newman University and Western Colorado University.
Northwestern showed incredible fight in their first two matches of the weekend as both games went to five sets.
Their rematch against Newman was a similar showing to their first match as both teams went point-for-point throughout most of the match. The lady Rangers won the match 3-2.
The Rangers took the first two sets of their second match against Western Colorado and then lost the next two before finishing it in the fifth. The game between the lady Rangers and Western Colorado ended with a NWOSU win 3-2.
Kaydee Honeycutt had a weekend with a team leading 29 kills on the day with 40 digs of her own. Jennifer Eubanks was not far behind with 24 kills with a hitting percentage of .450 in match one and .438 in match two while also earning a team leading 14 blocks and one service ace.
Kiauna Clark had 19 kills of her own with three service aces. Kaitlyn Robinson lead the team with 66 assists and three aces while Sydnee Miller had three aces of her own and a team leading 49 digs on the day.
NWOSU split the second day of the Tiger Classic as they took one from Chadron State College, but dropped the next to the host team of Fort Hays University.
The Black-and-Red now have a record of 5-4.
A dominating performance came from Northwestern against Chadron State which showed off their talent as they took the match 3-1.
The host team of the Tiger Classic, Fort Hays University, took the momentum in the final match of the tournament and never let go. The Rangers lost to the Tigers 1-3.
Kiauna Clark had another astounding day as she earned a team-leading 27 kills through both matches, with a hit percentage of .471 against Chadron state while also earning five blocks. Kaydee Honeycutt was not far behind with 25 kills, 3 service aces, and 37 digs. Jennifer Eubanks had 21 kills of her own with 13 total blocks which led the team. Kaitlyn Robinson led the team in assists with 56, while Sydnee Miller led the team in digs with 40.
After this great performace by the lady Ragners, Eubanks was named Great American Conference offensive player of the week.