Final Score: Upper Iowa 3, PNW 0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-15)
Location: Rolla, Mo. (Gale Gullman Multi-Purpose Building)
Records: PNW 0-3, Upper Iowa 3-0
 
Final Score: Arkansas Monticello 3, PNW 1 (25-21, 19-25, 26-24, 25-22)
Location: Rolla, Mo. (Gale Gullman Multi-Purpose Building)
Records: PNW 0-4, Arkansas Monticello 1-3

The Purdue Northwest women's volleyball team suffered a pair of losses Saturday at the Miner Invitational. PNW fell 3-0 to Upper Iowa out of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference before dropping a 3-1 decision to Great American Conference member Arkansas Monticello.
 
PNW moved to 0-4 and will return to action at the University of Illinois-Springfield Capital Classic next weekend.

Freshman Riley Kraiza (Sterling Heights, Mich.) led the Pride in both matches with 9.5 points against Upper Iowa and season-high 15.5 points (14 kills) against Arkansas Monticello. She was one of three Pride players with double-digit kills in the finale which included Bryanna Moonen (Franklin, Wis.) (13 kills) and Erica Brohm (Bettendorf, Iowa) (12 kills). Brohm, Lauren Sanders (Indianapolis, Ind.) (9 kills) and Summer Clark (Chicago, Ill.) (6 kills) each recorded single-match career highs. Mallorey Madson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) notched a season-high 26 digs while Olivia Brooke (Logansport, Ind.) logged a season-best 49 assists — the second-most assists in DII era school history.

PNW rallied to even the second match at one set apiece, but couldn't outlast the Blossoms in the third during a 26-24 frame. UAM would move on to claim the fourth set 25-22.

UP NEXT
PNW will open next weekend's tournament with a rematch against Upper Iowa on Friday. The Pride will also take on Lake Erie College (OH) later in the day.

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