• Records: Purdue Northwest (4-3,1-0), Roosevelt (1-9,0-1)
• Location: Goodman Center – Chicago, Illinois
• Attendance: 211

Inside The Numbers

• (26-24, 17-25, 25-18, 25-19)
• Junior Anika Huelskamp (Oxnard, Calif./Oxnard) led PNW with a double-double notching 11 kills and 11 digs.
• Senior Arra Cottrell (LeClaire, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) led the charge offensively with a team-high 12 kills.
• Senior Morgan Neitzel (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) tallied eight kills and two blocks.
• Sophomore Kennedy Rowzee (Rock Falls, Ill./Newman Central Catholic) chipped in six kills, five blocks, and four digs.
• Senior Marina Gronkiewicz (Munster, Ind./Munster) dished out a game-high 34 assists while adding ten digs for another double-double.
• Senior Livia Thomsen (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) led PNW defensively in a game-best 14 digs.
• Abigail Wutka led Roosevelt with a game-high 13 kills.

The Breakdown

• PNW edged Roosevelt 26-24 in a tightly contested first set, overcoming 10 errors with timely kills and strong late-set execution.
• Roosevelt responded with their best offensive performance of the night in set two, hitting .433 as a team and rolling to a 25-16 win to tie the match.
• Purdue Northwest flipped the momentum in the third, hitting .351 behind 17 kills and just four errors to take the set 25-19.
• PNW then closed out the match in the fourth with a 25-18 win, holding Roosevelt to a .000 hitting percentage while attacking at a .182 clip themselves.
• Purdue Northwest edged Roosevelt in total kills (51-48), blocks (7-4), and hitting percentage (.180 to .162), while also recording more aces (6-4).
• Despite trailing slightly in digs (55-58), the Pride's balanced attack and timely defense helped them secure their first conference win of the season.

• Purdue Northwest continues their road trip when they take on undefeated Parkside in conference action on Saturday, September 20. Game time is set for 3:00 PM CT in Kenosha, Wisconsin.