#5 Lakeland University Muskies (16-13 overall)
at #4 St. Norbert College Green Knights (15-13 overall)
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022Â Â 7 p.m.
Mulva Family Fitness & Sports Center
NACC Tournament First Round
Lakeland/SNC Match Notes PDF
The Lakeland University women's volleyball team is back in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament for the first time in three years and travels to take on fourth-seeded St. Norbert College at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in De Pere.
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Series history: The Muskies and Green Knights share a long history dating back to both programs' first years of competition in 1974. All-time records are incomplete, but St. Norbert has held the upper hand in the series through much of its known history, including a 21-9 lead in matches played since 1990. SNC won the teams' meeting earlier this season in a close four sets in De Pere, prevailing 17-25, 26-24, 26-24, 25-19. Susana Stevens finished with 16 kills for the Muskies while Rylie Gregg led St. Norbert with 15 kills. Lakeland last defeated the Green Knights Nov. 2, 2019 on the road in De Pere. This will mark the teams' first-ever meeting in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament.
Lakeland last time out: Won at Loras 3-1 Saturday
The Muskies stepped out of conference for their final regular season match and subdued the Duhawks 25-21, 25-16, 21-25, 25-21. Susana Stevens (16 kills), Brelynn Scoles (14) and Isabella Westerholm (11) combined for 41 kills. Maeve Sullivan notched 22 digs, Scoles finished with 16 digs and Jaylin Urrutia added a career-high 15 digs as Lakeland clinched a winning overall record for the season.
Lakeland finished 8-5 in the NACC to tie for fifth in the regular season and comes in with late-season momentum, having won six of its last seven matches since its loss at St. Norbert Oct. 14. The Muskies' lone loss came last week against NACC co-champion Concordia Wisconsin, a five-set match taking nearly 2 1/2 hours where Brelynn Scoles finished with a career-high 24 kills.
St. Norbert last time out: Finished 0-3 at Illinois Wesleyan Classic Fri./Sat.
The Green Knights faced some difficult competition on the road in Bloomington, Ill., falling in three sets to 9th-ranked Wittenberg and Illinois Wesleyan and Millikin teams that have been in the AVCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll at times this season. Rylie Gregg finished with 16 kills in the match against Millikin, a close one where all three sets were decided by two points each (25-23, 27-25, 27-25).
St. Norbert finished 10-3 in the NACC regular season, with its three losses coming to the teams finishing ahead in the conference standings. The Green Knights also won five-set matches over Benedictine and Marian and are in the NACC tourney for the second straight year. St. Norbert advanced to the semifinals last year before falling to top-seeded Aurora.
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