INDIANAPOLIS – A four-set win (25-17, 24-26, 25-14, 25-11) over IUPUI provided Northern Kentucky with its fourth-straight victory and 11^th in the last 12 matches. The Norse are now 16-7 overall and 12-2 in the Horizon League, while the Jaguars slide to 5-22 on the season and 3-13 against league foes.

STATS LEADERS

• Abby Kanakry went off for 13 kills behind a .500 attacking percentage. She had just one error in the match.
• The back row of Anna Burke and Lillian Leiner were sensational, racking up 18 and 15 digs, respectively.
• Anna Brinkmann helped both offensively and defensively with her 13^th double-double of the season. She had 10 kills and 13 scoops, while also contributing five blocks.
• The Norse welcomed a third player with double-digit kills as Reilly Briggs contributed 12 on the strength of a .321 attacking clip.
• Sequoia Hunt matched her season's best in kills, which was originally established versus Missouri, with eight.
• Katy Yopko distributed 27 assists and six digs, while Miranda Wucherer added 20 assists and seven scoops.

 
FIRST SET SUMMARY   

• A kill from Briggs ignited a 9-2 run to start the match for Northern Kentucky and the rout was on as the Norse won the set, 25-17.
• Brinkmann followed Briggs with consecutive aces. Joy Banks added a pair of terminations sandwiched around a Hunt and Briggs block during the opening spurt.
• Seven Norse registered a kill in the set, led by Briggs who was a perfect 4-for-4 on her attacks, as NKU hit a blistering .519. NKU tallied 16 kills with just two errors.
• Defensively, Burke set the tone along the back row with seven digs and the net defense stuffed two attacks.

 
SECOND SET SUMMARY   

• Nine of the first 12 points went to the Norse, who sprinted out to a commanding lead for the second-straight set.
• However, IUPUI responded with two stretches where it scored 3-straight and then eight-straight points to pull ahead, 17-14.
• The arm of Kanakry and blocking duo of Siefke and Brinkmann got the Norse back in the stanza. Back-to-back terminations from Kanakry were followed by back-to-back blocks from Seifke and Brinkmann. Kanakry then put another attack away.
• However, Briana Brown used consecutive terminations to end the frame, 26-24, in favor of IUPUI.
• NKU posted another 15 kills, but allowed IUPUI to terminate 17.
• The Jaguars may have also had more attack errors, 6-4, but they also aced the Norse to the tune of a 3-1 advantage.

 
THIRD SET SUMMARY 

• The third was a tail of two sides as NKU opened with three kills and no errors, while IUPUI began with no kills and six attack errors, and the Norse rang up a 10-3 lead.
• Northern Kentucky led 15-5 before IUPUI registered its first kill, which came after the Jaguars had recorded seven miscues.
• NKU won the stanza, 25-14, after holding IUPUI to just five terminations with 10 errors and an attacking percentage of negative-.192.
• The Norse put away 12 attacks at a .333 clip.
• Blocking was a key reason the Jaguars struggled. The Norse stuffed five IUPUI swings.
• Kanakry led the way with four kills.

 
FOURTH SET SUMMARY 

• NKU began the fourth with seven kills and no errors en route to a 12-5 advantage.
• The onslaught continued and Northern Kentucky ran away with a 25-11 win.
• Brinkmann had four kills to lead the way, but the trio of Briggs, Kanakry and Hunt each contributed three terminations as well.
• The Norse defense shined once again, allowing just three kills from the Jaguars and forcing them into a sub-zero attacking percentage for the second-straight set at negative-.111.

 
MATCH NOTES   

• Northern Kentucky rang up a 58-36 advantage in kills due in part to a large discrepancy in attacking with NKU terminating at a .358 clip and IUPUI hitting a mere .076.
• NKU continued to dominate net play with 11 blocks, but also posted a 65-43 edge in digs.
• Kanakry's 13 kills are a season-high and mark the third time in the last four matches she has hit double-figures in terminations.
• For the fifth-consecutive match, Briggs has also hit the double-digit plateau. In fact, she has registered double-figure terminations 10 times against league opposition.
• Brinkmann now sits at 990 digs for her career.

 
NEXT UP 
NKU's Hoosier State road trip concludes Saturday, Nov. 6, at Purdue Fort Wayne. First serve at the Gates Sports Center will be at 4 p.m.