ROCHESTER, Mich. – Entering Saturday afternoon's contest with Oakland, the Norse just needed a win over the Golden Grizzlies to claim its first-ever Horizon League Regular Season Championship. As it has all season, NKU dominated the Golden Grizzlies, winning in three sets to take the conference title and the number one seed in the Horizon League Tournament. It marks Northern Kentucky's first Horizon League regular-season title.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 3, Oakland – 0
LOCATION: OU Credit Union O'Rena - Rochester, Mich.
RECORDS: Northern Kentucky: 19-8 (15-1 HL), OAK: 7-21 (7-9 HL)
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
– NKU led in every major statistical category, including aces, 8-4, hitting percentage, .243-.187, and kills, 50-42.
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Allison Risley led NKU with 16 kills on a .308 hitting percentage and posted 14 digs.
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Sydney Bray had ten kills with 14 digs and two blocks.
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Ava Hoying went for nine kills and four aces.
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Ivey Stocks had seven kills on just 13 attacks with a pair of solo blocks.
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Kendall Hopewell had seven kills with two aces and two blocks.
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Abby Pickard recorded 43 assists, a match-high. She also had 13 digs and a pair of aces.
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Lucy Cluxton went for 12 digs in the match.
– The Norse grabbed their eleventh-straight win with the victory, which remains their longest since joining Division I.
UP NEXT
Northern Kentucky heads to IU Indianapolis next weekend to wrap up the regular season.
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