Wayne State College beat MSU Moorhead 25-8, 25-20, 25-12 in NSIC volleyball action Saturday afternoon at Rice Auditorium in Wayne. The Wildcats improve to 14-2 overall and 8-1 in the NSIC while the Dragons fall to 1-16 and 1-8 in the league.
Wayne State started out dominant in the first set winning 25-8. The Wildcats led the entire set allowing MSU Moorhead to only tie the score twice during the set. Kelsie Cada and Taya Beller each had five kills in the set to lead the Wayne State offense.
The second set was much more contested as the Wildcats won 25-20. The visiting Dragons to an early 6-1 lead on WSC forcing a timeout. The ‘Cats took their first lead of the set at 12-11 on a Jordan McCormick service ace and never trailed again.
The ‘Cats hit just .262 in the set that featured six kills from Maggie Brahmer who had just two errors on 10 attacks. Wayne State hit .344 in the third set with seven Wildcats recording kills.
Wayne State took control of the third set early jumping out to an 11-5 lead. The ‘Cats finished the set on a kill by Isabelle Vacek making the final score 25-12 while holding the Dragons to a -.069 attack percentage in the set.
Wayne State outhit MSU Moorhead with an attack percentage of .324 and holding the Dragons to just a .039 hitting percentage. The Wildcats had more assists during the match by a total of 43-21 and more digs 59-47. Wayne State held a slight edge in service aces 5-4.
The Wildcats were led by Brahmer with 13 kills and four errors on 22 attacks for a .409 hitting percentage. Cada and Beller each added 11 kills during the match.
Alaina Wolff had 16 digs in the match to lead Wayne State followed by 12 from McCormick and 11 from Cada. Rachel Walker had 38 assists.
McCormick had a team high three service aces in the match for Wayne State
The Wildcats will be home on Tuesday when they host Mount Marty College at 6 p.m. in a non-conference match followed by a weekend road trip for NSIC matches at #4 Concordia-St. Paul Friday at 6 p.m. and Minnesota State Saturday in a 2 p.m. contest.
