Northwest U. Wins Two At Concordia Tournament
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Northwest University Eagles (3-3, 0-0) won their second match of the day sweeping Montana State Northern, 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-15) at the Fairfield Inn and Suites Portland-North Harbour Invitational Volleyball Tournament at Concordia University.
NU's freshman outside hitter Anu Akamine (Hauula, HI) had 15 kills and hit .429 for the match while teammate Lauren Holtz (Soph., Brier, WA) finished with 5 kills and senior Madeleine Krahn (Hockinson, WA) had 4 kills for the Eagles. Shelbe Kukowski (Fresh., Anchorage, AK) had 11 assists for NU while Libby Hellwig (Jr., Exeter, CA) contributed 25 defensive digs.
Des Gatin and Jennifer Rohl each had 7 kills for MSU Northern. Jordan Merrill added 26 assists for the Skylights.
Earlier in the day, NU came from behind to defeat Holy Names University (Calif.), 3-2 (26-24, 21-25, 20-25, 25-17, 15-8), in their opening match of the day.
Lauren Holtz led NU with 15 kills while teammates Anu Akamine and Madeleine Krahn each added 9 kills a piece for the Eagles (2-3).
Northwest U. continues tournament play tomorrow morning when they take on Lewis-Clark State College of Lewiston, Idaho at 11:45 a.m.