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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (Sept. 29, 2021) - Moving to 2-0 in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) action, the North Central College women's volleyball team downed Carroll University in straight sets on Wednesday night inside of Gregory Arena.

The Pioneers jumped out to an early 10-3 lead in the opening set of play. A service ace from Trinity Evans gave the Cardinals momentum before Katie Little's third kill of the set knotted the score at 17. With the Pioneers needing just one more point to win the first set, Isabelle Guerrero brought North Central within one, 24-23. The Cardinals won four of the next five points to complete the comeback and win the first set, 27-25.

Keeping the momentum on their side, a kill from Guerrero sparked an 11-1 run for North Central to give them a 16-7 advantage in set two. Following back-and-forth action, Kaitlyn Boelter-Eberhardt sent home her first kill of the set to push the Cardinal lead to five, 19-14. Despite Carroll's best efforts, North Central held off the Pioneers to win the second set 25-21. In what would be the third and final set, a kill from Boelter-Eberhardt gave North Central a 3-0 lead early on. Sarah Elischer's first kill of the set started a four-point swing with the Cardinals taking an 8-3 lead. Looking to close out the match, Elischer blocked a Carroll attack to win 25-17 and secure their second CCIW victory of the season.

In a balanced scoring attack, Guerrero recorded 10 kills followed by Little (9), Boelter-Eberhardt (7), and Abbi Barickman (5). Setting up the Cardinal attackers was Anna Gawron who tallied 23 assists with Maddi Barickman adding 11. Posting 14 digs was Emily Stallmann as she now sits second in the conference in digs per set at 4.93. As a team, the Cardinals hit .220 while holding Carroll to .116 on the night.

For the Pioneers, Megan Aalsma led the way with 10 kills while Emily Schliesman dished out 30 assists. Kloe Longtin posted 18 digs as the Pioneers fall to 3-13 overall and 0-3 in conference play.

North Central is back in action on Saturday as they visit Wheaton College (7-7, 2-0 CCIW). The match is set to begin at 2 PM inside of King Arena. You can find links to live video and live stats HERE.

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