PLYMOUTH - St. Norbert College returned to Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference play and fell 3-0 to Lakeland University at Woltzen Gymnasium.
The Green Knights fell to the Muskies 25-19, 25-16, 25-17.
The first set featured 11 ties but only a pair of lead changes. The set was tied for the final time at 18-18 before Lakeland went on a 7-1 run to close out the stanza for a 1-0 lead. Lakeland led 9-4 to open Set 2 and then the Muskies slowly pulled away from a 12-10 lead in Set 3 to lock up the win.
St. Norbert couldn't get much going offensively, netting 18 kills against 13 errors in 74 swings to hit .068.
Alli Clark had five kills, while
Kayden Lamon had four.
Flynn Puttin finished with seven assists, with
Keira Ashenfelter adding six. Ashenfelter had two service aces.
Ashenfelter and
Maddie Kitowski had four digs.
Brooklyn O'Malley finished with three blocks.
Lakeland hit .386 with 47 kills against 13 errors in 88 attempts. Emily R. Hansen had 14 kills to lead the Muskies.
