MEQUON - St. Norbert College dropped a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference match 3-1 at Concordia University Wisconsin at Buuck Fieldhouse.
The Green Knights fell to the Falcons 25-14, 25-16, 22-25, 25-19.
St. Norbert fell behind 7-1 in Set 1 and 9-4 in Set 2 and never tied or lead in falling behind 2-0. The Green Knights trailed for almost the entirety of Set 3, with Concordia leading as late as 22-20. A pair of
Brooklyn O'Malley kills and another termination from
Frances McGann helped spur St. Norbert on a 5-0 run to close out the rally and get back into the match trailing 2-1.
The Green Knights led 6-5 in Set 4 before Concordia went on a 13-5 run to pull away and salt away the victory.
St. Norbert hit .156 for the match, with 36 kills against 17 errors in 122 swings. O'Malley,
Anna Kudick and
Kirsten Klatt all had seven kills apiece.
Keira Ashenfelter had 14 assists, while
Alayna Glidden added 10.
Maddie Kitowski (pictured) led the defense with 13 digs, while Glidden had 10. Klatt finished with five blocks, with O'Malley adding three.
Concordia hit .271, with 53 kills against 17 errors in 133 attempts. Natalie Nickolai and Kirsten Krause led the Falcons with 11 kills apiece.
