Women's Volleyball | October 14

DeKALB, Ill.—Action continues this week as the Northern Illinois University volleyball team is set to face Milwaukee and Green Bay in Horizon League action. The Huskies (7-9, 1-5 Horizon) welcome Milwaukee (7-12, 2-5 Horizon) to DeKalb on Oct. 15 for a 6 p.m. match against the Panthers. NIU hits the road on Oct. 16 as they travel to Green Bay (12-6, 5-2 Horizon) for a 6 p.m. match against the Phoenix.
 
Both matches will air live on ESPN+. Thursday's match will have Andy Garcia and Sam Grams '12 on the call. 
 
To purchase tickets, please click here or call the NIU Athletics Tickets Office at 815-753-PACK (7225).
 
NIU claimed their first Horizon League victory against Milwaukee on Oct. 1, outlasting the Panthers in a five-set battle.  The victory marked NIU's first win over Milwaukee since 2018 and its first five-set victory since the 1989 season. It was also the Huskies' first five-set win of the season.
 
NIU hosted Green Bay for their first Horizon League match in DeKalb, dropping a four-set battle against the Phoenix. Ava Grevengoed (Shorewood, Ill./Joliet West) recorded her second double-double in conference play while Delaney Steers (Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg) claimed her first double-double.
 
Annie Eschenbach leads Milwaukee with 2.60 kills per set and is joined by three other Panthers at 2.09 or more kills per set. On the defensive side of the ball, Kati Goba leads the way with 4.19 digs per set. Josie Noble leads the way with 1.04 blocks per set, for a total of 78 blocks this season.
 
For Green Bay, Diane Pichelman leads the team with 3.19 kills per set. She is joined by Gillian Koning at 2.89 kills per set to lead the Phoenix. Defensively, Macy Kline leads the team with 3.81 digs per set while Olivia Neumann leads with 1.21 blocks per set.
 
Grevengoed leads the Huskies with 2.89 kills per set with Katie Pahl (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) and Autumn Flynn (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg-Casco) averaging 2.49 and 2.27 kills per set to round out the top-3 for NIU. Charlotte Gramzow (Royal Oak, Mich./Lutheran Northwest) leads NIU with 2.96 digs per set and is joined by Grevengoed and Steers in the top-3.
 
Rylea Alvin (Randolph, Wis./Randolph) and Flynn are both in the top-10 in the league for hitting percentage.   
 
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