Oct. 14, 2007

Box Score

The Peacock volleyball team hosted the #4 team in the country on Saturday evening. The Golden Bears of Concordia-St. Paul took the floor in Dorman Gym and swept the Peacocks in three games. At times, the Peacocks were able to make runs on the Bears, but in the end the visitors won by the scores 30-20, 30-23, and 30-16.

The two teams battled throughout much of game one and game two before Concordia was able to pull away at the end of each game. The Bears hit .229 in game one and got better each game; .351 in game two and .481 in game three. The Peacocks only killed 8 balls in game one, but improved in game two, 15 kills, before coming back down to 8 in game three. The home team's best hitting game came in the second when they registered a .273 percentage.

Beth Deutmeyer led the Peacock offensive attack with 12 kills, while Shea Meyermann drove home 7 kills and Keely Jones finished with 6 kills. Keri Vance set up the attack with 27 assists on the night. Meyermann recorded 8 digs on the night, while Darcy Hageman added 6 digs. Vance and Kim Humpal each added a pair of blocks.

After the match Head Coach Dave Jackson said, "I feel good about the way we played this weekend. We obviously still made our share of mistakes, but our effort, attitude, and communication were great over the last two matches. We are finally playing up to our potential. Now we have to finish the conference season with the same intensity to make our run at the NSIC tournament."

Upper Iowa will host the Mavericks of Nebraska-Omaha in their final non-conference match. The game is set for 7:00 p.m. The Peacocks will travel to Bemidji State and UM Crookston for two NSIC matches this weekend, Oct. 20 and 21. All three matches can be seen on www.NorthernSun.tv; Tuesday (7:00 p.m.), Saturday (5:00 p.m.), and Sunday (3:00 p.m.).