LIVONIA, Mich. - The first volleyball game of Homecoming Weekend resulted in a quick win for the Madonna University volleyball team,  as they swept the University of Northwestern Ohio inside the MU Activities Center on Friday night.

The Crusaders improve to 13-5 on the year and  5-1 in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play while UNOH falls to 13-6 overall and 3-2 in league action.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• The Blue and Gold started off slow against the Racers until the game was broken open with back-to-back kills by Erica LaBaere and Jodie Kelly giving them a 10-8 lead. Ryan Castle followed with a service ace and the Crusaders never trailed en route to a 25-21 set one win.
• It was a fairly even set two until a pair of kills from Karolina Noszczyk and DJ Sargent broke a tie at 14 and the Crusaders never looked back. MU outscored UNOH 11-5 the rest of the way in the 25-19 win.
• It was another tight set in game three as the Racers kept the match close at 12-11 until a pair of attack errors and a Jodie Kelly kill sparked a 9-1 MU rally that saw the Blue and Gold take a commanding 21-12 lead that they rode to a 25-15 victory. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• 46- 35: Madonna tallied 46 kills to UNOH's 25
• 9-1: The Crusaders collected nine service aces to just one for the Racers
• .306-.188: MU hit an impressive .306 in the match and limited the UNOH offense to a .188 mark
• 39- Jordyn Dawson led the Crusaders with 39 assists
• 23- Jodie Kelly landed 23 kills for the Blue and Gold and hit .488
• 13- Olivia Sweeney led MU with 13 digs 

CRUSADER VISION

UP NEXT

• The Crusaders face-off with Indiana Tech on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in the MU Activities Center.  Live coverage will be available on the Madonna Athletics Network at www.mucrusaders.com/live. 

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