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WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State volleyball team earned a sweep against Northern Iowa on Saturday night inside Charles Koch Arena. The Shockers won by scores of 25-15, 25-16 and 25-20.
 
Mikaela Raudsepp's 15 kills led the attack for the Shocks. Abbie Lehman added 11 kills while hitting .769. Emily Hiebert contributed 35 assists and Dani Mostrom had 17 digs in the Wichita State victory.
 
A block by Lehman and Reilly after a long save by the Shocker defense gave Wichita State a 3-1 lead in the first set. Three consecutive kills by the Shockers, including the final one by Reilly saw the Shockers go-ahead 10-5 and forced Northern Iowa to take a timeout. Later, Reilly hustled for a dig and a kill on the same play to stretch the Shocker lead to 14-6, forcing the Panthers to take their second timeout of the set. After Northern Iowa scored four-straight points, a serving error and attacking error put the score at 21-14 Wichita State. Back-to-back kills by Larson and Raudsepp gave the Shockers the first set, 25-15.
 
A Reilly ace and Fayad kill gave Wichita State an early 5-1 lead in the second set and forced the Panthers to burn a timeout. Three straight kills, including back-to-back strikes by Raudsepp stretched the Shocker lead to 11-4. Northern Iowa scored three straight points of their own to cut the Wichita State lead to 12-8, but the Shockers fought back with another run, this time four points, to put their lead at 16-8. The home team cruised their way into the locker room with a 25-16 second-set victory.
 
The third set was tight from the start and Raudsepp's kill gave the Shockers a one-point advantage, 7-6, in the early going. A strong kill by Reilly stretched the lead to 10-7 and forced the Panthers to take a timeout. Then, the Panthers rattled off three straight points to cut the Wichita State lead to one, 14-13, and forced the Shockers to take a timeout of their own. With the set tied at 15, Lehman's kill put the Shockers back ahead 16-15 and an attacking error by Northern Iowa and an ace by Larson put Wichita State ahead, 18-15. The Shockers kept the Panthers at bay the rest of the way and won the third and final set 25-20.
 
The Shockers are next in action on Fri., Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. at Loyola.