Saturday, October 26
Fort Wayne, Ind.
2 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
3
vs
2
Northern Kentucky
Mya Plemons, Iris Riegel and Riley Rosneck
Photo by: Tristen Bronaugh
Mastodon WVB Moves to 8-0 at Home With Win Over NKU
10/26/2024 4:58:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball team has still not lost at home this season. The Mastodons moved to 8-0 on the Arnie Ball Court in 2024 after a 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 25-22, 16-25, 15-12) victory over Northern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 26).
Purdue Fort Wayne (14-10, 7-4 Horizon League) overcame Northern Kentucky's 16 blocks in the first four sets and did not hit into a block once in the fifth set. NKU (9-13, 5-6 Horizon) led 8-6 before the Mastodons rattled off a 9-1 run that set up match point at 14-9. The Norse held off three of the Mastodons' attempts, but Panna Ratkai got the match-winning kill to fall. It was her 22nd of the contest, a match-high.
Earlier in the day, the two squads were tied up at 20 through the first 40 points of set one. NKU had a service error that began a 5-0 spurt to give the Mastodons the first set. Ratkai got the set-winning kill after Abby Stratford had two in a row.
Similarly in the second, NKU had a 5-1 push late to take set two 25-20. The third set looked very different as the 'Dons built up a 16-8 lead. The Norse clawed all the way back to tie it at 18 before the 'Dons had a 6-0 run to set up a set point. The visitors held off four of the Mastodons' chances, but Stratford finally converted to give the 'Dons a 2-1 lead.
NKU led wire-to-wire in the fourth set to extend the match before the Mastodons took the fifth.
Ratkai finished with 22 kills and 17 digs and Taya Haffner had 28 assists and 14 digs for a pair of double-doubles. Mya Plemons went 6-1-7 and had four blocks. LonDynn Betts had 26 digs to lead the Mastodon defense.
Purdue Fort Wayne will take its 14-10, 7-4 record to IU Indianapolis next week (Tuesday, Oct. 29) for a midweek Horizon League contest.
Purdue Fort Wayne (14-10, 7-4 Horizon League) overcame Northern Kentucky's 16 blocks in the first four sets and did not hit into a block once in the fifth set. NKU (9-13, 5-6 Horizon) led 8-6 before the Mastodons rattled off a 9-1 run that set up match point at 14-9. The Norse held off three of the Mastodons' attempts, but Panna Ratkai got the match-winning kill to fall. It was her 22nd of the contest, a match-high.
Earlier in the day, the two squads were tied up at 20 through the first 40 points of set one. NKU had a service error that began a 5-0 spurt to give the Mastodons the first set. Ratkai got the set-winning kill after Abby Stratford had two in a row.
Similarly in the second, NKU had a 5-1 push late to take set two 25-20. The third set looked very different as the 'Dons built up a 16-8 lead. The Norse clawed all the way back to tie it at 18 before the 'Dons had a 6-0 run to set up a set point. The visitors held off four of the Mastodons' chances, but Stratford finally converted to give the 'Dons a 2-1 lead.
NKU led wire-to-wire in the fourth set to extend the match before the Mastodons took the fifth.
Ratkai finished with 22 kills and 17 digs and Taya Haffner had 28 assists and 14 digs for a pair of double-doubles. Mya Plemons went 6-1-7 and had four blocks. LonDynn Betts had 26 digs to lead the Mastodon defense.
Purdue Fort Wayne will take its 14-10, 7-4 record to IU Indianapolis next week (Tuesday, Oct. 29) for a midweek Horizon League contest.
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