Roehrig's 22 Kills Leads Gophers

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ROEHRIG POWERS GOPHERS
Kyla Roehrig, back on Nebraska soil, had a career high 22 kills in a 3-1 win over #25 Cal Poly in the Nebraska Ameritas Players Challenge. It marked the first time Kelly Bowman played this year. Malama Peniata has to sit out this tournament, but will be ready to play against Northern Iowa.

Wisconsin swept Northern Colorado 22, 13, 24 in the UW Milwaukee tournament.

South Dakota State swept Drake 23, 19, 17 last night in Des Moines.

North Dakota State got to play defending national champs Washington in Husky Classic. They were swept by Washington 19, 15, 17. NDSU also faced Portland State earlier with a 3-1 loss. NDSU grabbed a 30-28 win in game two.

UM DULUTH TAKE TWO
#5 UM Duluth opened their Washburn Lady Blues Classic with a sweep over #13 North Alabama. But games one and three were decided by two 31-29, 30-28. Then UMD went five with unranked Emporia State, a team they had already beat in Michigan. UMD won games one, four, and five. Today's featured game will be against #4 Truman State.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTS
5 games
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 65 vs Emporia State 3-2
4 games
Rachel Hartmann, Minnesota 52 vs Cal Poly 3-1
3 games
D2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 49 vs North Alabama 3-0

DIGS
5 games
Chelsea Meierotto, UM Duluth 26 vs Emporia State 3-2
4 games
Kari Fagnan, North Dakota State 21 vs Portland State 3-1
3 games
D1
Samantha Pearson, South Dakota State 15 vs Drake 3-0
D2
Katie Gangelhoff, UM Duluth 20 vs North Alabama 3-0

KILLS
5 games
Vicky Braegelmann, UM Duluth 23 vs Emporia State 3-2
Kari Wolford, UM Duluth 21 vs Emporia State 3-2
4 games
D1
Kyla Roehrig, Minnesota 22 vs Cal Poly 3-1
Sheila Parrish, North Dakota State 20 vs Portland State 1-3
3 games
D2
Kari Wolford, UM Duluth 15 vs North Alabama 3-0

Next up: later this afternoon with more results from Friday.