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Tim Koth
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Head coach Tim Koth 383 career victories as a women's volleyball coach.
0
Northwood NW 7-2,1-1 GLIAC
3
Winner Wayne State WSU 8-2,2-0 GLIAC
Northwood NW
7-2,1-1 GLIAC
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Final
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Wayne State WSU
8-2,2-0 GLIAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Northwood NW 15 13 23 (0)
Wayne State WSU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Media Relations Director

Volleyball Dominates Northwood to Complete Weekend Sweep

Head coach Tim Koth wins 100th match at Wayne State.

DETROIT -- The Wayne State University volleyball team (8-2 overall, 2-0 GLIAC) bested Northwood (7-2 overall, 1-1 GLIAC) on Saturday in three sets.  The Warriors won by scores of 25-15, 25-13 and 25-23.  The victory was head coach Tim Koth's 100th win at Wayne State, which ranks second all-time in program history.

HOW IT HAPPENED
An NU error tied the first set at 5-5 before a kill from Lauren VanderWal (Caledonia, Mich.) and a block by VanderWal and Halle Shell (Port Huron, Mich. / Port Huron Northern) pushed WSU ahead 7-6.  The Warriors led 12-7 and 16-12.  Taylor Wagner (St. Joseph, Mich. / Lakeshore), Jenna Kray (Westerville, Ohio / Worthington Christian) and VanderWal tallied kills as the Warriors stretched their advantage to 20-13.  An ace Maddy Benoit (Farmington, Mich. / Mercy) made it 22-14 and Wayne State would go on to take the opening set 25-15.

The Green & Gold held onto a 6-1 lead after a kill from Wagner early in the second set.  Alexa Withun (Troy, Mich. / Athens) gave WSU a 10-2 lead and the margin grew to 11, 18-7, following another point by Withun.  The Warriors dominated the rest of the set and won 25-13.

Kills from VanderWal and Shell gave the WSU am 8-5 lead to start the third set.  The Timberwolves surged and took a 12-9 advantage but the visitors' lead was short-lived as the Warriors won the next three points to tie the set at 12-12.  The two sides traded punches but WSU led 19-17 after a kill by Kamryn Duffield (Romeo, Mich.). Northwood tied the game at 19-19 before WSU took a 22-20 lead.  A kill by Kray brought the Warriors within one point from the sweep.  However, NU took the next two points to make it 24-23 before an attacking error by the T-Wolves gave WSU a 25-23 win and a 3-0 sweep.
 
Tim Koth 100th Win at Wayne State
Head coach Tim Koth with the Warriors after his 100th victory at Wayne State.

LEADING THE WARRIORS
VanderWal finished with a match-high 12 kills , while Withun and Kray both had nine kills.  Duffield moved closer to 3,000 career assists (2,988) with 31 on Saturday.  Benoit tallied 12 digs, while Shell had six blocks (four assisted, two solo).

HEAD COACH THOUGHTS
"I'm very proud of the way the team competed today," said head coach Tim Koth.  For a second straight day our offense was solid, led by Jenna again.  We made significant improvements this week in practice, and it really showed."

UP NEXT
The Green & Gold will set out on a five-match road trip starting with a matchup at Parkside on Friday night.

 
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