The Dordt Defender volleyball team will host Northwestern on Saturday, September 6 with JV play starting at 3:30 and varsity at 5:00.

COVERAGE
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NORTHWESTERN
2025 Record Overall/GPAC: 6-2/0-0
Wins: Spartanburg Methodist 3-1, Valley City State 3-2, McPherson 3-0. Missouri Valley 3-1, Bethel 3-0, Peru State 3-0
Losses:  Indiana Wesleyan 1-3, Eastern Oregon 0-3

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set: 12.4/10.8
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed: .223/.105
• Aces/Aces Allowed: 45/33
• Digs/Digs By Opponents:  15.3/13.5
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents: 2.8/1.7

Individual Leaders

• Stella Winterfeld | 3.6 kps | 6 aces | 2.1 dps
• Zavyr Metzger | 2.4 kps | .326 kill efficiency | 1.9 bps
• Maddy Sampson | 2.1 kps | .342 kill efficiency
• Nyah Potthoff | 4.7 aps | 5 aces | 2.1 dps
• Liv Reitsma | 5.5 aps | 8 aces
• Tierney Huss | 3.6 dps

DORDT
Overall/GPAC: 6-2/0-0
Wins: Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.)  3-0, Embry Riddle (Ariz.) 3-0, Life Pacific (Cal.) 3-1, Southwestern (Kan.) 3-0, Graceland (Iowa) 3-0, Clarke (Iowa) 3-1
Losses: Northwest (Wash.) 2-3, William Penn (Iowa) 2-3

• Kills Per Set/Kills Allowed Per Set:  13.2/9.7
• Kill Efficiency/Kill Efficiency Allowed:  .224/.137
• Aces/Aces Allowed:  70/53
• Digs/Digs By Opponents: 14.2/12.7
• Points From Blocks/Points From Blocks By Opponents:  1.7/1.1

Individual Leaders

• Laney Wolfswinkel | 3.1 kps | 2.5 dps | 13 aces
• Tarren Spartz | 2.7 kps | .227 kill efficiency
• Haley Kuperus | 2.2 kps | 1.0 bps
• Ellie Dokter | 1.9 kps
• Kylie Beckering | 4.1 dps | 18 aces
• Carlee Jackson | 5.6 aps | 1.7 dps
• Chloe Huisman | 4.5 aps
• Haley Wielenga | 9 aces | 2.2 dps

LAST TIME
Northwestern lost a 26-24, 21-25, 25-19, 25-23 match with Indiana Wesleyan on Saturday, August 30 in the Raiders most recent outing.

• Stella Winterfield | 19 k
• Zavyr Metzger | 10 k
• Tierney Huss | 25 d
• Liv Reitsma | 28 a
• Nyah Potthoff | 25 a

 
Dordt beat Clarke 25-19, 24-26, 25-12, 25-17 on Saturday, August 30 to finish a 3-1 weekend.

• Laney Wolfswinkel | 14 k
• Tarren Spartz | 9 k
• Ellie Dokter | 9 k
• Carlee Jackson | 24 a
• Chloe Huisman | 20 a
• Kylie Beckering | 25 d

THE SERIES
The series is tied 53-53 dating back to September 15, 1986.

• Northwestern has a six-match winning streak in the series and won last year's meetings 3-0.
• The last meeting between the teams on November 5 was a 25-16, 25-16, 25-13 Northwestern win.

 Dordt Leaders

• Ellie Dokter | 7 k
• Haley Kuperus | 6 k
• Tarren Spartz | 6 k
• Carlee Jackson | 16 a
• Madison Vis | 11 d

Northwestern Leaders

• Jazlin Douma | 14 k
• Liv Reitsma | 18 a
• Jori Hajek | 13 d

 
2025 GPAC STANDINGS AND GPAC SCHEDULE

Team	GPAC	Overall
Northwestern	0-0	6-2
Concordia	0-0	7-1
Midland	0-0	5-5
Morningside	0-0	6-4
Dordt	0-0	6-2
Hastings	0-0	3-7
Dakota Wesleyan	0-0	6-4
College of Saint Mary	0-0	7-3
Mount Marty	0-0	6-3
Waldorf	0-0	8-0
Doane	0-0	6-3
Briar Cliff	0-0	5-3

 
 
Saturday, September 6
Concordia @ Mount Marty
Waldorf @ Dakota Wesleyan
Northwestern @ Dordt
Midland @ College of Saint Mary

Wednesday, September 10
Hastings @ Doane
Dordt @ Waldorf
Mount Marty @ Midland
Briar Cliff @ Morningside
College of Saint Mary @ Concordia
Dakota Wesleyan @ Northwestern