Box Score

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Newman swept Northeastern State 3-0 on Friday at the NSU Event Center. The Jets hit a season-high .372 with 43 kills and added seven service aces, their fourth straight match with at least seven. Newman also passed 1,000 set assists for the season, reaching 1,028 with 40 in the match.

Set 1 (25-20)
Northeastern State built a 7-5 lead before Natalie Martinez served the Jets through four straight points, including an ace and a Sky Miller kill, to go up 9-7. After the RiverHawks got within 15-14, Newman pushed the lead back to 18-14, with Martinez adding another ace. Kills from Miller, Avery Kelley and Miller again stretched it to 21-15. Northeastern State cut the gap to 23-20, but Madalyn Hoot answered with a kill, and a RiverHawk attack error ended the set 25-20.

Set 2 (26-24)
After the teams traded points to 3-3, MaddyLynn Shumway served an ace, and an attack error put the Jets ahead 5-3. Miller later had back-to-back kills as Newman went up 9-7, and a Priscilla Raschen kill made it 17-13. Northeastern State pulled within 17-16 before an Isabella Lamb block, a Miller kill, a Martinez ace and a Martinez kill pushed the lead to 21-16. The RiverHawks came back from 23-18 to tie it 24-24, but Ashlyn Warburton put Newman back in front with a kill, and Lamb finished a Hoot set for the 26-24 win.

Set 3 (25-18)
The Jets built a 6-2 lead behind kills from Warburton and Raschen before Northeastern State answered with five straight points, including an ace, to go ahead 7-6. The set stayed tight through 15-15, but a Lamb kill, a RiverHawk attack error and a Miller kill gave Newman an 18-15 edge. After Northeastern State got within 18-17, the Jets won seven of the final eight rallies, with Kelley adding a kill, Martinez serving her fourth ace and Miller and Warburton supplying the last three kills to close the sweep 25-18.

Player Notes:
Sky Miller had 15 kills and passed 200 kills for the season with 204
Madalyn Hoot finished with 37 assists, well above her season average of 21.15
Natalie Martinez had a season-high four service aces
Ashlyn Warburton had eight kills on a season-high .462 hitting
Avery Kelley had six kills without an error on .545 hitting
Isabella Lamb had six kills and a solo block, passing 250 career points with 252

Up next, the Jets visit Arkansas-Fort Smith on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m.