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Photo by: Kelly Hagenson
Gophers Earn 3-0 Win Over Wildcats
3/26/2021 7:19:00 PM | Volleyball
The No. 4 University of Minnesota volleyball team earned a 3-0 win over Northwestern, tonight in Evanston, Ill. With the win, the Golden Gophers improve to 12-2 overall and in the Big Ten Conference. Northwestern, who hadn't played a match since Feb. 27, is now 3-4 this season.
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Stephanie Samedy led the Gophers with 12 kills and hit .435 in 23 attempts. Regan Pittman had eight kills in 10 swings and hit .700. Taylor Landfair had seven kills, five blocks and hit .357. Shea Rubright contributed nine blocks, while Rachel Kilkelly had 10 digs. Melani Shaffmaster returned to the lineup and had a match-best 26 assists, six digs and five blocks.
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As a team, Minnesota hit .358, had 37 kills, seven aces, 32 digs and 14 blocks in a three-set match. Northwestern hit .113, had 31 kills, four aces, 27 digs and four blocks.
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Up Next
Minnesota plays again tomorrow night against Northwestern. The Golden Gophers and Wildcats play at 6 p.m., on BTN +.
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Notable
-Minnesota is now 60-19 alltime against the Wildcats, dating back to 1975.
-In the last four matches, Minnesota has had 50 blocks. The Gophers had 14 against Illinois in a 3-2 win (March 12), 15 also against Illinois in a 3-0 win (March 12), eight against Wisconsin (March 21) and 14 tonight against the Wildcats.
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Quotable
"I was really happy with our performance tonight," head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "The team worked hard and we were clean in lots of phases of the game. We're excited to compete again tomorrow."
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Stephanie Samedy led the Gophers with 12 kills and hit .435 in 23 attempts. Regan Pittman had eight kills in 10 swings and hit .700. Taylor Landfair had seven kills, five blocks and hit .357. Shea Rubright contributed nine blocks, while Rachel Kilkelly had 10 digs. Melani Shaffmaster returned to the lineup and had a match-best 26 assists, six digs and five blocks.
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As a team, Minnesota hit .358, had 37 kills, seven aces, 32 digs and 14 blocks in a three-set match. Northwestern hit .113, had 31 kills, four aces, 27 digs and four blocks.
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Up Next
Minnesota plays again tomorrow night against Northwestern. The Golden Gophers and Wildcats play at 6 p.m., on BTN +.
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Notable
-Minnesota is now 60-19 alltime against the Wildcats, dating back to 1975.
-In the last four matches, Minnesota has had 50 blocks. The Gophers had 14 against Illinois in a 3-2 win (March 12), 15 also against Illinois in a 3-0 win (March 12), eight against Wisconsin (March 21) and 14 tonight against the Wildcats.
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Quotable
"I was really happy with our performance tonight," head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "The team worked hard and we were clean in lots of phases of the game. We're excited to compete again tomorrow."
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Team Stats
MINN
NU
Kills
37
31
Errors
8
20
Attempts
81
97
Hitting %
.358
.113
Points
58
39
Assists
30
25
Aces
7
4
Blocks
14
4
Game Leaders
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
7
Aces
3
Blocks
4
Kills
3
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
Libero/DS
/ VolleyballOutside Hitter
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Middle Blocker
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/ VolleyballSetter
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