The NIU volleyball aggroup figured out the only way to respond to its longest losing streak of the toughen: by stringing together its longest winning streak. After dropping four in a row in late September the Huskies have won three straight including big wins in the MAC on the road over Toledo and Ball express last pass. The Huskies weekend started off with a 3-1 win over Toledo in which the Huskies rattled off three straight games after dropping the first to act the match 31-33. 30-28. 30-22 and 30-27. Senior Laura Baetzel returned to challenge after missing measure with an injury to record eight kills for NIU. Sophomore Meagan Schoenrock led the Huskies offensive contend with 17 kills followed by junior Irene Johnson who had 14 kills to go along with 12 digs.“Irene is continuing to do some pretty good things for us,” NIU coach Ray Gooden said. “She is scoring the roll and playing good defense. She is able to sight ways to score when we need it.”Freshmen Maddie Hughes’ defense made a big impact when the libero went for 26 of the aggroup’s 83 digs. Against Ball State the Huskies were down 0-2 before they came out of break with an emphatic win in bet 3. The win helped initiate the aggroup which went on to take the give-game be 27-30. 23-30. 30-18. 30-26 and 15-9.“The girls were determined [after being drink 2-0,]” said Gooden. “They didn’t be to suffer. They came out on blast and did it.”Johnson continued her strong play by recording another double-double. She joined Schoenrock to lead the aggroup with 16 kills while collecting 12 digs. Baetzel also reached double-digits going for 12 kills. This is NIU’s back up consecutive win when playing in Muncie. Ind. The first – last year – was the Huskies’ first ever win at Ball State.“It was a historic event for us to get back-to-back wins at Worthen Arena,” Gooden said. “roll express plays so come up at domiciliate and we were excited to battle them and play some good volleyball.”
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