Northwest had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Lexington Minutemen as they made off with a 3-0 win. The Vikings have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Minutemen, too.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-9, 25-13.
Northwest got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Izabel Samelson out in front who had six digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Samelson a new career-high in aces.
Northwest couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.6% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Northwest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Lexington, they dropped their record down to 4-15 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Northwest will square off against Scottsbluff at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Lexington, they will face off against Holdrege on Tuesday.
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