Volleyball Sets School Record

 Aubrey Ficek had a game-high 14 kills and Lauren Emmert hit .500 to help the Michigan Tech volleyball team to a straight-set victory over Northwood on Sept. 19. The win pushed Tech's record to 10-0, setting the school's all-time mark for consecutive victories to begin a season.

The Huskies had significant production from numerous players in the lineup, including Jacqueline Aird, who had 12 digs, and Rachel Pohlod, who registered 34 assists - just one less than Northwood as a team.

Tech opened the contest with a flurry and jumped out to a 10-1 lead in the first set. Northwood fought to within six points, but the Huskies scored six of the final 10 in the set to close out a 25-16 win.

"It's been a goal of ours to start strong in each set and match," said head coach Matt Jennings. "We did that again today and that separation early allowed us to get the crowd and band behind us."

The Black and Gold rallied from an early deficit in the middle set, found its stride late and closed out a 25-21 victory. Ficek notched seven of her 14 kills in the set, including the clinching point.

The third and final set saw Northwood again come out strong before the Huskies rallied. Tech climbed out of a 14-11 hole midway through by recording eight of nine points to take a 19-15 lead. Emmert converted on six of her seven attack attempts in the frame and three late kills - one each by Stephanie Dietrich, Ficek and Sylvie Rokosh - closed out the 25-23 win.

"Northwood is a team that can score a lot of points and is quick to the outside," said Jennings. "We wanted to make it difficult for them to score points from the outside and I thought we did a good job of that. We had big performances from big people at key times."

Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to more than 7,000 students from 55 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.