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Championship Bound: No. 20 Volleyball Defeats Grand Valley State 3-1 Courtesy: Northern Michigan University Athletics Courtesy: NMU UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – A trip to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament Championship is on the calendar for No. 20 Northern Michigan University volleyball after they picked up a 3-1 win over Grand Valley State University on Saturday in the GLIAC Tournament semifinal. The Wildcats scored the day’s opening point and jumped out to a 5-1 lead behind Lauren Van Remortel assisted kills from Koryn Parmenter and Jacqueline Smith and two service aces from Smith. The Lakers pulled within one at 9-8 and kept things close for a majority of the opening frame. ....
ABC 10/CW5 Courtesy: Northern Michigan University Athletics Courtesy: NMU UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – No. 20 Northern Michigan University volleyball is moving on in the 2021 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament after defeating Davenport University 3-1 in the quarterfinal round on Friday evening at Saginaw Valley State University. The Wildcats led for much of the opening frame and took the lead for good after breaking a 7-7 tie. A Jacqueline Smith kill, assisted by Lauren Van Remortel, led to the tie and kicked off a six-point run for NMU. Smith had three kills in the run while Hailey Wickstrom had two. The run was capped off by a block from Wickstrom and Evynn Layshock. ....
ABC 10/CW5 Courtesy: Northern Michigan University Athletics Courtesy: NMU BAY CITY, Mich. – No. 20 Northern Michigan University Volleyball took home the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards as well as several All-GLIAC Team honors on the eve of the 2021 GLIAC Tournament opening day. Freshman of the Year: Freshman Jacqueline Smith took home the 2021 GLIAC Freshman of the Year after an impressive campaign in her first year in Marquette. Smith finished the regular season with 193 total kills and averaged 4.02 kills per set. She led the GLIAC for the majority of the year in kills and kills per set and finished second in both categories. The freshman hailing from Saint Germain, Wis. was named the GLIAC North Player of the Week in early March, the first weekly honor of her career. She also had the kill that won the final match of the season for NMU and secu ....