HOUGHTON — Northern Michigan Wildcats volleyball coach Mike Lozier knows that what his team did in Houghton Thursday night is not as easy as it appeared at certain points. Trailing 9-5 in the fifth set, the Wildcats stormed back with 10 of the match’s final 12 points to earn a five-set win, 24-26, 25-19, 25-18, 22-25, and 15-11, over the Michigan Tech Huskies at the SDC Gym.

“Really proud of my team,” he said. “Winning in this gym is hard, and we’ve been fortunate to do it in the last couple of years. So, yeah, it feels good.”

It was, by no means, easy.

The Huskies (7-7 overall, 4-2 GLIAC) had raced out to the 9-5 lead, thanks in large part to the efforts of freshman right side hitter Madelyn Torola, who exploded for two kills early in the set as part of a career-high 18 on the night. H

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