ORANGE CITY, IA (Dakota News Now) -The Red Raiders of Northwestern are having another fantastic season in NAIA volleyball and are ranked 3rd in the latest poll.

But you can throw records out the window when rivals play and that’s exactly what happened in Orange City Wednesday night when the Dordt Defenders made the 10 mile trip to play.

The first set was tightly contested battle, with neither team leading by more than two points for its entirety. Northwestern opened the scoring with a kill by Maddy Sampson , assisted by Liv Reitsma . Stella Winterfeld was a key player for the Red Raiders, contributing multiple kills, including one at a critical juncture to tie the score at 15-15. The Defenders responded with strong play, including service aces from Chloe Huisman and Peyton Poppema,

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