On Oct. 4, the Tigers traveled to Orange City, Iowa, to compete against the No. 1 Northwestern College, where the Red Raiders won in straight sets with set scores being 17-25, 22-25, and 10-25.
Senior Kayden Schumacher led the Tigers with 11 kills and an attacking percentage of .286. Freshman Natalie Wood also added 10 kills. Senior Taylor Sluka and freshman Kate Roseland each added five kills, putting the Tigers with 33 total kills. Along with that, sophomore Camdyn Carpenter had 29 assists out of 33 total assists for the Tigers.
Going into the defensive side of this game, senior Grace Zeier had 13 digs and adding to those diggs was sophomore Chloe Rose who had nine digs. Along with that, the Tigers had 3.0 team blocks with Sluka having all three of them and having help from freshman Hilary Hupp with two and Roseland for one.
On Oct. 5, the Tigers competed against Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa, where the Defenders had won in straight sets with scores being 20-25, 20-25, and 18-25.
Leading the Tigers for this match was Wood who had nine kills with Schumacher adding six more, and adding five kills each was Roseland and Sluka, which put the Tigers with 30 total kills. Along with that, Carpenter gave out 21 assists out of 25 total assists.
On the defensive side in this match, the Tigers finished with a 2.0 team block with Hupp having both of them, but helping with these blocks were Wood and Schumacher who would help with one each. Leading the team with 14 digs was Zeier and adding nine more to the total was Carpenter, which ended the Tigers with 42 digs altogether.
On Oct. 11, the Tigers are set to take on Waldorf University in Haddix with it set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
