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Wicinski Leads Huskies to Win, 12-1 Record
A power outage can't stop Lauren Wicinski of Geneva from leading the NIU Huskies to victory over Youngstown State on Saturday, upping the volleyball team's season record to 12-1.
Not even a power outage could stop freshman outside hitter Lauren Wicinski of Geneva from leadomg the Northern Illinois University Huskies to a volleyball victory Saturday at NIU Student Recreation Center.
NIU soundly went about its business by sweeping Youngstown State, 25-21, 25-15, 25-18, in 1 hour and six minutes—about an hour less than it took to get the match started.
Seven minutes prior to the first serve, parts of DeKalb suffered a power outage and "The Dog House" went completely black. Officials deemed the light insufficient enough for a safe match and arrangements were then made to relocate the event to the rec center.
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NIU (12-1) dominated the Penguins (2-11) in just about every statistical category by holding an edge in kills (43-26), hitting percentage (.312-.067), assists (41-24), aces (3-2), digs (40-32), blocks (8-4), and points (54-32).
Wicinski had 15 kills, while also totaling a .310 hitting percentage, seven digs, and two blocks.
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The Huskies will return to Victor E. Court tomorrow in a rare Sunday match against Iowa (5-3) at 3 p.m.
