Box Score A dominate performance from outside hitter Kate Lange helped propel the University of Minnesota Duluth to a straight-set (25-23, 25-15, 25-17) victory over Upper Iowa University Friday evening at Fayette, Iowa. The win keeps the Bulldogs in sole possession of second place in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference standings behind Concordia University-St. Paul with one week of action remaining.

Lange, a native of Hibbing, Minn., could not be stopped as the two-time All-American notched a match-high 20 kills on 36 swings, good enough for a .472 hitting percentage. Lange, who had 14 of the Bulldogs 30 kills in the first two sets, grabbed her 11th double-double of the season shoveling up 13 digs.

UMD (26-2 overall and 16-2 in the NSIC) put on a dominant performance, handily taking the final two sets after escaping a late charge from the Peacocks. The Peacocks would not go quietly in the first frame, rallying from down 19-12 to behind one at 24-23 before a Syndie Mauch kill clinched the set. The Bulldogs held Upper Iowa to respective attack percentage of .105 in three sets in 33 kills against 21 errors.

The middle blockers for UMD had a successful afternoon frustrating the Peacocks at the net. Sophomore blocker Monica Turner racking up seven kills and two total blocks while the redshirt freshman Mauch chimed in six kills and four blocks of her own. Sophomore setter Ashley Hinsch posted seven digs and collected 39 assists in guiding UMD to a collective hitting percentage of .279.

UMD will wrap up the regular season on their home floor, where they are 9-1 this fall, with an NSIC matchup against Minnesota State University, Mankato University Friday at 7:00 p.m.