Northwestern College saw their volleyball season come to a close tonight in the quarterfinal round of the 2007 NAIA National Volleyball Tournament in Columbia, Missouri.  The 17th ranked Red Raiders lost to #2 California Baptist 3-0 (30-24, 30-14, 30-19).

 

Earlier in the day the Red Raiders won a championship bracket play-in match to advance into the quarterfinal round.  Northwestern was down 2-1 to host and 6th ranked Columbia before battling back to win game four 31-29 and game five 15-13 (after being behind 13-9).  It was Northwestern's second five game win of the tournament.

 

Northwestern ends the season at 31-12 under the direction of Head Coach Kyle Van Den Bosch.

 

For the boxscore from the Westminster match:

 

For the boxscore from the SUNY-Canton match:

 

For the boxscore from the Fresno-Pacific match:

 

For the boxscore from the Columbia match:

 

For the boxscore from the California-Baptist match:

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