SUPERIOR, Wis. -- The UW-Superior volleyball team got back to its winning ways with a 25-19, 25-19, 25-23 sweep of Northland in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference play at Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium on Tuesday.
 
The Yellowjackets received a match-high 14 kills from sophomore Maiana Stark (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) and 11 more from senior Alexie Pryd (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove Senior) to improve to 11-9 overall and 7-1 in the league. Junior Kaylin Plautz (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) added nine kills while senior Cassy Teff (Foley, Minn./Foley) had seven kills, 19 assists and seven digs.
 
Pryd completed her ninth double-double of the season with 12 digs. Sophomore Jenna Anderson (Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji) collected a match-best 21 digs.
 
UWS hit .228 for the match with 44 kills and 15 errors in 127 attacks and limited Northland (8-9, 3-5 UMAC) to .074 (31-21-135) on the night.
 
UWS used an 8-2 run in the first set to take a 20-15 lead. The 'Jackets won the last four points in the stretch on kills from Plautz and Teff as well as a pair of Northland errors. Superior won the set on a kill and block from Stark and another LumberJills' error.
 
UWS jumped out to a 14-9 advantage in the second set, extending it to 17-11 on a Hailey Atwood (Big Lake, Minn./Big Lake) ace and Plautz kill, assisted by Colleen Claude (Centuria, Wis./Homeschool). Northland shaved its deficit to 20-18, but couldn't get closer as Superior won five of the last six points to take the set, winning it on kills by Teff and Stark.
 
Superior had a five-point lead late in the third set at 20-15 before Northland rallied to cut tie things at 21-21 on a Rachel Callow ace. Two Stark kills and a Jills' error later, UWS had match point at 24-21. Teff then put the match away with a kill for the victory.
 
Larissa Fossum led Northland with kills, Callow had 23 assists and Alexa Zadra had 23 digs.
 
UWS is back in action Friday at Martin Luther. First serve is set for 7 p.m.