The Panthers started their weekend action off against the Belmont Bruins. UNI started off hot in the set capitalizing on an early block and continued to have 19 blocks overall in the set. To assist with the lead, Kaitlyn Sellner had a service ace to help build the lead, while Cassidy Hartman and Kira Fallert each contributed five kills. The Bruins would make their way back within three, at 23-20, but the Panthers closed out the set with back-to-back kills from Olivia Tjernagel to take the set 25-20.
Belmont would continue their momentum from the end of the first set to score the first four out of the five points. UNI quickly made their way back in the set and had 18 kills in the second set. Hartman had six kills, followed by Lily Dykstra and Kacie Rewerts adding three each to help boost the Panthers to a 10-0 run. Reese Booth and Fallert added some aces for Northern Iowa to boost them to a convincing 25-12 win over Belmont.
After an early tie, the Panthers stormed on in the set notching 26 kills total. Erin Powers notched an ace to set UNI on a 7-0 run to take the lead on the Bruins. Fallert added four kills while Hartman added three, while Sellner contributed four blocks to boost Northern Iowa to a third set 25-14 win and 3-0 match win.
UNI continued on with the weekend hosting the Murray State Racers. The Panthers had just 13 kills in the match along with 10 attack errors. They got the lead to 17-16, but Murray State found their way to a 25-22 set one win. The second set tells a different story as the Panthers found their groove. UNI had 17 kills in the set with Olivia Tjernagel notching five kills and three blocks from Kacie Rewerts and an ace from Sydney Golden. Tjernagel finished off the set with her seventh kills of the night leading Northern Iowa to a set two 25-22 win.
Momentum was flowing for UNI as they kept it going into the third set. The Panthers had 20 kills in the match, six of those coming from Rewerts and five coming from Fallert. This helped them cruise to a set three win of 25-13 and 2-1 match lead. The fourth set stood no match for the Racers as UNI continued to move. The Panthers had 12 kills and grabbed an early 7-1 lead which marched them on to a 25-10 set four victory and 3-1 match win.
