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Volleyball coach ties for career wins If you go
Danielle Brown Staff writer
DeKALB | Ray Gooden, head coach of the women’s volleyball team, tied the school record in career wins with 266 Friday in DeKalb’s Convocation Center. Gooden, who entered his 15th season with NIU just two wins shy of the record, tied former head coach Pete Waite after beating Loyola Un i v e r s i t yChicago in their second match of the NIU InvitaRay Gooden tional Friday Head Coach in four sets, (21-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-18). The Huskies lost its first set of the match against Loyola but came back to win the final three to secure Gooden’s record-tying victory. “It was another big battle for us against a team that again we know very well,” Gooden said. “We knew that Loyola was going to be a physical team and they were. They were beating up our block at times, but once we settled down in the third and fourth set, we got better.” NIU, 2-0 before Sunday’s matchup against the University of Iowa, battled hard in its first match Friday afternoon, winning in four sets, (25-17, 25-23, 27-29, 25-20) versus DePaul University in the Convocation Center. The team’s defense was strong against DePaul, resulting in 50 digs and 15 blocks. The Huskies were led by Brianna Horwath, a redshirt junior right-side hitter who missed last season due to an injury, who accrued 12 kills in the match. On the defensive side, sophomore middle-blocker Meg Wolowicz dominated in blocks, acquiring nine. NIU controlled the first set against DePaul with an early lead of 13-9. The team kept up the intensity for the rest of the set against the Blue Demons,
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From left: Sophomore libero Sydney Danker and junior outside hitter Taylor Krage celebrate with teammates after earning a point Friday evening during the NIU Invitational in the Convocation Center, Victor E. Court.
In the final set, NIU recorded five blocks and three aces to win the set and match, 25-20. One ace came from junior outside hitter Taylor Krage, who earned the match point for the Huskies. This was the lowest set in kills for the match for NIU, but the team’s defense pulled through
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We knew that tonight was going to be one of the tougher opening matches we’ve played since I’ve been here because of the familiarity with the teams.” Ray Gooden Head Coach
Freshman setter Samantha Boever bumps the ball during a match Friday in the Convocation Center.
winning the set 25-17, with a combined 10 kills from Wolowicz and senior outside hitter Mary Grace Kelly. The start of the second set saw similar play from the Huskies, as they led 12-6 early on.
Junior outside hitter Taylor Krage attempts a spike in a match Friday during the NIU Invitational in the Convocation Center, Victor E. Court. NIU went on to win both matches that evening.
Errors from the Huskies allowed DePaul to get within just one point at 22-21. A kill by senior middle-blocker Jenna Radtke gave NIU the win for the second set, 25-23. The third set was full of kills
and was close the entire way through. After being tied at 25, the teams went into overtime. A kill by DePaul’s senior middle-blocker Jasmine King, followed by a serve point resulted in a Blue Demon win, 29-27.
and helped secure the win. Horwath had 12 kills for the match, while Radtke and Wolowicz each added 10 of their own. On defense, junior libero Anna Brereton came up with 18 digs. “We knew that tonight was going to be one of the tougher opening matches we’ve played since I’ve been here because of the familiarity with the teams,” Gooden said. The win against DePaul moved Gooden’s season opener record to 14-1 since becoming head coach. Gooden will look to break the school’s record against Bradley University at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the NDSU Classic in Fargo, North Dakota.
Two Chicago men charged in Wade’s family shooting This July alone there were 65 homicides — the most that month since 2006. The suspects are an example of the city’s problem with repeat offenders, which he has spoken about frequently in recent month Eddie Johnson, superintendent of Chicago police said.
The Associated Press
CHICAGO | Two brothers have
been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade as Wade’s cousin was walking to register her children for school, Chicago police said yesterday. Darwin Sorrells Jr., 26, and Derren Sorrells, 22, were also charged with attempted murder in Friday’s shooting. Nykea Aldridge, 32, a mother of four, was pushing her baby in a stroller near the school when two men walked up and fired shots at a third man but hit Aldridge in the head and arm. She wasn’t the intended target but rather a driver who had just dropped off passengers in the neighborhood, commander Brendan Deenihan said at a news conference Sunday. There is video of the incident, but no weapon was recovered and police don’t know where the
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My cousin was killed today in Chicago. Another act of senseless gun violence. Four kids lost their mom for no reason. Unreal.” Dwyane Wade Chicago Bulls guard
Darwin was sentenced to six years in prison in January 2013 Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade speaks during a news conference July 29 about on a gun charge and was released his cousin being fatally shot on Aug. 25 while walking her baby in Chicago. early on parole, while Derren is weapon is, Deenihan said. year, largely centered in a few south a known gang member who also Chicago has been in the throes of and west side neighborhoods, after was on parole, Police Spokesman a major uptick in gun violence this years of seeing declines. Anthony Guglielmi said. The Associated Press
“They don’t care who they shoot and they don’t fear the consequences,” Guglielmi said, noting as he has in the past that about 1,400 people are driving 85 percent of the city’s gun violence. The city has gotten very good at predicting who will be the perpetrators and the victims of gun violence, Gugliemi said. Wade, whose charitable organization, Wade’s World Foundation, does community outreach in the Chicago area, signed with the Chicago Bulls in July after 13 years with the Miami Heat. He and his mother, Pastor Jolinda Wade, participated Thursday via satellite in a town hall meeting in Chicago on gun violence hosted by ESPN. “My cousin was killed today in Chicago,” Wade tweeted Friday. “Another act of senseless gun violence. 4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON. Unreal. #EnoughIsEnough.”