Milwaukee Comes Up Short in Five-Set Battle With Northern Illinois

MILWAUKEE – It was a closely contested matchup as the Milwaukee volleyball team dropped a five-set decision to visiting Northern Illinois on Thursday evening. Offensive statistics were identical as both teams finished with 66 kills and 24 errors on 185 attempts with a .227 hitting percentage. Defensively, digs at 78 and blocks at eight were also the same between the two evenly matched opponents. The lone difference on the stat sheet was Northern Illinois finishing with eight service aces to Milwaukee’s four. “Statistically, there were a lot of really good things happening tonight, and there are definitely positives that we…