Box Score OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha volleyball team made its 2015 home debut in style Friday evening, dropping North Dakota 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-19, 25-18) at the Omaha Classic at Sapp Fieldhouse. With the win, the Mavericks improved to 2-2 on the season, while UND dropped to 1-3.

Three Mavs put together outstanding double-double performances: sophomore setter Sydney O'Shaughnessy (41 assists/13 digs), senior rightside hitter Michaela Schimmer (15 kills/17 digs) and senior outside hitter Kelley Wollak (14 kills/20 digs). Schimmer's kill total led the match, while O'Shaughnessy added seven kills, two aces and a block to complete her night.

Senior middle blocker Megan Schmale also had a solid showing, posting nine kills with a match-high five blocks and four digs. Senior libero Kimberly Bailey had 22 digs, and sophomore outside hitter Mackenzie Horkey put up 14.

North Dakota was led by eight kills apiece from Julia Kaczorowska and Courtney Place.

Omaha and UND opened the match exchanging scores until Schmale sparked the offense with a kill to make it 8-7. From there, UNO went on a 6-0 spurt that extended its lead to 13-7. The Mavericks took control to finish the set, never allowing North Dakota to come within more than four points en route to a 25-18 win.

Game two was much of the same story, as the two teams battled the whole way. Neither squad owned a lead larger than two before North Dakota broke past an 18-all tie to go up 21-18. UND went on to take the set 25-21 and tie the match at 1-1.

Omaha started the third set strong, ignited by an 11-3 opening run that included back-to-back O'Shaughnessy at the start of the game. A kill by Taylor gave Omaha its largest lead of the night at 17-6. Later in the set, UNO rattled off three straight kills from Horkey, Schimmer and Schmale, creating a 10-point lead at 22-12. UND managed to pull within three at 22-19 with a 7-0 run, but Omaha shut it down on back-to-back kills by Schimmer and Horkey and a Schmale block that closed the game at 25-19.

UNO worked another 2-0 lead in the fourth game on more strong serving from O'Shaughnessy. The Mavericks increased their lead to 10-6 on a vicious kill by Wollak, who hit .444 in the final set, and another by Taylor. After North Dakota brought it to a 14-14 tie, Omaha went on a scalding 6-0 run with kills from Wollak and Schmale, a UND attack error and two blocks – one a solo stop from Schmale and another an assisted block between her and Wollak. After that, Wollak finished off the match, supplying her final kill of the night for the 25-18 set win and a 3-1 match victory.

Omaha returns to action at the Omaha Classic on Saturday, Sept. 5, hosting Drake at 12:30 p.m. at Sapp Fieldhouse. Links to live stats and video will be available on OMavs.com.