NorthWood Girls Volleyball continued Northern Lakes Conference play Thursday night on the road at Northridge, with the Red Slam falling to the Raiders in three sets, 16-25, 14-25, 17-25. Junior Ella Branham paced the NorthWood attack with 14 kills while also contributing 10 digs. Jamya Nelson and Lily Thompson added three kills apiece. At the service line, Krystal Hershberger recorded a team-high three aces. Defensively, Nola Nephew led NorthWood with 12 digs, followed by Branham's 10. Nelson and Addie Davis each finished with two blocks at the net. NorthWood's setters split the distribution duties, with Allie Yoder recording 14 assists and Abby Schmucker adding five. The loss moves the varsity Red Slam to 12-8 overall and 4-1 in NLC play. NorthWood's junior varsity team also fell to Northridge, 2-1. After dropping the opening set 22-25, the Panthers responded with a 25-19 victory before Northridge took the deciding set, 15-11. JV moves to 12-6 overall and 3-2 in the NLC. The freshman Panthers earned a three-set victory, bouncing back after a 25-18 opening-set loss to win the final two sets, 25-19 and 16-14. The freshman team improves to 8-7 on the season. NorthWood returns to action Tuesday, September 29, against Carroll.