The Northwestern State Demons were defeated by the Nicholls Colonels, 3-0 (25-21, 25-17 and 25-23) Saturday afternoon in Southland Conference action at Stopher Gymnasium.
The Demons (1-21, 0-8 SLC) dropped a hard fought first set as they trailed 21-20 late in the frame. However, three kills and an ace by the Colonels and an attack error by the Demons clinched the set for Nicholls. Deja Benjamin had three opening set kills to lead NSU.
It was mostly Colonels (10-10, 0-7 SLC) in the second set. They got out to the early 10-6 lead in the set before pushing the advantage all the way out to 20-11 after a 10-1 run. The Demons battled to stay in the set as they cut it to 22-16 after a kill by Samaya Wesson before Nicholls won the frame.