Having shaken off the Michigan volleyball teams’ early dominance, a resurgent Iowa was beating the Wolverines to the net, registering several successful spikes to bring the second set down to the wire.

Then senior middle blocker Serena Nyambio returned to the court.

She freed up graduate outside hitter Allison Jacobs for a wide-open strike from the corner, setting up Michigan with a 24-22 lead and a chance to claim a two-set advantage. Exploiting the extra attention, Nyambio turned facilitator, returning a free ball before calling her own number to seal the set with a thunderous kill.

Nyambio, who ranks 10th in the nation with a hitting percentage of .443, started out a perfect seven-for-seven, looking completely unstoppable against Iowa middle hitter Aleksandra Stojanovic. She was a co

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