CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The Northern Iowa Panthers swept the Drake Bulldogs Friday night at the McLeod Center. Game scores were 25-20, 25-17 and 25-17.

Middle blocker Cassie Effken (Lincoln, Neb.) led the offensive attack for Drake (4-20, 3-10 MVC) with eight kills and added two digs and two blocks. Freshman middle Katie Dulek (Lenexa, Kan.) had five kills and five blocks. Libero Sarah Madden (Van Meter, Iowa), who led the MVC in digs per set going into tonight's match, recorded 11 digs.

Macy Ubben finished with 12 kills and hit .458 and added seven digs to pace UNI (21-7, 12-2 MVC). Krista Degeest added 10 kills as the Panthers tallied 48 kills on the evening.

UNI took the opening set 25-20, limiting the Bulldogs to just a .094 hitting percentage. The Panthers hit .211 and were led in kills by Ubben with four. Effken led the Bulldogs attack with four kills.

The Panthers overpowered the Bulldogs in the second set winning 25-17, hitting .400 and getting four kills from Ubben.

In the third set, UNI used a 7-3 run to take a 17-12 lead and forced Drake to take a timeout. The Panthers extended their lead to 22-14 and forced another Drake timeout before closing out the match with a 25-17 win.

Drake returns to action tomorrow night at Bradley with first serve set for 7 p.m. Live stats and live video will be available at www.godrakebulldogs.com.