PEORIA, Ill. -- Three Braves posted double digits in kills, paced by junior Lindsay Stalzer's match-high 21 kills on the night as Bradley ended its season with a 30-28, 17-30, 30-28, 30-24 victory over Northern Iowa in Missouri Valley Conference volleyball action Saturday night at Robertson Memorial Field House.

Stalzer led all players with 21 kills and six blocks as she helped the Braves end a five-match losing skid in the series with Panthers. Junior Briony Hammet added 14 kills and sophomore Amber DeBroux chipped in with 12 kills, seven digs and five blocks. Junior Ashley Vance tied a career high with six kills and nearly posted a double-double finishing with 56 assists and nine digs.

Bradley held a slim lead during the majority of game one, when Northern Iowa erased a three-point Bradley lead to tie the score at 25-25. With the score knotted at 27-27, sophomore Kelly Niemeyer found the floor with one of her seven game one kills to put Bradley ahead 28-27. A Northern Iowa attack error gave the Braves a two point cushion at 29-27, before the teams traded service errors to give Bradley a 30-28 win in game one.

The Panthers dominated in game two, hitting .464 and serving up six aces to cruise to a 30-17 to even the match at one game each.

The Braves held a 24-17 lead in game three, before Northern Iowa went on an 8-1 run to pull even at 25-25. After a Rachael Tink kill started the UNI rally, the Braves had five consecutive attack errors to help the Panthers back in the match. Northern Iowa took the lead at 28-27 on a kill by Stephanie Germann, but Stalzer tied things at 28-28 with a kill and sophomore Amy McFarland had her second kill of the night to put Bradley ahead 29-28. A Northern Iowa attack error on the next play gave the Braves a 30-28 win and 2-1 lead in the match.

Northern Iowa raced out to an early five-point lead in game four, but the Braves chipped away at the Panther lead, before pulling even at 16-16. Tied a 20-20 the Braves closed the match with a 10-4 run that included a pair of kills from both Stalzer and Hammet and a pair of blocks by Stalzer.

Bradley hit .246 on the night, including an impressive .386 hitting percentage in the game one victory, compared to .238 for Northern Iowa. The Braves held a 70-59 edge in kills, helping them overcome 13 service errors. Bradley ends the season with a 9-20 overall record and 3-15 conference mark. Northern Iowa, which will be the #2 seed for next week's State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, fell to 22-9 overall, 13-5 in Valley play.

Stalzer improved her school season record kill total to 527 on the year and tied for the 15th best kill total in Missouri Valley Conference history. Vance moved into fourth place on Bradley's career assist list passing former teammate Am?lie Rodrigue.

Bradley has no seniors on the 2004 roster and recently added Katrina Goncher (Batavia, Ill./Rosary) for the 2005 season. Goncher signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Bradley during the fall signing period.