Lady Jackets Host Hawaii Pacific October 15 & 16  (Oct. 14, 2004)

BILLINGS, MT – After splitting wins with BYU-Hawaii last weekend, the Yellowjacket volleyball team will host Hawaii-Pacific at Alterowitz Gym Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m.  The Yellowjackets face the Sea Warriors in a PacWest conference match on Friday followed by a non-conference match on Saturday.

The Yellowjackets (10-6, 3-3 PWC) are having one on their best starts ever to a season, with key wins occurring against Hawaii schools on their trip to the islands last month. 

In last week’s match-up against the Seasiders, Jessica Bratton (So., OH, Casper, WY) had a combined total of 20 kills in the two matches.  Bratton leads the Yellowjackets in kills for the season at 243 with a 4.26 average in kills per game ranking her fourth in the PacWest conference. 

Senior transfer Andrea Donahue (Sr., MB, Whitefish, MT) continues her lead in the conference with a .425 hitting percentage.  Donahue is also ranked 10^th in the PacWest Conference for blocks per game (.74).  She is also third on the team for kills per game at 3.25, as well as blocking at .74 per game.

Senior Olivia Munro (Sr., OH, Toronto, Canada) had 21 kills against BYU-Hawaii last week and continues to be ranked in the PacWest Conference for kills per game at 4.16 and fifth place.  Munro also ranks third in the conference for digs per game (4.33).

Alicia Cazemier (Fr., MB, Vauxhall, Canada) ranks fourth on the team for kills per game (2.36) and has increased her hitting percentage (.232).  Cazemeir also ranks second in the PacWest with 1.29 blocks per game.

Alexis Sandru (So., OH, Twin Bridges, MT), Alberta Letoa (So., L, Laie, HI) and Natalie Bills (So., S, Provo,UT) are also conference stat leaders for the Lady Jackets.  Sandru is ninth in the conference for service aces (.33).  Letoa is fourth in the PacWest for digs per game at 3.25.  Bills ranks fifth in the conference for service aces at .51 per game and third in the PacWest for assists (11.95 per game).

Previously ranked eighth in nation and currently second in the PacWest conference, Hawaii- Pacific is 11-2 overall, and 5-1 in conference play.  The Sea Warriors have four of the top ten hitters in the PacWest.  Barbara Martin leads HPU and is ranked second behind Donahue for hitting percentage (.411).  Martin also leads the conference in blocks per game with 1.37.

Flavia Brakling leads the Sea Warriors with 4.14 kills per game, with Nadica Karleusa following close behind with 3.56 kills per game.  Hawaii-Pacific has athletes ranked in the PacWest conference in hitting percentage, kills, service aces, assists and blocks per game.

The Yellowjackets host at Alterowitz Gym on Friday and Saturday for their matches against Hawaii-Pacific University and again on Wednesday the 20^th, when they will meet the Battlin’ Bears from Rocky Mountain College.