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Lady Jackets Fly at FLC Tourney (9/1/06)
Match
1 Box Score
Match
2 Box Score
DURANGO, CO – The Montana
State-Billings volleyball team cruised through the first day of
the Hampton Inn Classic hosted by Fort Lewis College on Friday.
The Yellowjackets swept both of their matches, defeating Dixie
State College and Eastern New Mexico. MSUB improved to 4-2 on
the season.
The Yellowjacket defense
dominated both matches. Against Dixie State, MSUB held the
Rebels to just a .086 team attack percentage, winning 30-25,
30-27, 30-24. Five different Yellowjackets combined for eight
and a half blocks, and three Jackets reached double figures for
digs.
Alicia Cazemier (Vauxhall, AB) was in on six blocks to lead
all players. She also had a match-high 16 kills on a .367
attack percentage.
Taylor
Faught (Billings, MT),
Nicole
Kruse (Huntley, MT) and
Alexis
Sandru (Twin Bridges, MT) each posted at least a dozen digs.
Along with Cazemier,
Jessica Bratton (Casper, WY) and
Ali Watson
(Calgary, AB) had double-digit kills. Bratton knocked down 13
while Watson finished with 11.
Jessica Lechner (Pompeys Pillar, MT) added six kills.
Setter
Natalie Bills (Provo, UT) dished out a match-high 38
assists. The Rebels were led by Breena Bonnett’s nine kills.
The afternoon match against
Eastern New Mexico unfolded much like the win over Dixie State
with MSUB cruising 30-17, 30-22, 30-18. The Jackets hit at a
.288 clip for the match while holding the Zias to a .033 team
hitting percentage. Watson led all players with 13 kills and 15
digs. Cazemier added 11 kills and six blocks. Bratton finished
with nine kills to move up to No. 2 in Yellowjacket history for
career kills, passing Brandee Sayles.
Watson, Sandru, Bills and
Kruse all posted double-digit digs as the Zias struggled to
score. Cazemier, Watson, and Lechner were each in on multiple
blocks. Bills had 34 assists and five kills.
Jessie Macknicki’s eight kills led the Zias. No other
player managed more than five kills.
The Yellowjackets wrap up the
tournament with a pair of tough matches on Saturday. They will
face Seattle Pacific at noon. The Falcons are currently ranked
eighteenth in the nation. MSUB closes the tournament against
host Fort Lewis, which defeated the Yellowjackets 3-1 last week. |
