October 27,
2007
Jackets Swept by League Leading Vikings
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Conference leader
Western Washington won its 12th-straight match Saturday,
sweeping Montana State Billings 30-16, 30-23, 30-16 in GNAC
volleyball. The Vikings moved closer to a conference
championship, improving to 17-4 overall and 13-1 in the Great
Northwest Athletic Conference. WWU is ranked second in the
Pacific Region.
"Western definitely played like the No. 1
team in the conference," said Yellowjacket head coach Sara
Schaub. "They are solid offensively and defensively.
Any mistake we made, they took advantage of."
While Western extended a winning streak
that dates back to mid-September, MSU Billings went in the
opposite direction with its fifth-straight GNAC road loss. The
Yellowjackets, ranked ninth in the Pacific Region this week,
dropped to 15-8 overall and 8-6 in the conference. MSUB has
gone 4-6 in its last 10 matches.
The Vikings jumped all over the Jackets
from the beginning, hammering out 15 kills with just three
errors in the opening game. Western Washington posted game
hitting percentages of .343, .263, and .457 and finished with a
match hitting percentage of .352. In the third game, the
Vikings didn’t have an attack error on 35 attempts.
The Vikings’ Jaime Anderson led all players
with 17 kills on a .410 hitting percentage. Tiana Roma added 10
kills without an error. Combined, Anderson and Roma accounted
for 27 kills with just one error on 60 attempts. Roma was also
in on six blocks.
Jennifer Boe (Casper, Wyo.) and Devon
Crotteau (Casper, Wyo.) each had 11 kills for the
Yellowjackets. Alicia Cazemier (Vauxhall, Alberta), who broke
the school career kills record on Thursday, had eight kills.
The Yellowjackets hit just .129 as a team, committing 24 hitting
errors to the Vikings’ seven.
The Yellowjackets’ grueling stretch of road
matches is over, and they will finish the season with
four-straight matches at home. MSUB has played six of its last
eight matches away from Alterowitz Gym. The four-match home
stand starts Nov. 1 against Rocky Mountain College. All of the
Jackets’ final four matches will feature live web video
streaming at www.pennatlantic.com. |
