MSU Billings Wins One, Drops One at Rocky Tournament

BILLINGS – The MSU Billings volleyball team finished the four-match Rocky Mountain volleyball tournament at 2-2 after losing to Carroll College and defeating Montana Tech on Saturday. 

In Saturday’s 10:00 a.m. game, Carroll outpaced the Yellowjackets 30-25, 27-30, 32-30, 30-27.  The Saints’ Lena Mortensen led all players with 21 kills.  Mary Lester added 19 and Krista Heavirland had 12.

MSU Billings was led by Olivia Munro and Katrina Dahlgren, who both notched 12 kills.  Kari Gerretsen and Mandi Paulson also recorded double-figure kills with 10.  Senior setter Krissy Janney tallied 45 assists.

In the 4:00 p.m. match, MSU Billings swept the Orediggers from Montana Tech, 30-28, 31-29, 30-28.  Dahlgren led all players with 15 kills, followed by Paulson’s 11, Gerretsen’s nine, and Ashley Jones’s seven.  Janney dished 41 assists in the three games.

Carroll got 14 kills from Janalee Stokken and 10 kills from Collette Phillips.  Angela Bausch added nine kills while Becky Hancock had 25 assists.

MSU Billings moves to 4-5 on the season and begin Pacific West Conference play next week when they travel to Hawaii for four matches.  They will start the road swing at No. 7 ranked BYU-Hawaii on September 13 and finish at Hawaii-Hilo on September 17.