Lady Jackets Sweep Seasiders for Second Time (Oct. 8, 2004)
Box Score

BILLINGS, MT – The Montana State-Billings volleyball team evened its PacWest Conference record with a three-game sweep of BYU-Hawaii Friday night.  The Yellowjackets downed the Seasiders 30-18, 30-21, 30-19 to improve to 10-5 overall and 3-3 in the PacWest.  BYU-Hawaii dropped to 7-7, 1-5.

The Yellowjackets swept the Seasiders in Laie, HI, on September 27.  It was the first time MSU Billings had won on the Seasiders’ home court.  Friday was just the Yellowjackets’ third win over BYU-Hawaii in the teams’ 13-match history.  The Seasiders had swept the last six matches against MSU Billings entering this season.

Jessica Bratton (So., Casper, WY) and Alicia Cazemier (Fr., Vauxhall, Alberta) provided the Jackets’ offensive punch on Friday.  Bratton finished with a dozen kills on 27 attempts for a .333 hitting percentage.  Cazemier added 11 kills on 19 attempts with a .368 hitting percentage.  She was also in on seven blocks.

As a team, MSU Billings out-hit the Seasiders .327 to .084.  The Yellowjackets hammered out 44 kills with just 12 errors on 98 attempts.  They took the momentum in the first game with 17 kills and just two errors on a .429 hitting percentage.  MSUB closed the night with a .375 hitting percentage in the final game.

Natalie Bills (So., Provo, UT) handed out 33 assists and added eight digs.  Olivia Munro (Sr., Toronto, Ontario) had a match-high nine digs to go with seven assists.  Kari Jones (Sr., Hermiston, OR) had a balanced night with six kills, five assists, five digs and five blocks.

The Yellowjackets and Seasiders meet again at 7:00 p.m. Saturday night at Alterowitz Gym in a non-conference match.