Munro, Beal Earn VB All-Conference Honors from PacWest (Nov. 20, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – Olivia Munro was named to the Pacific West Conference second-team this week in voting by league coaches.  The junior outside hitter from Toronto, Ontario was the Yellowjackets leading hitter, averaging 4.04 kills per game to rank seventh in the PacWest.  She also averaged 3.31 digs per game which was second on the team and fifth in the conference.

Munro finished the season with 368 kills and could threaten the school career record next season.  She has 893 career kills after three seasons at MSU Billings.  The school record is 1,143 held by Brandee Sayles, leaving Munro 250 kills from the record.  This season she posted career-highs for kills in a season as well as kills in a game when she knocked down 33 against Western New Mexico to end the year.

Munro was the only all-conference selection for the Yellowjackets, who finished the season 6-20.  Sandy Beal, a senior from Troy, Montana, was named to the PacWest Conference All-Academic Team for her 3.52 grade point average.  Beal is majoring in Health and Physical Education and was the only Yellowjacket named to the academic team.  To qualify for academic all-conference, the player must be in at least her second year of competition at the school, hold above a 3.30 GPA, and play in at least half of the team's contests.