September 18, 2007                                                                            

Jackets’ Crotteau Garners Award
   MSUB Season Stats

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings volleyball player Devon Crotteau has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of September 17-23.  The honor is Crotteau’s first and the program’s second of the season.

Devon Crotteau

Crotteau, an outside hitter from Casper, Wyo., led the Jackets to a pair of 3-1 wins last week over GNAC opponents Saint Martin’s and Western Oregon, Crotteau tallied 38 kills, 30 digs, and five aces.  Crotteau currently ranks fourth in the GNAC in kills, averaging 4.22 per game.

In Thursday’s win over the Saints, Crotteau had 17 kills, 16 digs, and a game-high four service aces.  On Saturday, the Yellowjackets handed the Wolves their first conference loss of the season.  In the match Crotteau posted a career-high 21 kills, off a .245 attack percentage.

The Yellowjackets are 9-3 overall and 3-1 in league play.  They are in a four-way tie for first with Western Washington, Western Oregon, and Central Washington.  MSUB travels North to Alaska for a pair of games against Alaska-Fairbanks (7-4, 1-2) on Thursday, and Alaska-Anchorage (4-5, 0-3) on Saturday. A live video stream of both matches can be seen at www.pennatlantic.com.  The Yellowjackets’ next home match will be against preseason GNAC favorite Western Washington on Sept. 27.