Western
New Mexico Sweeps Lady Jackets (Nov. 13, 2003)
Box Score
BILLINGS, MT – Western New Mexico won its
ninth-straight volleyball match Thursday night with a 3-0 sweep of
MSU Billings at Alterowitz Gymnasium. Three Mustangs finished with
double-digit kills in the 30-27, 30-25, 30-20 win. Western New Mexico
improved to 17-13 overall and 4-6 in the PacWest while the Yellowjackets
dropped to 6-19, 2-8.
Western New Mexico’s Kim Tano led all players with 15
kills on a .237 hitting percentage. She also added 13 digs. Laree Green
and Suzanne Bruchhauser also had double-figure kills with 11 and 10
respectively.
"They just made us look slow
tonight," said Yellowjacket coach Pa'ulasi Matavao. "We fought hard
in the first game, but made a crucial mistake late in the game and things
went downhill from there. The way Western New Mexico is playing
right now, we had to play good defense. They dug more balls than we
did when we needed to be the better defensive team. It's very
surprising because we had a great week of practice."
The Yellowjackets hit just .044 as a team with only
six more kills than errors. The team’s leading hitter, Olivia Munro (Jr.,
Toronto, Ontario), was held in check, recording just eight kills on 50
attempts as WNMU finished with 15 more digs than the Yellowjackets in the
match. Katrina Dahlgren (Sr., Missoula, MT), Cortney Metzler (Jr.,
Roundup, MT) and Jessica Bratton (Fr., Casper, WY) each tallied seven
kills.
Dahlgren also had eight total blocks to take over the
PacWest Conference lead in blocks per game at 1.16. She entered the match
sitting in fourth in the conference, 0.04 bpg behind Western New Mexico’s
Laree Green, who led the conference. Green had five total blocks in the
match to improve her per game average to 1.15, but still dropped to second
in the PacWest.
MSU Billings will wrap-up its season Friday night at
7:00 p.m. in a non-conference meeting with Western New Mexico. Friday
will also be Senior Night for Dahlgren, Sandy Beal (Sr., Troy, MT) and
Brittany Uffelman (Sr., Thermopolis, WY).
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