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October 6, 2007                                            

Lady Jackets Stumble 3-1 at Seattle
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SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle University cruised to a 2-0 lead en route to a 3-1 conference win against Montana State Billings in GNAC volleyball Saturday night.  The Redhawks won 30-19, 30-23, 22-30, 30-25. 

The Yellowjackets dropped their third conference match of the season and their second in the last three matches to fall to 6-3 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (13-5 overall).  Seattle improved to 4-5 in the conference and 7-10 overall.  MSU Billings remains in third place in the conference standings behind Western Oregon and Western Washington.

The Redhawks broke from a 12-12 tie in the first game, outscoring the Yellowjackets 18-7 over the final 25 points.  In the second game, Seattle pulled away from a 7-7 tie to lead by as much as 15-9 in the early going.  MSUB battled back to within 20-18 before a 10-4 Redhawk run ended the game.

“We really came out flat,” said Yellowjacket head coach Sara Schaub.  “Our communication was low, and Seattle did a good job of taking advantage of that and controlling the match.  Our passing was not sharp, one of the worst matches we’ve had this season.  We had troubles starting anything because of our passing.”

Down two games to none, the Yellowjackets responded with a solid third game.  They jumped to a 10-5 lead and never looked back, leading by as many as 11.  The Jackets hit .382 in the third game to salvage a .110 hitting percentage for the match.  They didn’t hit above .048 in any of the other three games.  Seattle led wire to wire in the fourth and final game.

The Yellowjackets had three players finish in double figures for kills, led by Devon Crotteau’s (Casper, Wyo.) 16.  Crotteau had a match hitting percentage of .190 and also picked up a match-high 16 digs and four aces.

Jennifer Boe (Casper, Wyo.) knocked down a dozen kills to go with 13 digs, and Alicia Cazemier (Vauxhall, Alberta) added 11 kills.  Stefania Aladjova (Sofia, Bulgaria) handed out 36 assists and dropped in three aces.

Seattle was led by Nikole Thompson’s 16 kills, 14 digs and five aces.  Libby Graff added 10 kills and was in on three blocks.  Josie Christiansen had six blocks and four aces. 

The Yellowjackets hit the road again next weekend when they travel to face league-leader Western Oregon (8-1) on Thursday and winless Saint Martin’s on Saturday.  Western Oregon won twice in Alaska this weekend to hold onto the top spot in the GNAC standings.  The Wolves’ only conference loss was at MSU Billings on Sept. 15.

The Yellowjackets’ next home matches will be Oct. 18 and 20 when they host Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Fairbanks.  At the Oct. 20 match against Fairbanks, MSU Billings will honor the 2006 Heartland Conference championship team, the school’s first volleyball team to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.  The ceremony will take place during the intermission between games two and three.  Every member of the 2006 team is expected to be in attendance.

 
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