Thursday, September 26
Cheney, WA
6 p.m.
Montana State University
at
Eastern Washington
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Time To Hit The Road
9/25/2013 4:42:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Montana State volleyball team will take to the Big Sky Conference road for the first time when it travels to the Pacific Northwest where it will face Eastern Washington and Portland State.
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ON THE OPEN ROAD:
The Montana State volleyball team will take to the Big Sky Conference road for the first time when it travels to the Pacific Northwest where it will face Eastern Washington and Portland State. The Bocbats open the week in Cheney, Wash., on Thursday, Sept. 26 when it meets EWU at 7 p.m. (MST) on Reese Court. MSU will close out the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m., against Big Sky Conference preseason favorite Portland State in the Stott Center.
ABOUT THE BOBCATS:
The Bobcats are 2-11 overall and 0-2 in Big Sky Conference action after dropping a pair of 3-1 decisions to North Dakota and Northern Colorado to open league play. Montana State head coach Kyle Weindel was pleased with his team's offensive efforts despite dropping a 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 25-12 decision to Northern Colorado on Saturday. A night after just having two players in double-figure kills in a 3-1 loss to North Dakota, Weindel saw three Bobcats hit the double-digit kill plateau, with a fourth just one kill away against the Bears. Loni Kreun guided the Bocbats with her third double-double of the season with a team-high 15 kills and 11 digs. Also hitting double-digit kills were Kennadie Clute 14 and Natalee Godfrey 10. Eli Svisco recorded her best outing of the season with nine kills, a .381 attack mark and two blocks. Hitting miscues, coupled with service errors gave North Dakota 39 points as UND posted a 25-12, 25-22, 20-25, 25-14 win over the Bobcats on Friday. MSU's left-side duo of Clute and Kreun had a solid outing against UND. Clute finished with a season and match-high 28 kills, while hitting .316 from the field, while Kreun added 12 kills.
THE SCOUTING REPORT:
Eastern Washington (4-9, 1-1) dropped a 3-0 decision to Portland State on Monday night in the Stott Center. EWU was led by Allie Schumacher, who posted 8 kills and 11 digs. On the season, the Eagles have been paced by Schumacher, who averages 2.78 kills and 1.78 digs per set. MSU trails EWU 45-22 going back to 1980. Portland State (5-7, 2-0) will face Montana on Thursday, before facing the Bobcats. PSU is 34-19 all-time vs. Montana State since the 1979 season.
FAB FROSH, PART I:
Kennadie Clute, a 6-1 outside hitter from Spokane, continues to be Montana State's top offensive threat, racking up a Big Sky Conference best 223 points in the first 13 matches of the season. In addition, the graduate of Mt. Spokane High School has been in double-figure kills in all 13 matches. She is ranked first in the league averaging 4.08 kills per set and her 28 kills against North Dakota last weekend is the top mark in the Big Sky, as well. Defensively, Clute is averaging 2.12 digs per set.
GOOD GODFREY:
Sophomore Natalee Godfrey put together a solid start to the season for the Bobcats, hitting a team-best .264 from the field, while averaging 1.90 kills and .63 blocks per set. Godfrey is ranked 8th in the Big Sky in hitting percentage. Last weekend, the native of Eugene, Ore., posted 16 kills, averaging 2.00 kps with a .257 attack mark and seven blocks.
FAB FROSH, PART II:
Freshman Anna Sykora also continued her hot-hand. The 5-11 setter from Rapid City, SD, dished out 85 assists last weekend and is averaging 10.35 assists per set. The mark is 2nd best in the Big Sky Conference. Sykora is also averaging 1.82 digs per contest.
THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE DIG-MAKER:
Senior libero Nicole Baker averaged 2.88 digs per set last weekend and ranks 8th in the Big Sky. She is 7th in aces.
FAB FROSH, PART III:
Freshman outside hitter Loni Kreun has posted a strong start to the season. The 6-0 native of Davis, Calif., is averaging 3.27 kills per set, which is 4th in the Big Sky Conference. Kreun is second on the team with 180.5 points scored. In addition, she is second on the squad, averaging 2.35 digs per set.
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