Friday, September 11
4:30 p.m.
Montana State University
2-2, 0-0
2
vs
3
Miami (OH)
3-4, 0-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State | 28 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 2 |
| Miami | 30 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 3 |
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“From a statistical point of view, we had everyone involved offensively, which is great,” Riley said. “That makes it much harder for teams to key on any individual.”
Despite having five players in double-figure kills and holding an advantage in digs, the Montana State volleyball team was unable to hang-on, dropping a hard-fought 30-28, 17-25, 23-25, 25-22, 16-14 decision to Miami (OH), Friday night in the opening-round of the University of Nevada Wolf Pack Classic.
"It was a heart-breaking loss as the team played well," said MSU first-year head coach JJ Riley. "We are competing fearlessly at this time, which is what we want.
"On top of that, our team did some really nice things from a volleyball perspective," Riley said. "We just need to keep encouraging everyone to focus on the process and getting better individually, which will help this team improve."
Montana State (2-3) jumped out to an early 17-10 in the opening set, but were unable to hold the momentum as Miami (4-4) rallied to take its first lead at 20-19. The two squads were tied eight times down the stretch before the Redhawks recorded back-to-back kills for the win.
The second stanza belonged to MSU as the Bobcats out-hit MU .158 to .114. Montana State also held the lead for most of the third set, taking a 2-1 match advantage on a Loni Kreun kill.
The Redhawks evened the match out-hitting the Bobcats .265 to .237 in the fourth set. In the deciding game, MSU trailed 8-5 before going on a 5-1 run to take a 10-9 lead following a block via Natalee Godfrey and Eli Svisco. The Bobcats pushed the margin to 13-11. Miami came back to even the set at 13 and 14, before taking the final two points for the victory.
"From a statistical point of view, we had everyone involved offensively, which is great," Riley said. "That makes it much harder for teams to key on any individual."
Kreun paced MSU with a match-high 20 kills, while Natalie Passeck added 15, Godfrey 13, Svisco 11 and Alexandra Rader 11. Setters Katie Harrington and Katie Ireland dished out 41 and 25 assists, respectively.
Defensively, the Bobcats were paced by Kasey Altman with 23 digs, followed by Passeck 14, Kreun 13, and Ireland 12.
The Bobcats will face Nevada on Saturday night.
"It was a heart-breaking loss as the team played well," said MSU first-year head coach JJ Riley. "We are competing fearlessly at this time, which is what we want.
"On top of that, our team did some really nice things from a volleyball perspective," Riley said. "We just need to keep encouraging everyone to focus on the process and getting better individually, which will help this team improve."
Montana State (2-3) jumped out to an early 17-10 in the opening set, but were unable to hold the momentum as Miami (4-4) rallied to take its first lead at 20-19. The two squads were tied eight times down the stretch before the Redhawks recorded back-to-back kills for the win.
The second stanza belonged to MSU as the Bobcats out-hit MU .158 to .114. Montana State also held the lead for most of the third set, taking a 2-1 match advantage on a Loni Kreun kill.
The Redhawks evened the match out-hitting the Bobcats .265 to .237 in the fourth set. In the deciding game, MSU trailed 8-5 before going on a 5-1 run to take a 10-9 lead following a block via Natalee Godfrey and Eli Svisco. The Bobcats pushed the margin to 13-11. Miami came back to even the set at 13 and 14, before taking the final two points for the victory.
"From a statistical point of view, we had everyone involved offensively, which is great," Riley said. "That makes it much harder for teams to key on any individual."
Kreun paced MSU with a match-high 20 kills, while Natalie Passeck added 15, Godfrey 13, Svisco 11 and Alexandra Rader 11. Setters Katie Harrington and Katie Ireland dished out 41 and 25 assists, respectively.
Defensively, the Bobcats were paced by Kasey Altman with 23 digs, followed by Passeck 14, Kreun 13, and Ireland 12.
The Bobcats will face Nevada on Saturday night.
Players Mentioned
DS
/ Women's Volleyball
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
S
/ Women's Volleyball
S
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's VolleyballTeam Stats
MSU
MIAMI
Kills
78
59
Errors
36
21
Attempts
193
171
Hitting %
.218
.222
Points
89.0
77.0
Assists
75
57
Aces
3
6
Blocks
8.0
12.0
Game Leaders
Kills
20
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
15
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
13
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
0
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