Story of the Day
The Montana Western Bulldogs, hosted the no. 14 Orediggers of Montana Tech and pushed them to a fifth set, eventually succumbing to the conference leader (25-21, 8-25, 19-25, 25-22, 4-15).
The Bulldogs won the first set 25-21, before the Orediggers came out firing, holding the Bulldogs to just eight points, to win the set convincingly. Sets three and four were close, before Tech closed out the fifth in dominating fashion.

Stars of the Game                

Junior Libero Dylan Fowler led the team with 30 digs.
Senior Tessa Miller had 9 kills, Freshman Abagale Croninger had 8 kills, 0.300 hitting percentage, and 5 blocks. Freshman Madison Richtmyer and McKenna Fink had 18 and 17 assists respectively.

Stat of the Game                                                                                                                                                                        
 The last time the Bulldogs played Montana Tech, the Orediggers, hit over 0.400 as a team. This time the Bulldogs held them to 0.177 hitting percentage, which is well below their season average of 0.223.

Coach Lewis' Thoughts
"We played very well at times and not so well at other times. There are some things we were happy with, others we were disappointed with, but overall we have to learn and move on to (Lewis Clark State) this Saturday."

The Bulldogs So Far
The Bulldogs dropped to 1-8 in the conference, and 9-13 overall.  The Orediggers improved to 8-1 in conference play and 18-7 overall.

Up Next
The Bulldogs will play their home finale on Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. against the Warriors of Lewis Clark State College. There will be a short ceremony before the game to honor the three seniors on the team.