The Basics
Score: Montana Western 3 –   Montana State Northern 2 (25-20, 25-23, 21-25, 21-25, 24-22)
Record: UMW (9-17, 2-10), MSUN (6-19, 0-12)
Location: Straugh Gymnasium - Dillon, Mont. 

The Bulldogs won a thrilling five set match over MSU-Northern Saturday afternoon. With the match tied at two games a piece. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 8-4 lead and looked to take the deciding set with ease. MSUN had other ideas quickly tying the match at 10. UMW had two chances to win the match at 15-14 and 16-15. Northern fought back and had five chances of their own to win only to see the Bulldogs score the final three points with Jessie Weber calling game with an emphatic kill to end the match. 

Top Performers

• Tannah Sellers recorded a career-high 40 digs.
• Morgan Kirch recorded a career-high 30 digs.
• Jessie Weber had 14 kills and 15 digs. 
• Abbee Croninger had eight kills kills and seven blocks.
• McKenna Fink had 28 assists and 10 digs. 
• Hailey Warren had 49 assists and 20 digs for the Skylights. 
• Katia Murdock had 25 digs for MSUN.
• Elissa Lind had 14 kills and 27 digs for the Skylights. 

Inside the Box Score

• The Bulldogs had five player record double figures in digs and three with over 25. 
• The two teams recorded a total of 281 digs. 

Up Next

The Bulldogs will enter the Frontier Conference Tournament as the six seed. The tournament will take place on Nov. 15-16 in Great Falls, Mont. The Bulldogs opponent is yet to be determined.