Story of the Match:
The MSU-Northern Skylights volleyball team played in a Frontier Conference game against University of Montana Western on Sunday afternoon. The MSU-Northern Skylights lost in five sets (25-16, 19-25, 25-17, 11-25, and 10-15).

The first set went back and forth when, the Skylights went on a 7-0 run to take a big lead and take the set. The second set was anyone's game until the end when Western went on a 6-1 run to win the set. The Skylights took the lead in the third set and never looked back. The Bulldogs went on a 15-3 run start the fourth set to push the game to five. Montana Western had a big run in the start of the fifth set to take the match.
 
 
Stars of the Match:
The Skylights attack was led by Rylee Burmester, who tallied 19 kills with 14 digs. Alana Graves scooped up 26 digs and had 15 kills. Emily Feller led the team in assists with 38. Fuller and Murdock each had 16 digs.

Montana Western were led by Morgan Stenger, with 12 kills and had a hitting percentage of .310. Cady Siemon had 11 kills and 19 digs. Abbey Schwager led the Bulldogs with 33 assists in the match. Tannah Sellers led the team with 27 digs.

Stats of the Match:
MSU-Northern had a hitting percentage of .129 on the day, while the Bulldogs hit .195. The Skylights had 42 assists, as the Bulldogs had 37. Northern also had 92 digs to Montana Westerns 87. 

The Skylights so Far:
The Skylights fall to 1-1 in conference.

Next:
The Skylights head to Butte Montana to play Montana tech on Friday February 5 at 7 p.m.