Weber State University Athletics
Weber State University
Montana
Wildcats lose in five-set thriller to Grizzlies
9/26/2014 4:35:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
OGDEN, Utah – The Big Sky conference play started with a bang on Thursday night as the Weber State Wildcats played host to the Montana Grizzlies. After a thrilling five set match, the Grizzlies defeated the Wildcats 25-27, 25-21, 17-25, 25-17, 15-10.
The loss drops the Wildcats record to 3-11, 0-1 in the Big Sky.
Weber State was led by Audrey Biggs who had a match-high 25 kills while Amanda Varley added 12 kills. Ciera Borho just missed double-digits with 9 kills. Taylor Christensen recorded her second double-double this season with 47 assists and 11 digs. McKay Tarbox contributed a match-high 18 digs and Megan Thompson had 7 blocks and 7 kills.
For Montana, Tess Helleurd and Natalie Jones led the way with 16 and 8 kills respectively.
Every game was well-contested as there were 15 total tie scores in the five sets and 9 lead changes.
The Wildcats the held the advantage in all of the major categories, kills, kill percentage, assists and digs. But were even more dominant in the two sets they won as they combined for 32 kills. In the third set alone, the Wildcats hit .500 as a team.
But the Wildcats had no answer for the Grizzlies during the fourth and fifth sets as they allowed them to gain an early advantage. Even after some heroics from the Wildcats, it was just too little too late as the Grizzlies pulled away for their first win of the season.
The Wildcats will return to action this Saturday as they head to Pocatello to take on Idaho State. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
A free video stream of the game will be provided by the Big Sky conference at BigSkytv.com or on the app, Watch Big Sky.
