Northern spikers fall at Carroll

The road was once again unkind to the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team, as they continued the start to the special spring season.

Northern was swept by Carroll College in a pair of matches this past weekend in Helena.

On Friday night, the Skylights gave the first-place fighting Saints a good battle, as they fell 3-1, by scores of 25-18, 25-20, 22-25 and 25-21. The Skylights hit a solid .153 and got 18 kills by Rylee Burmester and 13 from Elissa Lind. Shania Neubauer also had 28 digs, though the Carroll offense was stellar, hitting .253.

The rematch Saturday afternoon, however, saw the Saints sweep the Skylights by scores of 25-20, 25-19 and 25-21. Each set was close and the Skylights did hit .150. But defense proved to be the difference as Northern had just four blocks to Carroll's eight, while the Saints hit .288. Lind led the Skylights with 13 kills while Neubauer had 15 digs and Tammy Maddock tallied one solo block.

The losses dropped Northern to 1-5 in conference play. The Skylights return home to host arch rival Providence Friday and Saturday in the Armory Gymnasium.

Carroll def. MSU-Northern

25-18, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21

MSU-N - (kills-aces-blocks) Hailie George 0-2-0; Tammy Maddock 8-0-1; Shania Neubauer 0-0-0; Jada Sudbrack 0-0-0; Elissa Lind 13-1-0; Alana Graves 9-0-0; Marlee Bender 5-0-1; Rylee Burmester 18-0-2; Emily Feller 2-1-1. Totals 55-4-3.0

CC - (kills-aces-blocks) Lexie Gleasman 12-0-0; Mara Lynch 0-1-0; Sierra Wilson 0-0-0; Lexi Mikkelson 20-0-0; Laurel Kassa 0-0-0; Ali Williams 4-1-1; Taelyr Krantz 16-0-5; Katherine Mceuen 4-1-1; Julia Carr 0-1-0; Madde Boles 1-0-4. Totals 57-4-8.0.

Carroll def. MSU-Northern

25-20, 25-19, 25-21

MSU-N - (kills-aces-blocks) Hailie George 0-0-0; Kaitlin Murdock 0-0-0; Alana Graves 6-0-0; Marlee Bender 3-0-1; Rylee Burmester 9-0-0; Emily Feller 1-1-3; Tammy Maddock 8-0-2; Shania Neubauer 0-0-0; Elissa Lind 13-0-0. Totals 40-1-4.0.

CC - (kills-aces-blocks) Lexie Gleasman 9-0-1; Mara Lynch 0-1-0; Lexi Mikkelson 15-0-1; Laurel Kassa 0-1-0; Ali Williams 3-0-2; Taelyr Krantz 12-0-2; Katherine Mceuen 3-1-1; Julia Carr 0-0-0; Madde Boles 4-0-3; Kylie Kackman 0-0-0. Totals 46-3-6.0