Wednesday, November 22
Greeley, Colo.
4 p.m. (MT)
Montana State University
vs
Montana
Photo by: Kelly Gorham
Bobcats Face Griz in Big Sky Volleyball Tournament First-Round
11/21/2023 5:04:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
After finishing in a second-place tie with Northern Colorado in the Big Sky standings, Montana State enters Wednesday’s league tournament as the No. 3 seed and will face rival and No. 6 seed Montana at 4 p.m. in Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley.
NEXT UP:
After finishing in a second-place tie with Northern Colorado in the Big Sky standings, Montana State enters Wednesday's league tournament as the No. 3 seed and will face rival and No. 6 seed Montana at 4 p.m. in Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley. Other opening-round matches include No. 4 Weber State vs. No. 5 Portland State at 10 a.m.; No. 1 Sacramento State vs. No. 8 Idaho State at 1 p.m.; and No. 2 Northern Colorado vs. No. 7 Eastern Washington at 7 p.m. Should MSU defeat the Grizzlies, they would face the winner of UNC/EWU on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Big Sky Conference championship match is slated for Friday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
FACTOID OF THE WEEK:
With their home sweep of Sacramento State and Portland State last weekend, the Bobcats have notched 19 victories on the season. The 19 wins match the most in a season since the 2004 Bobcats posted a 19-8 overall mark.
THE WEEK THAT WAS:
Montana State closed out its regular season Big Sky Conference schedule with a 25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 25-20 win over Portland State on Saturday night in Shroyer Gym. With the win, MSU finishes with 12 league victories, the most in schedule history, and its second-place finish in the standings is the highest for the Bobcats in the 36-year history of the conference. Kira Thomsen paced MSU with a match-high 22 kills, while adding 11 digs, three aces and two blocks. Also in double-digit kills was Madilyn Siebler with 13. Defensively, MSU was led by Lauren Lindseth with a match-best 20 digs. Nellie Stevenson closed out the contest with 39 assists, six kills, and seven digs. Jordan Radick and Camryn Greenwald ended with a team-best four blocks. Montana State kept its hopes alive for the program's first-ever Big Sky title posting a 28-26, 25-27, 25-21, 18-25, 17-15 win over league-leading Sacramento State on Thursday night. The 2-hour, 40-minute match featured 42 ties and 15 lead changes over the course of five sets. Thomsen paced MSU with a match-high 23 kills, while Siebler added 15 and Jourdain Kamps 10. Stevenson dished out 51 assists and added three aces, three blocks and seven digs. Lindseth anchored the backrow with 16 digs.
RPI RANKINGS:
Northern Colorado (102) is the highest ranked Big Sky school in the most recent RPI listing. The Bears are followed by Weber State (138), Montana State (144), Sacramento State (151), Portland State (184), Montana (186), Northern Arizona (255), Idaho State (264), Eastern Washington (281), and Idaho (333).
SIMPLY THE BEST:
Kira Thomsen's first kill against Northern Colorado Nov. 2 was a hard swing that deflected off the block out-of-bounds. It gave the Parker, Colo., product 1,452 career kills and the all-time MSU career kills record, moving her ahead of Diane Terrall who had held the record since 1981. Thomsen's current total stands at 1,522 career kills, which ranks 11th in Big Sky history.
MONTANA STATE/BIG SKY TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK:
* Montana State has won five consecutive matches heading into the Big Sky Conference tournament, its longest winning streak of the season. The five-match stretch includes victories over some of the top programs in the Big Sky Conference, including Sacramento State, Weber State, and Portland State. Additionally, Montana State is just one of two league schools that have defeated Northern Colorado this season inside Bank of Colorado Arena.
*Montana State enjoyed its home-cooking this season, going a school-record 12-1 inside the warm confines of Shroyer Gym. Its lone loss was a 3-1 setback to Northern Colorado on Nov. 2, 2023.
*Montana State won a school-record 12 Big Sky Conference matches this season under first year head coach Matt Houk. The Bobcats were 7-1 at home in Big Sky matches, and 5-3 on the road, which included road sweeps at Northern Arizona/Northern Colorado and Idaho State/Weber State.
*Overall, the Bobcats have won 19 matches on the season, which matches the program's most wins since the 2004 Bobcats went 19-8 overall.
*The Bobcats will be making their 17th appearance at the Big Sky Conference Tournament, and its sixth consecutive. Since its first tournament appearance in 1996, Montana State is 11-16 overall, but have gone 0-11 in semifinal action. The Bobcats have never made a Big Sky Conference championship match.
*Montana State and Montana have met just once in Big Sky Conference Tournament action. That meeting happened in 1996 at The Matadome on the campus of Cal State Northridge. UM held off a late MSU comeback posting a 15-7, 15-7, 7-15, 8-15, 15-13 victory. Current Bobcat libero Lauren Lindseth's mother played in the match for Montana State. Lindseth's mother, Kelly Modrow (MOD-row) recorded eight digs in the loss.
*Montana State and Montana split its season series this fall as the Griz took the first contest in Missoula - 25-20, 27-25, 25-11 - before the Bobcats returned the favor in Bozeman - 25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 25-13. The Griz outhit the Bobcats .344 to .225 in the first meeting as Paige Clark guided UM with 14 kills, a .632 attack mark and seven digs. MSU was led by Camryn Greenwald with eight kills, a .500 attack mark and four blocks. In the second meeting, it was MSU outhitting the Grizzlies .272 to .158. The Bobcats were led by Kira Thomsen and Jourdain Kamps as the duo notched 20 and 14 kills, respectively. UM was paced in the loss by Madi Chuhlanstseff and Maddie Kremer with ten kills, apiece.
*At last year's tournament in Odgen, Utah, the Bobcats entered the Big Sky Conference Tournament as the No. 6 seed and defeated No. 3 seed and tournament host Weber State on its home court - 25-21, 20-25, 25-20, 13-25, 15-13 - as Kira Thomsen recorded 16 kills and 15 digs, while Jordan Radick and Courtney Weatherby chipped in 14 kills, a piece. The following night, No. 2 Portland State downed the Bobcats in semifinal action - 25-18, 25-22, 19-25, 25-7. MSU was led in the match by Thomsen and Weatherby with 14 and 12 kills, respectively. For her efforts in the two matches libero Lauren Lindseth was named all-tournament.
SCOUTING REPORT:
Montana is hitting .211 as a team this season. It's the best single-season percentage in the 25-point rally scoring era (since 2008). The Grizzlies have been above .200 in five of the previous six matches and hit over .245 in the final three matches of the year. The Griz hit .349 in the sweep over Portland State on Nov. 16. They had 44 kills and just seven errors. It's the fewest errors in a Big Sky match in program history. Montana has compiled a 39-45 record over the previous three seasons. It's the most wins in a three-year span since winning 41 matches from 2008-10. The 7-9 record in conference play is the second-best winning percentage since 2014.
LIFE HACKS:
Montana State senior Kira Thomsen ranks first in Montana State history with 4,515 total attacks since her freshman season in 2019. Former Ranchester, Wyo., native Stephanie Laya held the old mark of 3,774 swings from 1997-2000. Thomsen's 4,515 total attacks also ranks 7th overall and fifth in the modern era of Big Sky history.
SERVING NOTICE:
Montana State is fourth in the Big Sky, averaging 1.64 aces per set. The number ranks 100th in the nation. Individually, Kira Thomsen is fourth in the league averaging .40 aces per set, which ranks 103rd nationally.
PACKING THE PLACE:
Montana State finished 39th in the nation averaging 1,292 fans per game, last fall. On Sept. 30, 2022, Montana State set a Big Sky Conference and State of Montana record when 6,457 fans jammed Worthington Arena. MSU's average attendance was higher than notable programs such as UCLA, LSU, and Notre Dame. After seeing a season-high 4,187 fans in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on Oct. 27, the Bobcats are averaging 1,152 fans, which ranks 62nd in the nation and ahead of notable programs like LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Baylor, and Duke.
AMONG THE NATION'S ELITE:
Bobcat senior outside hitter Kira Thomsen ranks first in the Big Sky Conference in attacks, averaging 11.83 swings per set. That number also ranks 12th in the nation. In addition, the product of Parker, Colorado is first in the Big Sky averaging 4.17 kills per set, which is the 26th best average in the country. Thomen's 4.69 points per set are tops in the Big Sky and rank 32nd overall.
AMONG THE NATION'S ELITE x2:
As a unit, the Bobcats are fifth in the Big Sky averaging 35.75 swings per set, which ranks 75th in the nation.
TOUTING THOMSEN:
Senior outside hitter Kira Thomsen, a four-time all-Big Sky Conference selection, currently leads the league in kills per set (4.17) and points (4.69). Thomsen's 2.44 digs per set is second on the Bobcat squad, while her .220 attack mark ranks third. This season, Thomsen has been in double-digit kills in 23 of 26 matches, including a season-high 28 kills against St. Thomas (MN). She had a 19-match streak of double-figure kills dating back to Oct. 22, 2022, snapped after recording four against Cal on Sept. 15. Last season, Thomsen recorded a career-high 32 kills in MSU's 3-2 win over Portland State. Her 1,567 career kills rank first on MSU's all-time kills' chart. Thomsen's 4,515 total career attacks is the most all-time. Thomsen went over the 1,000-career digs mark against Nevada making her the tenth member of MSU's 1,000-Dig Club. She is just one of four players in MSU history to record 1,000 kills/digs - joining Meggie Malyurek, Stephanie Laya, and Mindy Nowak. On Nov. 18, 2022, Thomsen was named the AVCA Division I National Player of the Week (the first in MSU history) after averaging 6.0 kills and 6.4 points per set as MSU knocked off Portland State and Sacramento State.
GOTTA DIG IT:
MSU libero Lauren Lindseth ranks seventh in the Big Sky averaging 3.89 saves per game. Last week she totaled 36 (4.00) saves per set. On Aug. 31, Lindseth recorded a career-high 34 digs against St. Thomas (MN). She has recorded 22 matches in double-digit digs this fall. Last season, Lindseth was in double-digit digs in 22 matches, including a streak of 13 consecutive matches in double-figures. In addition, she went over the 20-dig plateau on nine occasions. Her 475 digs last fall ranks fifth in a single season at MSU. Lindseth earned All-Big Sky Tourney honors after averaging 3.56 digs in two matches, which included 24 digs in MSU's upset over Weber State.
THE MENACE FROM ENNIS:
Jourdain (Klein) Kamps is another Bobcat enjoying an outstanding season to date. She is averaging 2.58 kills per set, while hitting a team-best .258 from the floor. In addition, she is averaging 1.79 digs and .94 blocks per contest and has chipped in 17 aces. The product of Ennis, Mont., has been in double-figure kills in 16 of 26 matches, including matching a season-best 18 kills at Weber State on Nov. 11. Last week against Sacramento State she recorded 10 kills, one ace, nine digs and five blocks. Kamps moved into sixth on MSU's all-time block assists chart with 332, while her 347 total career blocks rank seventh all-time. Kamps was a Second Team All-Big Sky pick in the spring of 2021 after averaging 1.49 kills and .97 blocks per set in the shortened 15-match season. Last year, Kamps recorded a career-high 23 kills at Eastern Washington.
LINDSETH LEGACY:
Sophomore libero Lauren Lindseth is part of Bobcat history as one-half of the first mother/daughter duo to play volleyball at MSU. Lindseth's mother - Kelly Modrow (MOD-row) - played at MSU from 1992-1996. The native of Minnetonka, Minn., (Hopkins HS) played in 110 matches and 359 sets. In all, Modrow's career totals include: 889 kills, 733 digs, 128 blocks and 87 service aces wearing the No. 2 jersey, as well.
MAD ABOUT YOU:
Sophomore outside Madilyn Siebler has been coming on strong during the month of November. The product of Omaha, Neb., averages 2.34 kills and 1.67 digs per set. Since the start of November, Siebler has notched three double-figures kill matches and is averaging 2.65 per set, while hitting .240 from the floor.
HARD BLOCK CAFE`:
Montana State averaged 2.44 blocks per set in matches with Sacramento State and Portland State last week. Jordan Radick and Camryn Greenwald led the way with nine blocks, each. On the season, Jordan Radick and Jourdain Kamps rank first and second, respectively on the team, averaging 1.16 and .94 blocks per set. As a team, the Bobcats rank fourth in the Big Sky averaging 2.26 blocks per set.
LENDING A HAND:
Junior college transfer Nellie Stevenson is averaging 8.41 assists per set, which is fourth in the Big Sky. Last week, the transfer from Feather River (CA) College dished out 90 assists (10.0) in wins over Sacramento State and Portland State. Stevenson also recorded eight kills, a .227 attack mark, four aces, 14 digs (1.56) and 11 blocks (1.38). As a team, the Bobcat setters rank fourth in the Big Sky dishing out 11.80 aps.
E-RADICK-CATION:
Junior middle blocker Jordan Radick ranks fourth in the Big Sky averaging 1.16 blocks per set.
A PARTING NOTE:
In 36 years of Big Sky Conference play MSU has never played in a championship match.
After finishing in a second-place tie with Northern Colorado in the Big Sky standings, Montana State enters Wednesday's league tournament as the No. 3 seed and will face rival and No. 6 seed Montana at 4 p.m. in Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley. Other opening-round matches include No. 4 Weber State vs. No. 5 Portland State at 10 a.m.; No. 1 Sacramento State vs. No. 8 Idaho State at 1 p.m.; and No. 2 Northern Colorado vs. No. 7 Eastern Washington at 7 p.m. Should MSU defeat the Grizzlies, they would face the winner of UNC/EWU on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Big Sky Conference championship match is slated for Friday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m.
FACTOID OF THE WEEK:
With their home sweep of Sacramento State and Portland State last weekend, the Bobcats have notched 19 victories on the season. The 19 wins match the most in a season since the 2004 Bobcats posted a 19-8 overall mark.
THE WEEK THAT WAS:
Montana State closed out its regular season Big Sky Conference schedule with a 25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 25-20 win over Portland State on Saturday night in Shroyer Gym. With the win, MSU finishes with 12 league victories, the most in schedule history, and its second-place finish in the standings is the highest for the Bobcats in the 36-year history of the conference. Kira Thomsen paced MSU with a match-high 22 kills, while adding 11 digs, three aces and two blocks. Also in double-digit kills was Madilyn Siebler with 13. Defensively, MSU was led by Lauren Lindseth with a match-best 20 digs. Nellie Stevenson closed out the contest with 39 assists, six kills, and seven digs. Jordan Radick and Camryn Greenwald ended with a team-best four blocks. Montana State kept its hopes alive for the program's first-ever Big Sky title posting a 28-26, 25-27, 25-21, 18-25, 17-15 win over league-leading Sacramento State on Thursday night. The 2-hour, 40-minute match featured 42 ties and 15 lead changes over the course of five sets. Thomsen paced MSU with a match-high 23 kills, while Siebler added 15 and Jourdain Kamps 10. Stevenson dished out 51 assists and added three aces, three blocks and seven digs. Lindseth anchored the backrow with 16 digs.
RPI RANKINGS:
Northern Colorado (102) is the highest ranked Big Sky school in the most recent RPI listing. The Bears are followed by Weber State (138), Montana State (144), Sacramento State (151), Portland State (184), Montana (186), Northern Arizona (255), Idaho State (264), Eastern Washington (281), and Idaho (333).
SIMPLY THE BEST:
Kira Thomsen's first kill against Northern Colorado Nov. 2 was a hard swing that deflected off the block out-of-bounds. It gave the Parker, Colo., product 1,452 career kills and the all-time MSU career kills record, moving her ahead of Diane Terrall who had held the record since 1981. Thomsen's current total stands at 1,522 career kills, which ranks 11th in Big Sky history.
MONTANA STATE/BIG SKY TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK:
* Montana State has won five consecutive matches heading into the Big Sky Conference tournament, its longest winning streak of the season. The five-match stretch includes victories over some of the top programs in the Big Sky Conference, including Sacramento State, Weber State, and Portland State. Additionally, Montana State is just one of two league schools that have defeated Northern Colorado this season inside Bank of Colorado Arena.
*Montana State enjoyed its home-cooking this season, going a school-record 12-1 inside the warm confines of Shroyer Gym. Its lone loss was a 3-1 setback to Northern Colorado on Nov. 2, 2023.
*Montana State won a school-record 12 Big Sky Conference matches this season under first year head coach Matt Houk. The Bobcats were 7-1 at home in Big Sky matches, and 5-3 on the road, which included road sweeps at Northern Arizona/Northern Colorado and Idaho State/Weber State.
*Overall, the Bobcats have won 19 matches on the season, which matches the program's most wins since the 2004 Bobcats went 19-8 overall.
*The Bobcats will be making their 17th appearance at the Big Sky Conference Tournament, and its sixth consecutive. Since its first tournament appearance in 1996, Montana State is 11-16 overall, but have gone 0-11 in semifinal action. The Bobcats have never made a Big Sky Conference championship match.
*Montana State and Montana have met just once in Big Sky Conference Tournament action. That meeting happened in 1996 at The Matadome on the campus of Cal State Northridge. UM held off a late MSU comeback posting a 15-7, 15-7, 7-15, 8-15, 15-13 victory. Current Bobcat libero Lauren Lindseth's mother played in the match for Montana State. Lindseth's mother, Kelly Modrow (MOD-row) recorded eight digs in the loss.
*Montana State and Montana split its season series this fall as the Griz took the first contest in Missoula - 25-20, 27-25, 25-11 - before the Bobcats returned the favor in Bozeman - 25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 25-13. The Griz outhit the Bobcats .344 to .225 in the first meeting as Paige Clark guided UM with 14 kills, a .632 attack mark and seven digs. MSU was led by Camryn Greenwald with eight kills, a .500 attack mark and four blocks. In the second meeting, it was MSU outhitting the Grizzlies .272 to .158. The Bobcats were led by Kira Thomsen and Jourdain Kamps as the duo notched 20 and 14 kills, respectively. UM was paced in the loss by Madi Chuhlanstseff and Maddie Kremer with ten kills, apiece.
*At last year's tournament in Odgen, Utah, the Bobcats entered the Big Sky Conference Tournament as the No. 6 seed and defeated No. 3 seed and tournament host Weber State on its home court - 25-21, 20-25, 25-20, 13-25, 15-13 - as Kira Thomsen recorded 16 kills and 15 digs, while Jordan Radick and Courtney Weatherby chipped in 14 kills, a piece. The following night, No. 2 Portland State downed the Bobcats in semifinal action - 25-18, 25-22, 19-25, 25-7. MSU was led in the match by Thomsen and Weatherby with 14 and 12 kills, respectively. For her efforts in the two matches libero Lauren Lindseth was named all-tournament.
SCOUTING REPORT:
Montana is hitting .211 as a team this season. It's the best single-season percentage in the 25-point rally scoring era (since 2008). The Grizzlies have been above .200 in five of the previous six matches and hit over .245 in the final three matches of the year. The Griz hit .349 in the sweep over Portland State on Nov. 16. They had 44 kills and just seven errors. It's the fewest errors in a Big Sky match in program history. Montana has compiled a 39-45 record over the previous three seasons. It's the most wins in a three-year span since winning 41 matches from 2008-10. The 7-9 record in conference play is the second-best winning percentage since 2014.
LIFE HACKS:
Montana State senior Kira Thomsen ranks first in Montana State history with 4,515 total attacks since her freshman season in 2019. Former Ranchester, Wyo., native Stephanie Laya held the old mark of 3,774 swings from 1997-2000. Thomsen's 4,515 total attacks also ranks 7th overall and fifth in the modern era of Big Sky history.
SERVING NOTICE:
Montana State is fourth in the Big Sky, averaging 1.64 aces per set. The number ranks 100th in the nation. Individually, Kira Thomsen is fourth in the league averaging .40 aces per set, which ranks 103rd nationally.
PACKING THE PLACE:
Montana State finished 39th in the nation averaging 1,292 fans per game, last fall. On Sept. 30, 2022, Montana State set a Big Sky Conference and State of Montana record when 6,457 fans jammed Worthington Arena. MSU's average attendance was higher than notable programs such as UCLA, LSU, and Notre Dame. After seeing a season-high 4,187 fans in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on Oct. 27, the Bobcats are averaging 1,152 fans, which ranks 62nd in the nation and ahead of notable programs like LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Baylor, and Duke.
AMONG THE NATION'S ELITE:
Bobcat senior outside hitter Kira Thomsen ranks first in the Big Sky Conference in attacks, averaging 11.83 swings per set. That number also ranks 12th in the nation. In addition, the product of Parker, Colorado is first in the Big Sky averaging 4.17 kills per set, which is the 26th best average in the country. Thomen's 4.69 points per set are tops in the Big Sky and rank 32nd overall.
AMONG THE NATION'S ELITE x2:
As a unit, the Bobcats are fifth in the Big Sky averaging 35.75 swings per set, which ranks 75th in the nation.
TOUTING THOMSEN:
Senior outside hitter Kira Thomsen, a four-time all-Big Sky Conference selection, currently leads the league in kills per set (4.17) and points (4.69). Thomsen's 2.44 digs per set is second on the Bobcat squad, while her .220 attack mark ranks third. This season, Thomsen has been in double-digit kills in 23 of 26 matches, including a season-high 28 kills against St. Thomas (MN). She had a 19-match streak of double-figure kills dating back to Oct. 22, 2022, snapped after recording four against Cal on Sept. 15. Last season, Thomsen recorded a career-high 32 kills in MSU's 3-2 win over Portland State. Her 1,567 career kills rank first on MSU's all-time kills' chart. Thomsen's 4,515 total career attacks is the most all-time. Thomsen went over the 1,000-career digs mark against Nevada making her the tenth member of MSU's 1,000-Dig Club. She is just one of four players in MSU history to record 1,000 kills/digs - joining Meggie Malyurek, Stephanie Laya, and Mindy Nowak. On Nov. 18, 2022, Thomsen was named the AVCA Division I National Player of the Week (the first in MSU history) after averaging 6.0 kills and 6.4 points per set as MSU knocked off Portland State and Sacramento State.
GOTTA DIG IT:
MSU libero Lauren Lindseth ranks seventh in the Big Sky averaging 3.89 saves per game. Last week she totaled 36 (4.00) saves per set. On Aug. 31, Lindseth recorded a career-high 34 digs against St. Thomas (MN). She has recorded 22 matches in double-digit digs this fall. Last season, Lindseth was in double-digit digs in 22 matches, including a streak of 13 consecutive matches in double-figures. In addition, she went over the 20-dig plateau on nine occasions. Her 475 digs last fall ranks fifth in a single season at MSU. Lindseth earned All-Big Sky Tourney honors after averaging 3.56 digs in two matches, which included 24 digs in MSU's upset over Weber State.
THE MENACE FROM ENNIS:
Jourdain (Klein) Kamps is another Bobcat enjoying an outstanding season to date. She is averaging 2.58 kills per set, while hitting a team-best .258 from the floor. In addition, she is averaging 1.79 digs and .94 blocks per contest and has chipped in 17 aces. The product of Ennis, Mont., has been in double-figure kills in 16 of 26 matches, including matching a season-best 18 kills at Weber State on Nov. 11. Last week against Sacramento State she recorded 10 kills, one ace, nine digs and five blocks. Kamps moved into sixth on MSU's all-time block assists chart with 332, while her 347 total career blocks rank seventh all-time. Kamps was a Second Team All-Big Sky pick in the spring of 2021 after averaging 1.49 kills and .97 blocks per set in the shortened 15-match season. Last year, Kamps recorded a career-high 23 kills at Eastern Washington.
LINDSETH LEGACY:
Sophomore libero Lauren Lindseth is part of Bobcat history as one-half of the first mother/daughter duo to play volleyball at MSU. Lindseth's mother - Kelly Modrow (MOD-row) - played at MSU from 1992-1996. The native of Minnetonka, Minn., (Hopkins HS) played in 110 matches and 359 sets. In all, Modrow's career totals include: 889 kills, 733 digs, 128 blocks and 87 service aces wearing the No. 2 jersey, as well.
MAD ABOUT YOU:
Sophomore outside Madilyn Siebler has been coming on strong during the month of November. The product of Omaha, Neb., averages 2.34 kills and 1.67 digs per set. Since the start of November, Siebler has notched three double-figures kill matches and is averaging 2.65 per set, while hitting .240 from the floor.
HARD BLOCK CAFE`:
Montana State averaged 2.44 blocks per set in matches with Sacramento State and Portland State last week. Jordan Radick and Camryn Greenwald led the way with nine blocks, each. On the season, Jordan Radick and Jourdain Kamps rank first and second, respectively on the team, averaging 1.16 and .94 blocks per set. As a team, the Bobcats rank fourth in the Big Sky averaging 2.26 blocks per set.
LENDING A HAND:
Junior college transfer Nellie Stevenson is averaging 8.41 assists per set, which is fourth in the Big Sky. Last week, the transfer from Feather River (CA) College dished out 90 assists (10.0) in wins over Sacramento State and Portland State. Stevenson also recorded eight kills, a .227 attack mark, four aces, 14 digs (1.56) and 11 blocks (1.38). As a team, the Bobcat setters rank fourth in the Big Sky dishing out 11.80 aps.
E-RADICK-CATION:
Junior middle blocker Jordan Radick ranks fourth in the Big Sky averaging 1.16 blocks per set.
A PARTING NOTE:
In 36 years of Big Sky Conference play MSU has never played in a championship match.
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