Nov. 22, 2008
Final Stats
Complete Montana Box Score 
Pocatello, ID--Even with a record setting night from redshirt junior libero Paige Palmer for digs in a season, Idaho State volleyball ended their home-winning streak at six when they were defeated in four sets by Montana at Reed Gym Saturday night in the final match of the season. Idaho State ends the year with an overall record of 10-20 and post a 5-11 Big Sky Conference Record under first year head coach Chad Teichert. Montana improves to 14-12 for the season and posts a 10-6 Big Sky record.
In the effort against the Grizzlies libero Paige Palmer set the all-time single season record for digs with 503 in the third set and went on to continue to smash the original record of 491 set by Bri Beal in 2006 by 11 digs.
Idaho State had three players post double-doubles as Emily Waldron, a junior, earned her third straight with 12 kills and 19 digs. Freshman Jaclyn Hone posted her sixth consecutive with a career-high 20 kills as well as 10 digs. Hone had 50 attacks on the night and posted six errors for a .280 percentage. Setter Karissa Legaux, a freshman posted 41 assists and 14 digs for her double-double.
Sophomore Britta Bartschi also had an excellent night posting the match-high 22 kills from 47 attacks with nine errors for a .277 percentage. Her 22 kills is a career-high for Bartschi as well as the 47 attacks. Bartschi also recorded six digs.
Idaho State out hit their opponents with a .197 attack percentage to Montana's .184 over the match. The Bengals also out blocked their opponents 10-to-7, but it was not enough to overcome the Grizzlies. ISU was ahead 18-12 when Montana took a timeout which would change the flow of the game as UM went on a 9-5 run to recapture the lead which helped them post a .326 attack percentage while ISU hit .275 in the first set.
The Bengals didn't settle and came back to take the second set posting 18 kills from 46 attacks and reducing Montana to just eight kills in the set. The third set included 10 tied scores and seven lead changes but Montana would avail as they would post 13 kills to ISU's 11 even though the Bengals out blocked the Griz 5-to-3 in the third. The battle ensued and with senior Blakely Peppinger to serve for the match at Whitney Hobs made a kill on the play. She followed her success with another kill to post a lead while UM's Brittany Quick would finish off the match.
Whitney Hobs recorded ten kills over the night, but it was Amy Roberts and Jaimie Thibeault who was Montana's top players as Roberts posted 18 kills and 58 attacks with 11 errors from a .121 percentage while Thibeault recorded 12 kills and only two errors from 25 attempts for a .400 percentage.
Notes: Britta Bartschi recorded a career high 23 points ... Seniors Blakely Peppinger and Brenda Cooper played in their final matches of their careers at Idaho State ... ISU ended the 2006 season with the same record as 2008 with a 10-20 overall and 5-11 Big Sky record ... Both Northern Colorado and Montana ended the conference regular season tied at 10-6, however UNC held the tiebreaking advantage with a greater scoring margin and thus earned the No. 3 seed.
