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BOZEMAN, Montana – Junior outside hitter
Breanne Van Every led Idaho State with a double-double in the Bengals' 3-1 (21-25, 24-26, 25-23, 25-18) loss to Montana State Saturday night. Van Every recorded a team-high 17 kills as well as 10 digs. Idaho State falls to a record of 14-14 and 7-9 in Big Sky action while Montana State improves to 6-23 and 4-12 BSC.
“Overall Breanne had a pretty good performance,” ISU Head Coach
Chad Teichert said. “She had a lot of good hits, some good digs and passes and a couple of blocks too. She worked really hard and of course it wasn't the outcome she was hoping for but she still worked very hard.”
Junior middle blocker
Kimberly Naut and senior middle blocker
Vanessa Muir also recorded double-digit kills during the contest with both notching 11.
Senior setter
Karissa Legaux posted 46 assists in her final match as a Bengal, bringing her career total of double-digit assist matches to 70 and the total of 40+ assist matches to eight.
Redshirt sophomore
Katie Grajewski led ISU in the dig effort, putting up 26 in the match. Freshman defensive specialist Kylee Searle, Van Every and redshirt freshman
Danielle Downs also posted doube-figure digs. Searle recorded 20 while Downs snagged 15.
As a team, Idaho State had 55 kills during the match and posted a .201 hitting percentage. The Bengals recorded three service aces and six team blocks.
Montana State was led by Sarah Horton who recorded a match-high 19 kills during the evening as well as two service aces.
“Montana State has some very good athletes and are much better than their record indicates,” Teichert said. “They played some very good volleyball tonight. We did too but we just weren't consistent enough to get the job done.”
Montana State had 60 kills in the match for a .264 hitting percentage. The Bobcats also had nine service aces and 10.5 team blocks.
“Overall we had a good year,” Teichert said. “I wish a few matches had gone differently but we won a lot of good matches too. Karissa and Vanessa made a good contribution this season and I appreciate the work and effort they put in. I also think that next year should be a good year.”
