Volleyball Ends Regular Season This Week

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ABOUT THE BENGALS
Idaho State finishes up the regular season with two road matches against Montana on Thursday and Weber State on Saturday.  They are undefeated (6-0) in Big Sky road matches.

The Bengals have clinched the Big Sky regular season championship for the first time since 1990. They will host the Big Sky tournament in Pocatello on November 20th-22nd.

SCOUTING MONTANA
This will be the 73rd meeting between the Bengals and the Grizzlies. Montana leads the series 41-31 but Idaho State has won four straight matches and five of the last six including both meetings last season.

SCOUTING WEBER STATE
This will be the 83rd meeting between the Bengals and the Wildcats. ISU leads the series 42-40.  They have won five straight matches and ten of the last 12 . Idaho State swept Weber State 3-0 (25-20, 25-19 and 25-20) earlier this season.

BENGAL TEAM NOTES
- The 13-1 record in conference play is the best start since the 1990 opened 14-1

-The Bengals have won nine straight and 16 of the last 17 matches. The nine consecutive victories is tied for the 9th longest active winning streak in the nation.

- ISU is 22-5 in the first set of matches this season.

- 11 of the 19 wins this season have been 3-0 sweeps

- Idaho State is undefeated (15-0) when they have an attack percentage over .193

- In the 19 wins this season, the Bengals are holding their opponents to a .141 attack percentage including a season best 0.44 vs Idaho.

-  ISU is 21st in the nation in aces with 1.58/set

 - The most dominant set win for ISU came when the Bengals defeated UC Riverside 25-10.


PLAYER NOTES
#1 Kylee Sessions
Leads the Big Sky with 0.45/set
7th in conference with 4.22 digs per set.
Posted double-digits digs in every match but six including reaching 20 five times.  
ISU's All-Time Leader in Digs with 1,715
2014 Season Highs: Kills (1, Oct 2), Digs (24, Oct 18), Aces (3, 5 times), Blocks (0)

#2 Alydia Fields-Grimm
2014 Season Highs: Kills (12, Sept 13), Digs (16, Nov 6), Aces (2,  7 times), Blocks (3, times)

#3 Whitney Bartschi-Harrington
Hit a season-high .692 vs Idaho. Zero errors and nine kills.
Attack Percentage over .300 in eight of the last ten matches and five straight
2014 Season Highs: Kills (12, twice), Digs (4, Nov 6), Aces (1, twice), Blocks (6, Sept 19)

#6 Tressa Lyman
2nd in the Big Sky in points (4.34/set)
2nd in the Big Sky in Kills (3.69/set)
Reached the 1,000 career kills mark October 2nd at Sacramento State.  She is the 11th Bengal since 1984 to achieve the milestone.  
Double figure kills in every match this season but six.
Ten double-doubles this year
10th in ISU History in Total Attacks & Total Points
2014 Season Highs: Kills (25, Sept 20), Digs (17, twice), Aces (4, Sept 5), Blocks (5, Oct 2)
#8 Bailey Bars
Seven or more kills in each of the last seven matches
2014 Season Highs: Kills (12, twice), Digs (11, Nov 1), Aces (1, Nov 1), Blocks (6, twice)

#12 Makenzie Filer
34th in the NCAA in blocks per set
Leads the Big Sky in blocks (1.32/set)
2nd in the Big Sky with 0.41 aces/set in conference play.
2014 Season Highs: Kills (17, Oct 30), Digs (6, Oct 30), Aces (4, Sept 27), Blocks (10, Oct 2)

#13 Hayley Farrer
Big Sky Player of the Week for November 3rd
Her 66 assists at NAU are the highest total in the Big Sky this season and the 7th most in the NCAA in 2014
3rd in the conference in assists with 11.27 per set.
Second in the conference with 12 double-doubles
Collected a double-double in three of the last four matches
2014 Season Highs: Kills (9, twice), Digs (16, Oct 30), Aces (4, Sept 5), Blocks (4, Sept 25), Assists (66, Oct 30)

#14 Amy Sorensen
Eight or more kills in six of the last seven matches
2014 Season Highs: Kills (12, Oct 30), Digs (14, Twice), Aces (4, Aug 30), Blocks (3, Oct 25)