NDSCS                        3
MSU/Bottineau          0

Game Scores

NDSCS 30 :: Ladyjacks 12
NDSCS 30 :: Ladyjacks 15
NDSCS 30 :: Ladyjacks 21

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 22 and Tammany Walker with 18.  Tammany Walker and Mandee Keplin each had six assists, KaDee Melby and Lexi Murphy contributed four kills, and Kadee Melby and Mandee Keplin were involved in 11 and nine blocks respectively.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  This was a tough match for us to open the season.  The Wildcats are an excellent team and they were ready to play.  We were extremely nervous in our first game and played back on our heels.  We did improve in each game, especially with our passing.  We have areas of execution that need to be stressed both offensively and defensively and a tough test like this always exposes those areas.  We believe we will be much improved by our next battle with the Wildcats.

Scores & Highlights

Bismarck State            3
MSU/Bottineau            0

Game Scores

BSC 30 :: Ladyjacks 15
BSC 30 :: Ladyjacks 20
BSC 30 :: Ladyjacks 19

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo and Mandee Keplin with 14 each.  KaDee Melby led the team in kills with seven and had three solo stuff blocks.  Janae Groninger added four kills to the Jack’s offense.  Tammnay Walker led the team in assists with 18.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  We were disappointed in the results on the scoreboard but felt we played better than we had in our opener.  We had an excellent game two in which we seemed to be putting things together offensively and defensively.  KaDee and Mandee led us with very solid games.  Sheena played well for us in the second game when we were playing our best of the season to this point.  Our passing improved and we had more good sets leading to some nice offensive attacks.  We still need to improve our execution but we showed some good signs.

Scores & Highlights

Williston State 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

Williston State  30 Ladyjacks  19
Williston State  30 Ladyjacks  24
Williston State  30 Ladyjacks  14

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 17.  KaDee Melby and Marcy Loewenberg contributed 13 digs each.  Morgan Yeroschak led the team in kills with five while Marcy Loewenberg and KaDee had four and three kills respectively.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 16.  The Jacks had 12 serving aces and they were led by KaDee Melby with three.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  Even though it may not be reflected in the score, we felt we played our best volleyball of the young season.  We passed the ball much better and seemed to get many more touches in the defensive court.  We seemed to be more in sink and attack the ball with better execution.  Everyone seemed to step up their level of play and that’s what we are looking for as the season goes on.  Our schedule does not get any easier as we move to Williston for their tournament but we are more optimistic about our team play at this time.

Scores & Highlights

U of Great Falls JV 3
MSU/Bottineau 1

Games Scores

UGF  26 Ladyjacks  30
UGF  30 Ladyjacks  21
UGF  31 Ladyjacks  29
UGF  30 Ladyjacks  18

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby and Kensie Malo with 34.  Mandee Kepline contributed 26 digs.  KaDee Melby led the team in kills with 16 while Marcy Loewenberg and Morgan Yeroschak each had 10 kills.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 17.  Tammany Walker, Marcy Loewenberg, Janae Groninger, and Kensie Malo each had two serving aces.  KaDee Melby and Morgan Yeroschak each had two stuff blocks.

University of Saskatchewan 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

U of Sask.  30 Ladyjacks  14
U of Sask.  30 Ladyjacks  17
U of Sask.  30 Ladyjacks  16

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Marcy Loewenberg with 24.  Janae Groninger and Kensie Malo had 17 digs each and Sheena Laducer and Charli Lies contributed 16 and 15 respectively.  KaDee Melby, Mandee Keplin, Alexis Murphy, and Morgan Yeroschak each had three kills.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with eight.  Alexis Muphy and Morgan Yeroschak each had two stuff blocks.

Williston State  3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

Williston State  30 Ladyjacks  20
Williston State  30 Ladyjacks  21
Williston State  30 Ladyjacks  12

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Sheena Laducer with 23.  Mandee Keplin had 16 digs and Janae Groninger 14.   KaDee Melby led the team in kills with nine.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 22.  KaDee Melby had three stuff blocks.

Miles CC   3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

Miles CC  30 Ladyjacks  26
Miles CC  30 Ladyjacks  11
Miles CC  30 Ladyjacks  27

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 23.  KaDee Melby and Mandee Keplin contributed 18 and 17 digs respectively.  Marcy Loewenberg led the team in kills with seven while KaDee Melby and Morgan Yeroschak each had five kills.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 17.  Janae led the team in serving aces with four and Morgan Yeroschak led the team in stuff blocks with two.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  This was a tough tournament for us with a very high level of competition.  We were very inconsistent in our play but did play some very good volleyball at times.  We felt we let the match vs. UGF get away from us after leading 29-26 in the third game.  We thought losing the last five rallies really hurt any momentum we had going for the remainder of the match.  We played well in two of the games vs. Miles CC and felt we could have had that match except for some difficulties with our serve receive.  KaDee had a great tournament while Morgan and Marcy also played very well.  We have played some stretches of good volleyball, now we need to put those stretches together for entire games. 

Scores & Highlights

Bismarck State 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

Bismarck State  30 Ladyjacks  17
Bismarck State  30 Ladyjacks  26
Bismarck State  30 Ladyjacks  14

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 17.  Mandee Keplin contributed 13 digs and Tammany Walker added 12.  KaDee Melby had 10 kills and Morgan Yeroschak had eight to lead the Jacks.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 21.  Sheena Laducer had three serving aces.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  We played very well in the second game.  We served very well in that game with five aces and played better offensively.  We struggled in the other two games and never seemed to develop any momentum.  We didn’t do a good job of defending at the net and that is going to need to be a major area of improvement.

PROVIDENCE BIBLE COLLEGE TOURNAMENT SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS

Red River 3
MSU/Bottineau 1

Games Scores

Red River  30 Ladyjacks  20
Red River  30 Ladyjacks  26
Red River  25 Ladyjacks  30
Red River  30 Ladyjacks  28

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 42, while Kensie Malo and Sheena Laducer added 37 and 31 digs respectively. The Jacks were led in kills by KaDee Melby with 18, Marcy Loewenbery with 14, and Morgan Yeroschak with 11.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 42.  Sheena Laducer had five serving aces and Tammany Walker and Morgan Yeroschak each had two.  KaDee Melby, Morgan Yeroschak, and Janae Groninger each had three stuff blocks.

Providence Bible College 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

Providence  30 Ladyjacks  24
Providence  30 Ladyjacks  23
Providence  30 Ladyjacks  21

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 25 and Mandee Keplin with 17.    Morgan Yeroschak led the team in kills with six.  Tammany Walker had 17 assists and three serving aces.  Alexis Murphy had three stuff blocks and Morgan Yeroschak had two for the match.

MSU/Bottineau  3
Trinity Bible College 0

Games Scores

Ladyjacks  30 Trinity Bible  27
Ladyjacks  30 Trinity Bible  17
Ladyjacks  30 Trinity Bible  21

KaDee Melby had 26 digs while Kensie Malo contributed 21 and Mandee Keplin 20.  KaDee Melby led the team in kills with 13.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 21.  Sheena Laducer had five serving aces and Morgan Yeroschak had three stuff blocks.

Canadian Mennonite University 3
MSU/Bottineau 1

Games Scores

CMU  30 Ladyjacks  14
CMU  27 Ladyjacks  30
CMU  30 Ladyjacks  26
CMU  30 Ladyjacks  17

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 35 and KaDee Melby with 29.  KaDee Melby led the team in kills with 10 while Morgan Yeroschak had eight and Alexis Murphy added seven.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 53.  Charli Lies led the team in serving aces with two and KaDee Melby led the team in stuff blocks with five.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  We played pretty well this weekend.  The win versus Trinity was nice and we had some very competitive games in our other matches.  Our blocking was better then it had been and that really helped our defense.  We also had a number of serving aces to help us offensively.  We had different players step up each game and that should help us with our team depth.

Williston State            3
MSU/Bottineau         0

Game Scores

Williston State 30 Ladyjacks 14
Williston State 30 Ladyjacks 16
Williston State 30 Ladyjacks 24

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 22 and Mandee Keplin with 21.  Morgan Yeroschak led the team in kills with nine while KaDee Melby and Alexis Murphy added six each.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 18, Morgan Yeroschak had two stuff blocks, and KaDee Melby, Chaunci Auen, Kensie Malo, and Sheena Laducer each had one serving ace.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  We were not happy with our play in the first two games.  We struggled with serve receive and with our defense.  We did play better in the third game and hope that we have learned some things that will help us in the remainder of our season.

NDSCS 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

NDSCS  30 Ladyjacks  11
NDSCS  30 Ladyjacks  14
NDSCS  30 Ladyjacks  20

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 25 while Mandee Keplin added 20.  KaDee Melby had eight kills and Morgan Yeroschak six.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 18.  Sheena Laducer had all four of the Jacks serving aces.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  Even though we may have played arguably the best team on our schedule we were disappointed in the first two games.  We seemed to be on our heels and not playing with the heart we needed.  We felt better about our third game as we seemed to come to life and did some nice things.  We were more aggressive in our attack and seemed to get to the ball better defensively.

MSU/Bottineau Triangular

Miles Community College 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

MCC  30 Ladyjacks  21
MCC  30 Ladyjacks  17
MCC  30 Ladyjacks  16

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 19, while Marcy Loewenberg added 17 and Mandee Keplin 16.  Morgan Yeroschak led the team in kills with six with KaDee Melby and Marcy Loewenberg contributing four to the team effort.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 14.  Mandee Keplin and Charli Lies each had two serving aces.  Morgan Yeroschak had three and Janae Groninger two stuff blocks.

Providence College 3
MSU/Bottineau 2

Games Scores

Providence  28 Ladyjacks  30
Providence  30 Ladyjacks  26
Providence  20 Ladyjacks  30
Providence  30 Ladyjacks  28
Providence  15 Ladyjacks   8

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 42 and Kensie Malo with 33.  KaDee Melby and Morgan Yeroschak each had 10 kills.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with twenty.  Charli Lies had five serving aces, KaDee Melby four, with Kensi Malo and Morgan Yeroschak adding three aces.  KaDee Melby led the team in stuff blocks with eight.  Alexis Murphy added five blocks, Morgan Yeroschak four, and Janae Groninger three.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  This was an up and down day for us.  We played very well at times but lacked consistency.  We started well vs. Miles CC but they took over the match mid way through the first game.  We played much better vs. Providence then we had earlier in the season and really had a great chance to get the match.  We were up 28-26 in game four and could have put the match away but Providence picked up momentum and scored the last four points of the game for the win.  They controlled the final game.  We showed improvement in a number of areas, especially in our serving and serve receive.  The key for us in the remainder of our season will be to improve in our passing.

Trinity Bible College 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

Trinity Bible  30 Ladyjacks  27
Trinity Bible  30 Ladyjacks  22
Trinity Bible  30 Ladyjacks  15

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo and Sheena Laducer with 22 each.  KaDee Melby added 20 digs.  KaDee Melby led the team in kills with 14.  Marcy Loewenberg added six kills and Alexis Murphy five.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 14.  Kensie Malo and Sheena Laducer each had three serving aces.  Alexis Murphy had three stuff blocks for the Jacks.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  This was a disappointing night for the Jacks.  We were out played by Trinity in each game.  The second game started well for us as we jumped out to a 6-0 lead behind Sheena’s serving, but the momentum changed quickly.  We struggled with our passing and had far too many errors serving.

Assiniboine Community College 3
MSU/Bottineau 2

Games Scores

ACC  25 Ladyjacks  27
ACC  16 Ladyjacks  25
ACC  25 Ladyjacks  22
ACC  25 Ladyjacks  20
ACC  17 Ladyjacks  15

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 45 and Morgan Yeroschak with 33.  Leading the team in kills was KaDee Melby with 10, Marcy Loewenberg with eight, and Morgan Yeroschak with seven.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 27.  Morgan Yeroschak led the team in serving aces with eight and KaDee Melby led the team in stuff blocks with five.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  We played well tonight in spite of the defeat.  We started well but couldn’t finish the job.  Our passing was improved and we really served well in the first two matches.  Game three and game five were games that we just couldn’t make the needed play to come up with a victory.  The effort was good and our execution was also improved.

Miles Community College 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

MCC  30 Ladyjacks  21
MCC  30 Ladyjacks  20
MCC  30 Ladyjacks  18

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 19, Kensie Malo with 17, and Sheena Laducer with 15.  Kills leaders were KaDee Melby with eight and Morgan Yeroschak with four.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 13.  KaDee Melby had two serving aces and three stuff blocks.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  We didn’t play badly vs. the Pioneers it was just that they are a difficult match up for us.  Their middles create problems, both offensively and defensively.  We did a nice job of attacking with our serve in the first game and we passed the ball well early in the match.

MSU/Bottineau 3
Assiniboine Community College 0

Games Scores

Ladyjacks  32 ACC  30
Ladyjacks  33 ACC  31
Ladyjacks  31 ACC  29

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 45, Sheena Laducer with 30, and KaDee Melby with 26.  Leading the team in kills was KaDee Melby with 14, and Alexis Murphy and Morgan Yeroschak with eight each.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 23.  Sheena Laducer had two serving aces and Morgan Yeroschak had three stuff blocks.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  This was a fun match for us as all three games were extremely competitive.  We had big momentum swings in all three sets.  We rallied in each game with some timely serving, solid passing, and key blocks.  Defensively we did a better job of taking away tips then in our previous matches.

Match 1
Canadian Mennonite University 3
MSU Bottineau 2

Games Scores

Ladyjacks  25 CMU  22
Ladyjacks  25 CMU  23
CMU  25       Ladyjacks   8
CMU  25       Ladyjacks  13
CMU  15       Ladyjacks   6

Match 2
CMU  25 Ladyjacks  14
CMU  25 Ladyjacks  14
CMU  25 Ladyjacks  23

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 62, KaDee Melby with 32, and
Sheena Laducer with 28.  Leading the team in kills was KaDee Melby with 15 and Alexis Murphy with nine.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 29.  Sheena Laducer had five serving aces, while Janae Groninger and Kelly Savage added four each.  Morgan Yeroschak had seven stuff blocks.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  We really played well in the first two games.  We had one of our better blocking matches and that greatly helped our back row defense.  We found the holes in their defense early but they adjusted well.  Our serving was a nice offensive weapon has we had a season high in match serving aces with a team total of 18.  We really lost our momentum after the loss in game three.  We did play well in the final game and hopefully that will carry over into Monday’s final regular season match.

MSU/Bottineau 3
Trinity Bible College 0

Games Scores

Ladyjacks  30 Trinity  16
Ladyjacks  30 Trinity  17
Ladyjacks  30 Trinity  23

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Kensie Malo with 21 and Sheena Laducer with 17.  Kills leaders were Morgan Yeroschak with eight and KaDee Melby with seven.  Marcy Loewenberg added five kills and Alexis Murphy had four.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 14.  KaDee Melby and Sheena Laducer had two serving aces each.

Coach Johnson’s comments: This was a good match for us going into regional tournament play.  We had solid contribution from everyone.  We had a number of people involved in our offensive attack as the kills were pretty spread out.  We served pretty well and that is important as it is a strength we need to rely on in upcoming tournament play.

NDSCS 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

NDSCS  30 Ladyjacks  25
NDSCS  30 Ladyjacks  14
NDSCS  30  Ladyjacks  23

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by KaDee Melby with 20, Kensie Malo with 17, Mandee Keplin with 15, and Sheena Laducer with 12..  Leading the team in kills was KaDee Melby with seven and Marcy Loewenber with five.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with eleven.  Sheena Laducer had three and Kelly Savage two serving aces.  KaDee Melby and Janae Groninger each had a stuff block.

Coach Johnson’s comments:  In spite of the defeat we felt we played one of our better matches of the year.  NDSCS is a quality team, with many weapons and we had to play extremely well defensively.  We did, as we really hustled in making a number of plays keeping the ball alive giving us a chance in the match.  Our serving was sharp and probably was our best offensive weapon.  We were very proud of our effort in this match.

Bismarck State 3
MSU/Bottineau 0

Games Scores

Bismarck State  30 Ladyjacks  16
Bismarck State  30 Ladyjacks  21
Bismarck State  30  Ladyjacks  20

The Ladyjacks were led in digs by Mandee Keplin with 30, Kensie Malo with 22, and
KaDee Melby and Marcy Loewenberg with 16 each.  Leading the team in kills was KaDee Melby with 10, and Marcy Loewenberg with six.  Tammany Walker led the team in assists with 15.  Kelly Savage had two serving aces.