Box Score PRESCOTT, Ariz. (Aug. 29, 2019) -- The 11th ranked Snow College women's volleyball team improved to 7-0 on the season after picking up back-to-back wins on the opening day of the Dalton Overstreet Invitational. The Badgers started the day with a 3-2 win over Glendale and finished with an impressive 3-0 win over host Yavapai College in a battle of unbeaten teams.
"I honestly couldn't be more proud of this team," Snow College head coach Jeff Reynolds said. "We endured a five-game thriller against a very tough, nationally-ranked team from Glendale, and then faced off against Yavapai, which is a team that beat top-ranked Southern Idaho a week ago. Both Glendale and Yavapai are such talented teams. We knew today would be tough challenge, and I couldn't be more pleased with the way our team played."
Against Glendale, the Badgers dropped the first set, 20-25, but took sets two and three, 25-11, 25-14, to take a two-game advantage. Glendale turned up the heat and claimed the fourth set, 19-25. In the fifth and final set, Snow had to come from behind to pick up the 15-11 victory to put away the match. Freshman
Lydia Montague totaled a match-high 17 kills for the Badgers, while sophomore
Sarah Morley chipped in a season-high 14 kills.
In the evening match against Yavapa, the Badgers feel behind in the first set, but came back behind the play of sophomore
Marcie Stapley to take a 25-21 victory. In the second set, Stapley, Morley, and Montague jumped out to an eight-point victory; however, the Roughriders came storming back to tie things up at 23-23. Both teams traded points until Snow came out on top with a 29-27 win. In the third and deciding set, the Badgers claimed a 25-19 win to complete the three-game sweep. Stapley led the Badgers with a season-high 10 kills, while Montague added eight kills. Morley and
Korrin Thornock had seven kills each in the win.
Snow College will face No. 20 Arizona Western on Friday at 1 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. contest against No. 13 New Mexico Military Institute.
"Friday will be one of the toughest days we've had in a long time," Reynolds said. "We will be facing two nationally-ranked teams, including NMMI which went to the national tournament a year ago. Both teams have a great deal of height, athleticism, and international experience. Both teams create some difficult challenges. We'll have to be at our best."
