The Snow College women's volleyball team had a successful weekend at the Dalton Overstreet Invitational in Prescott, Arizona as it came away with three wins, headlined by a victory over No. 2 New Mexico Military Institute (3-1) Saturday.
 
The Badgers also came away with victories over Arizona Western College (3-2) and Yavapai College (3-0) Friday.
 
Snow College got the weekend started off right with a victory over AWC.  A back-and-forth first set saw the Matadors take a 1-0 lead with a 31-29 victory.  The Badgers would respond by winning the next two sets 25-19 and 25-16 before dropping set four 25-22 to set up a sudden death fifth set.
 
Snow College was able to finish off the match with a 15-9 win in set five to claim a 3-2 victory.  Three players finished in double figures in kills led by Bailey Rasmussen and Tricia Tua'one who each had 14 while Kesa Makasini finished the match with 13 kills.  Corinne Taysom secured a double-double with 25 assists and 10 digs.  Meg Carter recorded 27 assists while Avery Fowler and Hannah Smith had 14 and 13 digs, respectively. 
 
The Badgers followed up the win by taking on host school YC and cruising to a 3-0 sweep winning 25-22, 25-16, and 26-24.  Makasini again led the Badgers with 14 kills.  Taysom and Carter combined to dish out 44 helpers. Fowler led the team with 14 digs to aid in the victory.
 
Saturday's matchup saw a top-5 showdown as No. 3 Snow College took on No. 2 NMMI.  The Badgers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with wins of 25-23 and a convincing 25-13 set-two win.  The Broncos rebounded to take set three 25-16 before the Badgers slammed the door with a 25-21 set-four win to earn a 3-1 victory.
 
Makasini and Ashlynn Olsen totaled 13 kills apiece while Taysom finished with 20 assists and Carter added 21 assists.  Fowler grabbed 18 digs while Sage Loveland provided 17 digs for the victorious Badgers.
 
Snow College, now holding an undefeated 6-0 record, will wrap up its non-conference schedule with the Starr Corporation Tournament hosted by the College of Southern Idaho.  The Badgers are set to play in five matches, four of which against ranked opponents – No. 14 Missouri State West Plains, No. 8 Miami Dade, who Snow College defeated 3-0 August 19, No. 20 Monroe College and a rematch with No. 2 NMMI.  The Badgers will also face unranked Western Wyoming Community College.  
 
They will kick off the tournament facing MSWP beginning Thursday at 5 p.m. in Twin Falls, Idaho.  For additional information, visit snowbadgers.com.