Lady Spartans Win Two Road Matches

The M State volleyball team had a successful weekend trip to the Twin Cities, beating Anoka-Ramsey 3-0 on Friday night and Century College 3-2 on Saturday.

"We were happy to be able to get back-to-back wins while traveling because it was our first road trip of the season," said head volleyball coach Abby Crowser. "We struggled a little bit offensively on Saturday against Century, but were able to pull it together when it mattered most to win the match in 5 sets. We are going to focus on being more consistent with our hitting this week to prepare for our upcoming tournament in Rochester."

In their 25-12, 25-18, 25-16 win over Anoka-Ramsey, Kaia Strom (15-15, 4 aces), Bailey Marty (11-11, 2 aces), Jayna Gronewold (11-11) and Darian Booker (9-9, 3 aces) were all perfect on the serving line.  Anya Maack led the attack with 7 kills and 2 blocks, Brooke Hovland had 6 kills and one block, and Alaina Anderson and Emily Condon each contributed a pair of blocks.  Strom had 18 set assists and 7 digs to go along with 4 kills, Condon had 11 digs, Gronewold also had 11 digs and Marty finished with a team high 33 digs.

The lady Spartans won the first two sets against Century, 25-12, 25-11, then lost 25-18 and 25-23 before earning the win with a 15-7 victory in the fifth set.  Statistical leaders were Condon (24/24 serving, 17 digs, 5 kills, 2 blocks), Gronewold (22/22, 1 ace, 9 kills, 1 block, 16 digs), Marty (22/23, 3 aces, 33 digs), Anya Maack (7 kills, 4 blocks), Hovland (21 kills, 2 blocks) and Strom (12/13, 1 ace, 37 set assists, 17 digs, 1 block, 4 kills).

Up next for the Lady Spartans is a weekend trip to Rochester for the RCTC Invitational.  They will take on Rock Valley and Iowa Lakes Friday, September 10th at 3:00 and 5:00 PM and finish up the weekend with NIACC and Hawkeye on Saturday, September 11th at 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.