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Events and Results

Events and Results

Albert at UMW '25
Montana Western Athletics
2
Rocky Mountain (MT) ROCKY 2-23, 1-19
3
Winner Montana Western (MT) WESTERN 13-14, 11-9
Rocky Mountain (MT) ROCKY
2-23, 1-19
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Final
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Montana Western (MT) WESTERN
13-14, 11-9
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Rocky Mountain (MT) ROCKY 31 25 19 27 9 (2)
Montana Western (MT) WESTERN 29 23 25 29 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Rocky Volleyball Goes the Distance With Montana Western; Falling in Five Sets

DILLON, Mont. - Rocky Volleyball dropped a hard-fought five-set matchup with the Bulldogs on the road on Saturday night. 
 
How It Happened
Kaitlyn Wood led the charge in the first set with six kills in a back-and-forth set. After a Bulldog service ace forced a Battlin' Bear timeout with a two-point deficit, a kill from Olivia Fauth sparked a three-point run to put Rocky up 24-23. From there, neither team could secure the set point until a kill from Sadie Meier and a Montana Western attack error eventually secured a 31-29 first set win. 

With the second set remaining close again, Kaitlyn Wood and Rachel Whyte combined for a block to give Rocky a 17-13 lead and force a Montana Western timeout. While the Bulldogs clawed back within one point, Gabriella Panzetta put up the set-sealing block to lead Rocky to a 25-23 second-set win. 

Montana Western controlled the third set to keep the match alive, utilizing three service aces and 15 kills to take a set back 25-19. 

The fourth set was another entertaining one, as while the Bulldogs took an 18-14 lead —the largest by either team in the set —Rocky would total a 7-2 to tie it at 20-20. Again, similar to the first set, both teams traded points back and forth, though this time Montana Western secured back-to-back kills to force the match into a fifth set after a 29-27 fourth-set win. 

Montana Western would seize the momentum they found by posting the best hitting percentage by either team in the match during the fifth set (.240) to escape with a five-set victory following a 15-9 fifth set win. 

Kaitlyn Wood totaled a team high 13 kills (.258), along with eight blocks. Stepping into a starting role, Kristyn Mentink added a career high 39 assists, 14 digs, two service aces, and three blocks. Zoey Albert totaled 22 digs, while Dylan Pospisil and Lauren Rodacker also finished with double-figure digs. 

Up Next
Rocky Volleyball returns home for three games to conclude their regular season, hosting MSU Billings on Tuesday, Bismarck State on Friday, and Dickinson State on Saturday. 
 
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