Badgers claim back-to-back wins on Day 1 at Oversreet Invitational

Badgers claim back-to-back wins on Day 1 at Oversreet Invitational

PRESCOTT, Ariz.-Thursday, the No.11 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, hosted by Yavapai College at Prescott, Ariz.

The Badgers started the day with a 3-2 win over Glendale and finished with a 3-0 win over the host Roughriders in a battle of unbeaten teams.

Against the Gauchos, 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 Yavapai, 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 decisive third 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.