The Missouri Western volleyball team opened up the 2012 season 2-0 after defeating a scrappy Chadron State College squad 3-1 (25-19, 19-25, 25-14, 25-23) in the Northern State / Dacotah Bank Classic. Sarah Faubel had a huge match recording a career best 16 kills while leading the way with 21 digs.

In set one the Griffons scored 10 of the final 14 points claiming a 25-19 victory. MWSU hit .226 with 12 kills in the opening set. In set two the Griffons got down early and could not get on track falling 25-19.

The Griffons regained focus in the sets three and four as they had 13 and 15 kills respectively winnning 25-14 and 25-23. In set three the Griffons used an 11-0 run midway through the set jumping to a 2-1 lead in the match. In set four Missouri Western jumped out to a 10-5 lead but the Eagles battled back tying the score at 18. The rest of the set was close but a ball handling error by Chadron State and a Jessie Thorup kill gave MWSU a 24-22 lead. An attack error by the Eagles gave the Griffons the set and the match.

Western improves to 5-2 all-time against the Eagles.

The Griffons finished with 51 kills hitting .157 in the match. Missouri Western had 47 set assits with Stephanie Hattey getting 28 while Jordan Chohon had 16. Defensively five different Griffons had 10 or more digs as they recorded 80 in the match.

Chadron State falls to 0-2 on the season as Jessica Jester and Mollie Jones both had 12 kills.

The Griffons play two more matches tomorrow Saturday, September 1 against Northern State University at 12:00 pm and Black Hills State University at 4:00 pm.

— MWSU Sports Information —