Havre, MT – The MSU-Northern Skylights volleyball team faced a challenging weekend, dropping two matches against Bellevue University and Dakota State.
On Friday night, the Skylights fell to Dakota State in straight sets, with scores of 25-11, 25-16, and 25-20.
Saturday’s matchup featured a much closer contest, as the Skylights battled Dakota State through five sets but ultimately came up just short. The two teams traded set victories throughout the match. Northern dropped the opening set 25-17 before responding with a 25-22 victory in the second. Dakota State claimed the third set 25-15, but the Skylights fought back to take the fourth 25-22, forcing a decisive fifth set. Despite a hard-fought effort, Northern narrowly fell 15-13 in the final set.
The Skylights have just two regular season matches remaining before turning their attention to the Frontier Conference Tournament.
Northern will close out its regular-season schedule at home this weekend, hosting Montana Tech on Friday at 7 p.m. before welcoming Montana Western on Saturday at 2 p.m.
