Weekly Volleyball Notes: Bengals Finish up Season at Montana State, Montana :: Katie Edgson can make history this week with just one more dig

Nov. 12, 2007

Quickly
Idaho State finishes off the 2007 season with a pair of road matches up north in Montana. The Bengals will face the Montana State Bobcats on Friday and then wrap up the season against the Montana Grizzlies on Saturday. Idaho State lost a pair of home matches last week to Northern Colorado and Northern Arizona. Senior Katie Edgson is one dig away from becoming the 10th Bengal to reach 1,000 career digs.

Schedule
Monday: 2:00-5:30 pm
Tuesday: 2:00-4:30 pm
Wednesday: 2:00-4:00 pm
Thursday : 1:00 pm Depart for Bozeman, Montana
Friday: 5:30 pm Match at Montana State
Saturday: 7:00 pm Match at Montana

About the Bengals
Idaho State senior Katie Edgson needed 12 digs to reach the 1,000 career dig mark. She and the Bengals came up short Saturday as the team lost 3-1 (31-29, 26-30, 23-30, 18-30) and Edgson got 11 digs, falling just one short. Emily Waldron and Britta Bartschi both came up with 12 kills to lead the team in that category. Charlie Kinghorn had 12 digs and Ashlyn McDowell matched her career high with 7 blocks. Blakely Peppinger and Christine Van Orden both had 23 assists. Edgson will have two matches this week to try and get that one last dig. The Bengals one conference win this season did come against the Montana State Bobcats.

About Montana State
The Bobcats are sitting in last place in the Big Sky Conference. They have yet to win a conference match this season. They have only one win this season and that came against Mike Welch's old team, North Florida. Montana State is coming of a 3-0 sweep to the hands of league leader Sacramento State. After facing the Bengals on Friday, the Bobcats will end their season against Weber State. The match this week is an early start at 5:30 pm because of a home basketball game for the Bobcats after the volleyball match.

Last Time vs. Montana State
It took all five games, but the Idaho State Bengals outlast the Montana State Bobcats 3-2 (27-30, 30-24, 30-27, 24-30, 15-11) to pick up their first Big Sky win of the season. ISU breaks their nine game losing streak. Sara Carson led the charge for the Bengals with a career high 15 kills, hitting .433 in the process. She also tied her career best in blocks with 7. Charlee Kinghorn picked up her second double-double of the week with 16 kills and 16 digs. Britta Bartschi reached double figure kills for the first time in her career by slamming down 13 of them. Emily Waldron fought off a heavily bandaged thigh to pick up 10 kills and 18 digs.

About Montana
The Grizzlies are on the outside looking in when it comes to the Big Sky Tournament. They trail Northern Arizona by a half match for the 6th and final tournament spot. To make the post season Montana has to at least finish tied with the Lumberjacks in the standings to make the tournament. The Grizzlies have two reamining matches against Weber State Friday and Idaho State Saturday. Northern Arizona finishes with Northern Colorado on Saturday. The Bengals could play spoiler for Montana if they can beat the Grizzlies.

Last Time vs Montana
The Montana Grizzlies hand the Idaho State Bengals their ninth straight loss 3-1 (26-30, 30-25, 22-30, 20-30) at Reed Gym. Blakely Peppinger set things up for ISU by putting up a career high 35 assists. Britta Bartschi also set some career marks by slamming 8 kills and rising up for 3 blocks. Jessica Gurney led the Bengals in kills with 11 on 25 total attacks, hitting .240. Katie Edgson paced Idaho State on defense with 18 digs. Charlee Kinghorn punched in her fourth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 12 digs.