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Mayville State University Athletics

Johnson
Jacobson Studios
0
Bellevue Bruins BU 13-3,11-1
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Mayville State Comets MSU 20-9,9-3
Bellevue Bruins BU
13-3,11-1
0
Final
0
Mayville State Comets MSU
20-9,9-3
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Bellevue Bruins BU 27 24 25 13 10 (0)
Mayville State Comets MSU 25 26 15 25 15 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Comet Volleyball upsets #15 Bruins Friday night at the Lewy Lee Fieldhouse

Mayville, N.D. – The Mayville State University Volleyball team pulled off the upset over #15 Bellevue on Friday at the Lewy Lee Fieldhouse in five sets. The Comets move to 21-9 on the regular season and 10-3 in conference play.
 
The first set was back and forth most of the first set, as neither team held more than a two-point lead until the Bruins went up three at 22-19. The Comets answered the deficit with a 4-1 run to have set point, but the Bruins fought off two set points and would take the first set by a final score of 27-25.
 
With the score tied at six in the second set, the Comets would go on a 7-2 run to take a 13-8 lead midway through the set. During that run, the Bruins tallied six attacking errors. The Comets were up 14-9 before a quick 4-0 run from the Bruins cut the lead down to one. MSU was up 23-19 late in the second set before a late 4-0 run from the Bruins tied the game at 23. The Comets would score three-of-the-next four points to take the second set 26-24.
 
The Comets were trailing by four in the third set before a 4-1 run gave the Bruins a 14-8 advantage. The Comets would answer with a 4-1 run to close the gap to three. The Bruins would finish the third set on a 9-3 run and cruise to a third set victory.
 
With Mayville State trailing early in the fourth set, the Comets would go on a 10-3 run to take an 11-7 lead. After the Bruins scored the next two points, MSU would go on a 9-3 run to jump out to a 20-12 lead in the fourth set. The Comets would finish the fourth set on a 5-0 run and force a deciding fifth set. The Comets started the fifth set on a 7-2 run before the Bruins would go on a 4-1 run to cut the lead to two.
 
The Bruins and Comets would trade the next couple of points to put the score at 10-8 before the Comets would finish the game on a 5-1 run and upset #15 Bellevue. During the final run, the Comets forced four attacking errors from the Bruins including two blocks from Pyburn and Passa. The Comets would finish the game with 47 kills, 21 attacking errors, 177 attempts for a .147 hitting percentage. The Comets also finished with 14 blocks, 84 digs, and 43 assists.
 
Victoria Johnson led the Comets with 16 kills, a .333 hitting percentage, two solo blocks, and four blocking assists. Elora Passa finished with 15 kills, 17 assists, eight blocking assists, and seven digs. Lily Pyle and Ashley Pyburn finished with six kills. Pyle finished with four blocking assists and Pyburn finished with seven blocking assists. Rachel Hill recorded 23 assists and 13 digs for the Comets. Mason Hart led MSU with 38 digs in the back row.
 
 
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