Show Bruins take 2nd nd at ty w 1 I tournament ii i Zac Hodge Sports Reporter The volleyball team opened the home schedule with witha a thra thrashing hing of Western Wyoming and a second place finish in the Marriott Residence Inn Tournament On Tuesday night the fifth ranked Bruins won their first home game of the year They beat Western Wyoming 2520 2520 2520 25 20 25 21 25 That pushed the Bruins record to 4 Offensively the Bruins were led by freshman middle Erika Charry who had nine kills Sophomore middle Anna contributed eight kills and two blocks Freshman Amy White and Sophomore Melissa Fifita each chipped in seven kills Freshman Catalina Charry and sophomore Naomi Flinders split the duty at setter Charry came away with 19 setting assist and Flinders had 13 sophomore Libero Kelsey Campbell led the way with eight digs The crowd was amazing Said Fifita We really fed off them They even had signs The Bruins were the more aggressive team all night long They out killed the Mustangs 45 14 Chelsea Sorensen led the Mustangs She She- managed to get nine kills The rest of the team had five This game will give us great momentum going into pur our tournament said Fifita It did propel them into a great weekend as they finished second in the tournament and went 6 1 on the weekend to push their season record to 10 2 Friday night the Bruins had pool play and they went 4 0 beating Central Wyoming 25 17 25 16 Arizona Western 2518 2518 2518 25 18 25 10 Northeastern College 25 17 25 22 and Jefferson College 25 20 25 22 2515 22 15 12 Saturday morning they had one more more pool play game They beat Western Nebraska 25 18 25 18 15 The Bruins drew the number three ranked nationally team Missouri State West Plains This was the Bruins first five set match of the tournament The Bruins and the Grizzlies battled with each set decided by three points or less In the end the Bruins came out on s 26 24 25 22 25 22 top 23 25 15 The Charry Chanty sister had a great match with Erika leading the way way- with 13 kills and Catalina tossing up 41 setting assists Whitney Nilson was also solid with 11 kills and seven blocks With the win the Bruins would face fellow VAC S conference team North Idaho The Cardinals had already dropped the Bruins earlier in the year to give them their only loss The Bruins jumped out ouO j fast on the eighth ranked team winning game one z 14 However the roles roles' reversed as the Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals' took game two 25 The Bruins took the two sets to one lead with a hotly t contested third 25 In Inthe the end it just was wasn't t the Bruins day as they dropped the final two 25 22 25 2215 15 Z Sophomore Nilson had another great game She She finished the match with a a. a double-double double 13 kills and 10 digs Fifita hammered down 11 kills and sophomore Kim Gourley had a season high 29 digs The volleyball team will travel to Twin Falls this weekend to compete in another weekend tournament The next home homes game will be Oct 3 All AI All home games are played at the LAC on the Redwood Road campus f |