Lady Govs win three in Mississippi

Story By MARLON SCOTT | Senior Staff Writer

The Lady Govs volleyball team opened their season on the road in Starkville, Miss., at the MSU Maroon Classic, Friday, August 27, and Saturday, August 28. In addition to being on the road, they were also facing a team coached by their former coach, Jenny Hazelwood.

The Lady Govs finished the weekend 3-1, the single loss to Hazelwood’s Mississippi State squad.

After what they described as an excellent preseason, the Lady Govs were confident as they headed into the season opener.

“We’re going to do well and we are going to play our hearts out,” senior Jessica Mollman said. “I have total confidence in my team that we will succeed this weekend.”

With that confidence, the Lady Govs marched through Montana 3-0 (25-12, 25-20, 25-23). Lady Gov sophomore outside hitter Nikki Doyle produced 15 kills in the match. Junior outside hitter Ilyanna Hernandez added eight kills and senior middle blocker Taylor Skinner produced six. Skinner also led the team defensively with four blocks.

After sweeping Montana, the Lady Govs could not finish against Mississippi State. They loss in three straight sets (19-25, 22-25, 23-25). The last two losses were by three or fewer points. Doyle continued her barrage with 11 kills. Mollman produced nine kills off the bench and Hernandez added eight.

On day two, the Lady Govs bounced back to defeat both Arkansas-Little Rock and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. They served well against both teams producing 27 serving aces (15 against Arkansas-Little Rock, 12 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi). The team finished the tournament with 37 total aces.

After dropping the first set against Arkansas-Little Rock, the Lady Govs powered through the next two. But Arkansas-Little Rock did not roll over. It took five sets for the Lady Govs to win the match (21-25, 25-15, 25-20, 23-25, 15-8). Doyle was one of four Lady Govs with double-digit kills. She produced 19 kills and Skinner and Ilyanna produced 15. Junior outside hitter Kayla Grantham added 10 kills.

The Lady Govs ended the day and the tournament with another three-set sweep of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (25-22, 25-12, 25-17).

Doyle added 15 more kills for a total of 60 kills for the tournament. Skinner finished the tournament with nine blocks, bringing her career total over 200. She is only the seventh Lady Gov in the programs history to produce over 200 blocks.

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