HELENA, Mont. – The Carroll College volleyball team's season came to an end Saturday in the semifinals of the Frontier Conference tournament after falling to Rocky Mountain 25-12, 23-25, 26-24, 25-18.
Rocky Mountain came ready to play. After Carroll went up 3-0 to start the match, RMC then went 12-4 run to take control and rolled to a 25-13 win in the first set.
The Saints responded and came back from a 23-20 deficit to win the second set 25-23.
In the third set, the Saints battled from a 23-17 deficit to take a 24-23 lead, but Rocky scored the final two points to earn the 26-24 win in set three.
Rocky Mountain took a 2-1 lead in the fourth set and never looked back as they rolled to a 25-18 win.
Taelyr Crantz led the Saints with 12 kills,
Brielle Bumgarner added 10 and
Holly Morehouse had 10.
Rayna Pilgeram added 37 assists. The Saints tallied an amazing 139 digs on the match, led by
Ayla Carpenter with 44.
Catherine Sloan added 28,
Casey Berry had 16,
Madi Quick 15, Pilgeram 11 and Krantz 10.
Hailey Copinga led Rocky with 16 kills and Sydney Matheny added 14. Natalie Hilderman had 47 assits and Holland Fergurson tallied 36 digs.
The Saints had 12 team blocks with four solo blocks and two assist blocks from
Mallory Arbizzani.
Carroll closes the season with a 16-13 record and an 8-4 mark in Frontier play.
