BUTTE, Mont. - The Carroll College Volleyball team fell in four sets to No. 10 Montana Tech on Friday night at the HPER Complex in Butte.

The Fighting Saints (5-21, 0-10) saw a frustrating regular season come to and end, dropping a four set match to the Orediggers on Friday evening.

As has been the case for the majority of Carroll's games this season, the Saints were on the losing end of a tightly contested opening frame, falling 25-23.

The Saints responded in the second, earning a 25-20 set win behind their best attacking frame of the night (.189).

With the match tied 1-1, Montana Tech would go on to win both the third and fourth sets, 25-19 to take the match.

Mara Lynch (Bozeman, Mont. / SR) continued her stellar end of the year, leading the Saints with 13 kills, while matching Julia Carr's (Portland, Ore. / SR) 20 digs to tie for the team lead.

Maddie Wilkes (Pocatello, Idaho / SR) and Jansyn Carrizales (Sunnyside, Wash. / FR) each posted 15 assists on the night.

Tech's Olivia Muir had a game-high 15 kills, while Rhys Layton led all players with 24 assists.

The Saints will enter next week's conference tournament in Great Falls as the No. 6-seed, and will play a to-be-determined opponent at 1 p.m. on Novermber 10.

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