NDSU Volleyball Suffers Setback Against Portland State

Friday, September 17

Portland, Ore.

9 p.m. CT

North Dakota State Athletics

6-4,0-0Summit League

Portland State

4-5,0-0Big Sky

Team	1	2	3	Final F
North Dakota St.	14	19	21	0
Portland St.	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Zachary Lucy

NDSU Volleyball Suffers Setback Against Portland State

9/17/2021 11:07:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

PORTLAND, Ore. – Raegen Reilly posted her second double-double of the season as North Dakota State fell short against Portland State, 3-0, on Friday night at the Portland State Tournament at the Viking Pavilion.

Reilly passed out a team-best 25 assists to go along with 10 digs to pace the Bison. Ali Hinze led NDSU on the offensive side with team-high 11 kills and seven digs. Kaylee Hanger posted a match-high 14 digs, while Taylor Quan also reached double digits in digs with 10. Hanger has now surpassed the 900 career digs mark with 902, which ranks 30th all-time in program history.

Both teams got the contest started exchanging points until the Vikings connected on three straight points to open up a 17-12 edge. Portland State didn't look back from there and took the opening set, 25-14. Hinze paced the Bison with three kills, while Michelle Glover added in two of her own.

NDSU began the second set rattling off five unanswered points to steal an 11-9 edge after a kill from Syra Tanchin. Portland State retaliated to come back and build a 16-12 advantage to force a North Dakota State timeout. The Vikings held off the Bison the rest of the way to win the second set, 25-19.

Both teams grinded through a third set that saw a match-high 14 tie scores until the Bison built a three-point lead, 19-16, following a kill from Allison Scheiwiller. The Vikings then battled back to lock the contest, 20-20, after three straight points to force a Bison timeout. Portland State closed out the match on a 5-1 run to take the set, 25-21, and the match, 3-0.

NDSU returns to action tomorrow against Gonzaga at 1:00 p.m. CT and then wraps up the weekend against Portland State at 9:00 p.m. CT