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