DSU volleyball team loses to Lewis-Clark State, bows out of Frontier Conference Tournament

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BUTTE, Mont. — The Dickinson State volleyball team’s season ended Friday afternoon — but not without a fight.

The No. 9 seed Blue Hawks stole a set from No. 1 seed Lewis-Clark State before bowing out of the Frontier Conference Tournament in the quarterfinals at Montana Tech’s Kelvin Sampson Court.

The Warriors beat the Blue Hawks 25-11, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21.

Lewis-Clark had a .237 team attacking percentage, getting big days out of Niukra Toribio and Keisha Luebbert-Kennedy. They had 22 and 15 kills, respectively.

DSU was led by its trio of seniors Sarah Zeibig had 11 kills while Shaunda Dvorak, a Dickinson native, had six kills, and three blocks. Ebony Sanders had five kills and two blocks.

Junior Melissa Avila had 16 assists, 11 digs, two kills and two blocks.

The Blue Hawks finished the season with a 4-23 record and won their first-ever match against a Frontier opponent on Thursday with a 3-2 victory over Montana Western in the tournament’s play-in match.

DSU 11 20 25 21 — 1

LCSC 25 25 21 25 — 3

Kills: Sarah Zeibig 11, Shaunda Dvorak 6, Ebony Sanders 5, Linaya Schroeder 3, Melissa Avila 2, Priscilla Frias 2, Kelly O’Connor 1. LCSC, Niurka Toribio 22, Keisha Luebbert-Kennedy 15, Brianne Brown 10, Treneisha Doyle 9, Nevena Dragovic 3, Chelsea Strong 3, Naomi Hernandez 1, Brianna Kelly 1, Regine Strandley 1.

Blocks: DSU, Dvorak 3, Avila 2, Frias 2, Sanders 2. LCSC, Toribio 2, Brown 1, Strong 1,

Aces: DSU, Chelsea Seibel 2. LCSC, Kaylee Rector 2, Doyle 2, Brown 1, Hernandez 1.

Digs: DSU, Seibel 13, Avila 11, Katelyn Christensen 6, O’Connor 5, Rebecca Johnson 4, Frias 3, Schroeder 2, Dvorak 1, Sanders 1, Zeibig 1. LCSC, Rector 15, Toribio 13, Hernandez 7, Dragonvic 6, Marlee Zeman 6, Brown 5, Chelsea Sears 3, Mallorie Schoesler 1.

Assists: DSU, Avila 16, O’Connor 12, Frias 1. LCSC, Dragovic 36, Hernandez 18, Brown 3.

Records: DSU 4-23, LCSC 16-9.

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