BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Montana State University Billings' volleyball team plays its lone match of the week at Great Northwest Athletic Conference travel-partner, Seattle Pacific, Saturday. Match-time is scheduled for an early start at 1 p.m. Pacific Time.
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* This will be the 13th match of the Yellowjackets' 27-match schedule.
* Seattle Pacific holds a 23-8 advantage over MSUB all-time.
* Montana State Billings is 3-12 all-time at SPU.
* The Falcons have won five of the last six against MSU Billings.
* Montana State Billings' four-set victory over the Falcons last season in Billings snapped a four-match skid.
* Seattle Pacific has won 16 of the last 19 sets against the Yellowjackets.
* MSU Billings last victory in the Brougham Pavilion was five-set thriller on Oct. 3, 2009.
* SPU is second in NCAA Div. II with an average of 2.63 blocks per set.
* The Falcons' Nikki Lowell is 17th in Div. II at 1.24 blocks per game.
* In last year's win in Billings, MSUB had 55 kills and hit .328 against SPU. But in Seattle, the Falcons limited MSUB to just 24 kills and .010 hitting.
THE FIRST SERVE
* This is the 34th season of Yellowjacket volleyball.
* Montana State Billings begins its seventh season in the GNAC.
* MSU Billings finished tied for sixth in the GNAC with an 8-10 record.
* Montana State Billings was selected sixth in the GNAC preseason poll.
* The Yellowjackets' 40 points in the preseason poll was the second most since MSUB joined the GNAC in 2007.
* Montana State Billings lost six letterwinners, but return seven.
* MSUB welcomes back four starters, while losing two and a libero.
* Last season, the Yellowjackets were 3-0 in five-set matches.
* MSUB is 7-3 in its last 10 five-set matches.
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Monica Grimsrud is currently third the conference in kills per set at 3.84.
* Her 1,293 assists is seventh on the MSUB all-time list.
