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Volleyball Hosts a Pair of Conference Matchups

10/4/2023 4:08:00 PM

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- The University of Providence volleyball program hosts Rocky Mountain College on Oct. 5 and Montana Western on Oct. 7. Both matches take place at the McLaughlin Center in Great Falls, Mont.  

Head Coach Arunas Duda on the matchups stated, "We are very excited to be able to have another opportunity to play in front of our home crowd this week. With all the activities for Argo Weekend and our excellent student support, we should have a great crowd once again. We have been playing better in each match and are working hard on our consistency from set to set. We are getting closer as a team and learning how to play better next to each other which has helped quite a bit, so the tough weekend will be a great test to see where we are at."

Last Time Out
The Argos defeated MSU Northern Carroll College 3-1. Despite dropping the second set to tie the match at one game apiece, the Argos outscored the Fighting Saints 51-37 in the final two. Senior Zoe Naugle and junior Allyah Tokelau had 13 kills each in the victory. 

Stat Leaders
The Argos lead attacker so far this season has been junior Nina Janjic. Janic has 210 kills so far this season which places her 75th in the NAIA. UP also has a setter in the top 100 for assists in junior Nati Slazynska with 401 placing her 80th in the NAIA. Defensively, junior Taylor Christensen has tallied 323 digs placing her 42nd in the NAIA. Redshirt freshman Cabry Taylor and senior Zoe Naugle have 63 total blocks apiece placing them 50th in the NAIA.

Rocky Mountain College
This will be the second matchup this season between the Argos and the Battlin' Bears with RMC winning the first meeting 3-2 on Sept. 14. RMC is 13-7 so far this season and are coming off a 3-1 loss to #9 Montana Tech their last time out.

Montana Western
This will also be the second matchup this season between the Argos and the Bulldogs with MW winning the first meeting 3-1 on Sept. 15. Montana Western is 15-2 so far this season and are coming off a 3-2 loss to Rocky Mountain college their last time out.

Follow the Argos
The match versus Rocky Mountain College on Oct. 5 is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the matchup versus Montana Western is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Oct. 7.
Link to watch UP vs RMC: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=upargos
Link to watch UP vs MW: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQp8ohTX1FN-0qQzaMtmlmg
 
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