Glacier, Stillwater win volleyball outings

MISSOULA — Lexy Boschee had 19 kills and three blocks, Cami Mathison had 12 digs and two aces and the Glacier volleyball team improved to 3-0 overall with a conference win against Hellgate on Tuesday.

The Wolfpack, led by six seniors on this year’s squad, won in three: 25-11, 25-21 and 25-20.

“It was a great way to get a conference opener,” Glacier coach Christy Harkins said. “The girls came out really aggressive and they kept their level of intensity pretty high throughout the match.”

Glacier hosts Flathead on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Kills — Glacier 39 (Lexy Boschee 19), Hellgate 20 (Taylor Allen 5, Gen Newell 5); Blocks — Glacier 10 (Boschee 3, Cassidy Hashley 3), Hellgate 5 (Taylor Allen 3); Assists — Glacier 36 (Paige Latimer 36), Hellgate 16 (Kate Seaholm 12); Digs — Glacier 52 (Cami Mathison 12, Rachel Cutler 11), Hellgate 34 (Raina Walther 9); Aces — Glacier 6 (Latimer 2, Mathison 2), Hellgate 4 (Leyna Downey 2).

Stillwater Christian downs Bigfork

BIGFORK — Linnea Hashley had two blocks and three aces and Katie Harrel added 16 kills as Stillwater Christian defeated Bigfork in nonconference action.

Stillwater rebounded after losing the first set and cruised to a 23-25, 25-20, 25-22 and 29-27 victory.

Bigfork, under new head coach Tracy Wicklund, managed 16 aces and 114 digs. Mallery Knoll had six aces and 14 kills.

“It was up and down and my girls were being really scrappy,” Wicklund said.

“I was really happy how they played. We’re such a small team compared to most so we have to be scrappy.”

Bigfork heads to Deer Lodge on Friday.

Kills — Stillwater 48 (Katie Harrel 16), Bigfork 33 (Mallery Knoll 14); Assists — Stillwater 39 (Morgan Paolini 32), Bigfork 33 (Ariel Stallknecht 17); Blocks — Stillwater 8 (Linnea Hashley 2), Bigfork 10 (Amber McDaniel 5); Digs — Stillwater 68 (Jordan Danz 24), Bigfork 114 (Kianna Wicklund 33); Aces — Stillwater 7 (Hashley 3), Bigfork 14 (Knoll 6).