Pack spikers down Knights in five

Sarah Downs and Ella Farrell put in some hard work in the front row against Missoula Hellgate on Tuesday and it paid off with a five-set Western AA volleyball victory.

“My setters did a great job of moving the ball around,” coach Courtney Baker added. “Maddie Frazier led her defense well as libero and didn’t ever give up on a ball. It was awesome to see Julia (Hagemier) hit the floor for any and every ball and they all really gave us the energy to keep fighting.”

Glacier took the first two sets and Hellgate won the next two to force a fifth - which Glacier won 15-4.

Farrell totaled 14 kills and three blocks, Haven Speer had 19 assists, and Frazier tallied 17 digs for the Wolfpack (3-8 overall, 2-3 conference).

Glacier def. Hellgate

25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 23-25, 15-4

Kills — Glacier 42 (Ella Farrell 14), Hellgate 37 (Camille Sherrill 15). Assists — Glacier 40 (Haven Speer 19), Hellgate 33 (Moana Massey 32). Digs — Glacier 44 (Maddie Frazier 17), Hellgate 69 (Sherrill 29). Blocks — Glacier 7 (Farrell 3), Hellgate 5 (Sherrill 2). Aces — Glacier 15 (Kaylie Field 4, Julia Hagemier 4), Hellgate 12 (Sherrill 3, Maddy Petrino 3).