Idaho at Montana	Idaho at Montana State
Thursday, Nov. 9/6 p.m. PT	Saturday, Nov. 11/6 p.m. PT
Missoula, Mont./Live Stats/Live Stream	Bozeman, Mont./Live Stats/Live Stream

Idaho (15-10, 10-4) close out the 2017 regular season on the road this week. The Vandals will finish off with Montana (7-20, 2-13 BSC) on Thursday and Montana State (9-14, 5-9 BSC) on Saturday. 

Idaho swept the two schools earlier this season to open Big Sky play. 

Idaho used nine team blocks to shutdown the Lady Griz back on Sept. 23. Idaho hit. 234 percent, while holding Montana to just .071 percent. Junior Alycia Wodke finished with a season-high 26 digs. 

The Vandals got 13 kills from Kaela Straw in the home-opener against Montana State. Idaho dominated the night, hitting .360 on the attack and holding the Bobcats to .019 percent. The Vandals totaled 12 team blocks, led by junior Haylee Mathis' six. 

Quotable: "If we can keep playing consistent and that for is is one match at a time. We are not trying to look too far ahead. Obviously, we need to take care of Montana first and then put our focus on Montana State. Then we will start focusing on the conference tournament. One match at a time."



Fast Facts
•    The Vandals are 10-4 in the conference season, matching their 2015 record thru 14 matches
•    Ranked 33rd in the NCAA with 2.56 blocks/set
•    Ranked 22nd in the NCAA with .269  hitting percentage
•    Fifth in the Big Sky with 220 total blocks
•    Idaho has nine sweeps on the season. The Vandals had six combined over the last two seasons
•    3-0 in 5-set matches this season. Played eight 5-set matches in 2016, the most since 2012 (10)
•    The Vandals have not lost a match after winning the first set (13-0)

BIG SKY HONORS: Sarah Sharp and Alycia Wodke swept the Big Sky Player of the Week honors this week. Sharp was named the offensive Player of the Week, while Wodke took home defensive honors
POSTSEASON: 2017 marks Idaho's 13th consecutive conference postseason tournament. The Vandals won Big Sky championships in their final four seasons in the Big Sky, 1992-95, before returning to the conference in 2014 
TWO ZERO: Idaho is 12-0 on the season when leading 2-0 
SWING AWAY: Idaho's 80 kills against UND set a season-high for the Vandals. It is tied for the most kills in the Big Sky this season (8th NCAA/5-set matches)
SWEEP: Idaho has its most 3-0 wins in a season (9) since nine in 2014 
TOP GUNS: Idaho leads the Big Sky in hitting percentage with a .269 mark (22nd NCAA)
NET SUCCESS: Idaho is second in the conference with 2.45 blocks per set in Big Sky play, totaling 120 blocks in 49 sets

About Montana: The Lady Griz were eliminated from tournament contention last week with a pair of losses to Portland State and Montana State. Montana ranks 10th in the conference this season, hitting .164 percent. Ashley Watkins leads UM with 9.63 assists per set. She has totaled 924 assists this season, ranking sixth in the Big Sky. All-Time Series: Idaho, 33-25; Last Meeting: W, 3-0

About Montana State: The Bobcats are in the hunt for one of the final two Big Sky Tournament slots still open. They open the week with Eastern Washington, before closing the season with Idaho. Allyssa Rizzo sits third in the conference with 4.70 digs per set. She is also fifth in the Big Sky with 432 total digs. Offensively, Natalie Passeck leads the team with 3.11 kills per set.  All-Time Series: Idaho, 36-9; Last Meeting: W, 3-0

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