Lewis-Clark State falls to Great Falls in five

10-12-07

GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The Lewis-Clark State College women's volleyball team came up short to start the second half of Frontier Conference play and fell to the University of Great Falls 30-17, 27-30, 26-30, 30-25, 15-12 on Friday night. 

The loss was only the second in 12 matches for the Warriors, who fall to 12-4 overall and 6-2 in conference play. The setback also drops LCSC out of a tie for first place in the league standings. 

Great Falls, picked as a co-favorite in the preseason coaches' poll to win the conference title, won its third straight match to improve to 4-4 in league and 10-9 overall. The Argos are getting healthy and the return of senior outside hitter Brittany Prater was a key to Friday's win. 

Anile Clemente led the Warriors with 18 kills, while Julie Maciboba had 17 and Dana Christiansen added 14. Freshman Kim Fong had 34 assists, while Lisa Davis had five service aces. 

The good news for LCSC was that Cintia Alessi saw action on the front row for the first time in nearly a month. Alessi has been nursing a pulled abdominal muscle and had only seen action as a libero. She finished with 27 digs. 

The Warriors return to action Saturday night to face Montana State University-Northern at 6 p.m. in Havre, Mont.