Skylights get needed win

Sooner or later, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team was going to break through. With how much talent the young Skylights have, it was just a matter of time.

That breakthrough came Saturday afternoon when Northern beat UM-Western in four sets in a Frontier Conference match in Dillon. It was the Skylights’ first conference win of 2014 and it snapped an overall six-match losing streak.

Northern beat the Bulldogs by scores of 25-16, 25-15, 23-25 and 25-23 to improve to 1-5 in league play and 5-14 overall.

“I’m really proud of the kids,” MSU-N head coach Bill Huebsc...