Skylights tested in Butte

The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team needed to test itself against NAIA competition. It was time.

And the Skylights found out plenty about themselves this past weekend at the Big Sky Challenge in Butte, where they went 1-3 against tough Cascade Conference opponents.

“It was a good weekend all-in-all,” MSU-N veteran head coach Bill Huebsch said. “Considering that we’re a relatively new team, playing a lot of young players, it was about what I expected. And for the most part, I felt everybody played really well. So I was pleased with how the first weekend went.”...