A smash hit in the Armory

The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team had built up some momentum at the close of the non-conference schedule. Last Thursday, though, Rocky Mountain College took all that away in the Skylights' Frontier Conference opener.

Then, in their home opener, it looked like UM-Western was about to do the same thing to the Skylights, despite playing in front of a raucous Armory Gymnasium crowd for the first time this season, and for the first time in new head coach Rose Obunaga's career.

However, the Skylights had other ideas. Instead, they didn't let a 2-1 Western lead deter them fro...