Skylights hanging tough at the Frontier's halfway point

The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is halfway through head coach Rose Obunaga's first Frontier Conference, as the league is in the midst of its annual bye week.

And thus far, the Skylights are making plenty of noise. Northern sits at 3-4 in conference play, and is alone in fourth place. The Skylights also only trail third-place Carroll College by a half game, so, with this week off, and then five Frontier matches remaining, MSU-N is in a very good place under their first-year leader.

"I think the ladies have played very well," Obunaga said after a recent Frontier match. "The...