Skylights lose tough matches at season-opening tourney in Butte

With such a young team coming into the new season, Montana State University-Northern volleyball coach Rose Obunaga knows there will be some growing pains.

And against stiff competition on the opening weekend of the season, that’s exactly what the Skylights experienced.

Northern was in Butte for the season-opening Big Sky Challenge Friday and Saturday, where the Skylights fell in all four of their matches. MSU-N lost to University of Cal-Merced, Vanguard University, Multnomah College and the College of Idaho.

The tournament started Friday where the Skylights opened the regular season against GS...