By Gabi French–Morningside’s volleyball came up short in the season finale, falling to Briar Cliff 3-0: 25-23, 25-16, 25-23. Jennifer Buyert and London Bockenstedt led for the Mustangs once again when they each shared 11 kills for leaders. “I knew this could’ve been one of our last games, so I wanted to go out and give…

By Gabi French–Morningside womens volleyball took a set from nationally ranked Midland University before the Warriors bounced back to take the match 23-25, 25-13, 25-15,25-22. Jennifer Buyert led the offense again with 15 kills and hit .310. This is Buyert’s 10th double-figure kill performance of the season. London Bockenstedt pounded 11 kills for the Mustangs. “I felt like…

The Mustangs ran up a 79-7 win against Briar Cliff Oct. 24. The win moved their season record to 7-1, and earned them a No 2 national ranking. Read the game story here.

By Gabi French–The Morningside women’s volleyball team took revenge against Dakota Wesleyan, sweeping the Tigers 25-20, 30-28, 25-21. Morningside suffered a 3-1 loss in Mitchell earlier in the season Morningside had three hitters that finished with double figure kills. Jenn Buyert, who has been leading the Mustangs consistently this season, finished with a match and career-high…

By Gabi French–Morningside has become good at coming back from deficits. The Mustangs came back from a 2-1 deficit this weekend to beat Grace University. “It wasn’t clean volleyball, but we got the job done,” Coach Beth Donnelly said. The Mustangs had plenty of season highs in their game against Grace; they accumulated 65 kills,…

By Gabi French–The women’s volleyball team had its best blocking game of the season against the 11th-ranked Northwestern Raiders. The Mustangs outblocked the Raiders 10 to 2. The Mustangs fell short 25-22, 25-17, and 25-19 in the loss. The Mustangs were absolute brick walls Tuesday as they put up 10 team blocks and 18 block…