The Minot State University volleyball once again had stand out play from two of its players, but couldn't pull out a win.

The Beavers (3-15, 0-11) dropped three sets (20-25, 15-25, 17-25) to Upper Iowa (11-9, 5-6) despite Taylor Butters (OH, Jr., Spokane Valley, Wash.) leading the team with nine kills and Logan Desorcy (L, Fr., St. Andrews, Manitoba) matching her second highest career dig total with 19.

"Logan played her butt off today. Taylor and Logan, both," said head coach Ben Kaszeta. "Logan was incredibly disciplined today. We've been working a lot on it. She only went after the ball with one hand one time today and that was the one missed dig she had. She held her spot when we told her where she should be playing. She held her ground right where she was supposed to be today and used her platform very well."

This is the second time this season that Desorcy finished with 19 digs. Her career high came against Bemidji State when she dug 23 balls. This is, however, the highest average digs per set she has had as the other two came in five set matches.

With Desorcy finding her groove coach Kaszeta knows the rest of his team needs to take things they do in practice into games.

"We don't play in games as well as we practice," Kaszeta said. "We get into a game and we tense up and don't play freely. We don't play like we're capable of playing."

The Beavers finished with hitting percentages of .094, .059 and -.025 in the three sets against Upper Iowa and a total of 25 errors.

Mallory Sall (OH, Sr., Port Coquitlam, British Columbia) finished second on the team with seven kills. Kelsey Dewulf (S, Fr., Huntley, Ill.) finished with a team high 28 assists.

Although the Beavers did not win in their two matches over the weekend they did raise over $1,000 dollars to fight breast cancer with their Dig Pink campaign. 

Minot State will play three matches next week with the first game at the University of Mary on October 20 at 7 p.m.

About Minot State
Minot State University is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) and NCAA Division II offering 14 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletics programs. The NSIC is a premier NCAA DII, 16-member conference featuring teams in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. The Beavers are the only public NCAA Division II institution in the state of North Dakota.