M-ettes Pick up Wins Over Wolves

The Malta M-ettes Volleyball Team is currently on a seven-game win streak and is 10-1 this season.

The M-ettes defeated Cut Bank 3-1 on Friday, October 7, in Cut Bank, and then returned home to defeat the Wolf Point Wolves 3-0 on Saturday, October 8.

The M-ettes were scheduled to face the Harlem Wildcats on Tuesday, October 11, in Harlem. Information on that game will be in the October 19 issue of the PCN.

This Saturday, October 15, the M-ettes will host the Poplar Indians for Malta's Senior Night, an event that will honor 10 seniors including Brylee French, Allison Kunze, Dally Neibur, Isabel Hansen, Addy Anderson, Madison Williamson, Rylee Hines, Kennedy Koss, Lauren Tuss, and Tia Siewing.

The night is also called a "Pink Out Night," where fans and spectators are encouraged to wear pink to symbolize unity in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

In Malta's win over Wolf Point, the scores were 25-19, 25-13, and 25-14. The PCN caught up with Addy Anderson and Kennedy Koss, who were the team captains that night.

"We played really good as a team and we never dug ourselves a hole or got down on ourselves," Anderson said.

Malta was led by Allison Kunze who had 10 kills. Madison Williamson had 14 assists. Tia Siewing had 14 digs and three aces. Rylee Hines had three aces.

Koss, Malta's Libero, was asked about going against Wolf Point and their hard hitting front line.

"They kind of hit around the same area, so I just had to adjust and see where they were hitting," Koss said.

Koss, who typically dons the green jersey as Libero, wore the pink jersey during October. The jersey is traditionally pink during October, Breast Cancer Awareness month. She was asked what it meant to wear the jersey.

"It's really fun," Koss said. "It's actually one of my favorite months because I like to wear the pink and I get to represent our team for Breast Cancer Awareness."

In Malta's win over Cut Bank, the scores were 25-20, 18-25, 25-15, and 25-23.

"It was good but we didn't play our best," Anderson said. "Allie was going off and she had some good hits."

Kunze led Malta with 10 kills and two blocks. Anderson was asked what it was like seeing Kunze attack the ball.

"It makes me get pretty hyped up when I see her get one of those kills because it's so cool and she can slam it down pretty good," Anderson said.

Williamson had seven aces and 11 assists. Hines had a team-leading 16 assists. Kennedy Koss had 18 digs.

With only two regular season weekends left, Koss was asked what will keep their streak going.

"The key to keeping the streak going will be our communication and just having fun," Koss said. "When we are all playing together and having fun we really don't think about it and it comes easy to us."