Bismarck, N.D. - Junior outside hitter Lauren Randall had a career night as the University of Mary (6-5, 1-1 NSIC) beat Minnesota State University Moorhead 3-1 (25-16, 24-26, 25-22 and 25-21) Saturday, Sept. 17 at McDowell Activity Center.
 
The Burnsville, Minn., native finished the Northern Sun Intercolliegte Conference match with a school record 30 kills.

The previous kill record was held by four former Marauder student-athletes. Alexis Jacobs recorded 24 kills in a match twice in 2015, Amanda Hennessy did it once in 2008 and Tatiani Santos did it once in 2007.
 
Randall fell two kills short of breaking the NSIC record for kills in a four set match.
 
Senior outside hitter Thayna Silva finished the match with 13 kills and 15 digs. Senior setter Janell Finkbeiner finished with 52 assists and 13 digs for the contest.
 
Four Marauders finished the match with 10 or more digs (Finkbeiner, Silva, Geovana Almeida, Alex Brown and Elise Baumann).
 
Mary finished with a team hitting percentage of .225 while the Dragons finished with a .130.
 
Carly Masloski led the Dragons with 14 kills and teammate Ellie Rutten finished with 11 for the match. Monica Vega added 24 digs.
 
It was a back-and-forth match in the first set but the Marauders rallied to pull ahead 15-10 and after a Freddie Campbell kill and an MSUM (6-4, 1-1 NSIC) attack error, Mary was ahead 17-10 and lead the rest of the way to win 25-16.
 
The second set was similar to the first set early on as the teams traded points until the Dragons pulled ahead 12-10 in the middle of the set. Late in the set MSUM was ahead 24-21 after a Masloski kill but the Marauders scored the next three points to tie the set at 24-24. But a Mary attacking error and a Sarah Hagler kill, the Dragons tied the match up at 1-1.
 
Mary jumped out to an early 5-1 lead in the third set and held their own until MSUM jumped ahead 14-13. The Dragons took a 19-16 lead after a Rutten kill but the Marauders came from behind to take the 23-20 lead and never lost it.
 
The fourth and final set was another nail bitter set as no team could pull ahead by more than four points. Mary fought hard until the end and a Campbell kill and a Masloski attack error handed the Marauders the match.
 
Mary hit .348 in the final set and snapped a two-match losing streak. Up next for the Marauders is NSIC opponent Minot State at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the McDowell Activity Center.

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