Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CLAREMONT, Calif. - After a pair of 3-1 defeats in their opening matches of the season Friday at the Pacific Coast Classic, the Minnesota Morris volleyball squad turned the tables with dual 3-1 victories of their own Saturday to split the four contests on the west coast.

In their opening match Saturday against Cabrini College, the Cougars dropped a tightly contested first set 25-23. UMM bounced back to take the final three sets including a 25-10 win in the fourth set.

The Cougars kept up the momentum in the second match of the day against Occidental College. They came out with an easy win in the first set 25-16. Occidental came back to win the second set, but UMM took the next two sets in close fashion, 25-22, 25-23 to earn their second victory of the day.

Marissa Ekness led with 19 kills and Morgan Miller added 13. Layne Herrmann totaled 40 assists. Katie Reitsma led five Cougars in double digits with 31 digs.

Minnesota Morris returns to Minnesota to take part in the Augsburg Tournament Friday and Saturday.