ARDEN HILLS, Minn. - A busy start to the 2018 season continued Tuesday for the Minnesota Morris volleyball team as they traveled to Arden Hills for a non-conference match at Bethel. The MIAC school proved too much as they topped the Cougars in four sets (20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 16-25).

The Cougars dropped the first set, but bounced back to even the match following a 25-22 win in the second set. A 5-0 run gave UMM a 7-3 edge early on. The Royals came back to tie the set at 14 then took an 18-17 lead. The Cougars scored five of the next seven points to take a 22-20 edge. A kill from Morgan Miller put the Cougars on the brink of a set win then a Bethel error gave UMM the set win.

Bethel took a back-and-forth third set with a late rally then took the fourth set to win the match.

Tori Everson led three Cougars in double figures with 11 kills. Whitney Schwartz and Rachel Mathias added 10 each. Layne Herrmann dished out 49 assists to go along with 15 digs. Alyssa Ukestad led with 28 digs and Everson added 20.

Minnesota Morris (3-2) heads west for a weekend tournament at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.