DILLON — Montana Western's run at the 2024 national volleyball tournament final site in Kansas City went down as the best in program history.

In the final match of pool play, the Bulldogs — who entered as a No. 16 seed — toppled previously unbeaten and top-seeded Northwestern College (Iowa) 3-1 to lift Western into the national quarterfinals for the first time ever. It was a defining win for a team that had spent years searching for a breakthrough.

"It was amazing," said head coach Katie Lovett, now heading into her seventh season guiding the Bulldogs. "I feel like each year they took strides to get better and better. And then for us to capitalize on that type of win against a phenomenal team, we all knew that we had the capability to win."

No. 11 Western will now head into its 2025 cam

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