Carson Cashion

MISSOULA — As the fourth set hung in the balance in a jam-packed Missoula Big Sky gymnasium Tuesday, the match hung in the balance, too.

After securing the first set but then dropping the next two, Big Sky had itself in a hole against crosstown rival Hellgate. The fourth set saw chaotic momentum swings in both directions, the Eagles jumping out to an early lead before the Knights clawed back to a tie.

Then the Eagles regained the lead before the Knights again rallied, taking a 25-24 advantage. The tension was palpable.

"We wanted it more," Big Sky senior Brielle Wilson recalls of the fourth set. "You've got to go for every ball, be in touch with everything you can, just knowing that their players are good and we have the fight in us to be better."

It took 28 points, but

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