Demons show signs of progress despite loss to HCU at home

The Northwestern State Demons’ volleyball team showed a ton of fight in a 3-0 loss (2520, 25-16 and 25-23) Saturday afternoon to the Houston Christian University Huskies in Southland Conference play at Prather Coliseum.

The Demons (1-15, 02 in SLC) came out ready to battle as the first set was tied at 1818 following an ace by Makenna Tryon. NSU tied the match again at 20-20 after an attack error by HCU but the Huskies scored the final five points of the opening set.

The Huskies (7-8, 2-0 in SLC) controlled the better part of the second set as they led 19-10 before cruising to win in set two.