Montana State University Billings Athletics

A collection of the top moments from the 2015-16 academic year, featuring all 15 of MSUB's men's and women's varsity teams and its 240 student-athletes. One moment will be released each day throughout the summer of 2016 leading into the fall 2016 athletic seasons.
 

Moment	Description
	Release Date: August 14, 2016 Troy Truvillion was one of three inductees to the Yellowjacket Hall of Fame and Distinction in a ceremony held last January. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: August 13, 2016 MSUB's Team IMPACT member Bria Koch tossed the ceremonial first pitch for the Yellowjackets in a home game last April. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBSoftball
	Release Date: August 12, 2016 Kendall Denham nothced a personal-best 10 assists in the final game of the season last February for the Yellowjackets. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: August 11, 2016 Marissa Van Atta came through with a double-double in her first collegiate start, and started every game the rest of the season for the Yellowjackets. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: August 10, 2016 MSUB's baseball team set a program record with its first-ever 30-win season in 2016. Season Review #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: August 9, 2016 Senior Della Lyle became the first female All-American in MSUB history in track and field last May. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: August 8, 2016 MSUB's women's soccer team advanced to the GNAC Championships for the third time in four seasons with a big win on the final day of the year last fall. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWSoc
	Release Date: August 6, 2016 Cameron Cassinelli hit a pair of home runs and drove in five for the Yellowjackets against Dixie State last February. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBSoftball
	Release Date: August 5, 2016 Freshman Taylor Albertson had a season-high 16 kills for the Yellowjackets in a match last September. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBVB
	Release Date: August 4, 2016 Corey Morris put on a show on Senior Day, hitting his first career home run and driving in six runs in a game for the Yellowjackets Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: August 3, 2016 Jordan Perry ended his sophomore season with a bang, scoring a career-best 20 points in the last game of the year in February. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: August 2, 2016 Alisha Breen led the way with 31 points in the Yellowjackets' final game of the season against Azusa Pacific in the NCAA Regional Championships. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: August 1, 2016 Freshman Anna DeMars got her collegiate career started with a bang, as she placed third at her first-ever tournament last September. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: July 31, 2016 Connor Miele placed second at the Saint Martin's Invitational last fall for the Yellowjackets. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: July 30, 2016 Freshman Janessa Williams broke MSUB's school record in the triple jump last April with a mark of 36 feet, 6.75 inches. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: July 29, 2016 Cameron Lee made the 70th start of his four-year career for the Yellowjackets on Senior Day, the final day of the 2016 season. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMSoc
	Release Date: July 28, 2016 Bailey Griglio found the net for the 'Jackets in a solid 2-0 home victory over Saint Martin's last October. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWSoc
	Release Date: July 27, 2016 Senior Janiel Olson broke MSUB's school record for rebounding with 961 last February against Central Washington. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: July 26, 2016 Senior Robert Peterson broke the school record in the 10k with a mark of 30:15.08 at the NCAA West Region Championships last November. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: July 25, 2016 Sophomore Heather Tracy had a career day with two home runs and six RBIs at home against Western Washington last March. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBSoftball
	Release Date: July 24, 2016 Colter Sternhagen became just the second player in GNAC history to hit a home run in four consecutive games when he pulled off the feat during the 2016 season. #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: July 23, 2016 Kortney McNeil broke the MSUB record for a two-round score at the NCAA Preview tournament during her first fall as a collegiate golfer. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: July 22, 2016 Della Lyle took home her first major award of the season, winning GNAC Newcomer of the Year honors after the indoor season last March. Full Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: July 21, 2016 Emmanuel Johnson closed his career on Senior Night by leading the Yellowjackets to victory while his father attended his first-ever college basketball game. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: July 20, 2016 MSUB's women's basketball team advanced to the GNAC title game, taking down Western Washington last March in a dramatic semifinal. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: July 19, 2016 Tom Lohmann recorded his third career assist with a long ball out of the goal box last September for the 'Jackets. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMSoc
	Release Date: July 28, 2016 Tanner Watson brought home the winning run with a walkoff walk for the Yellowjackets at home last May. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: July 17, 2016 MSUB's women's golf team set a new standard for a single-round score, shooting a 297 last September. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: July 16, 2016 Senior Amanda Roark finished her softball career with a bang, tossing two complete games on Senior Day with her parents in attendance. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBSoftball
	Release Date: July 15, 2016 Robert Peterson returned to the NCAA Division II National Championships after reclaiming his GNAC title in the indoor mile. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: July 14, 2016 MSUB's women's basketball team celebrated 10 years of Think Pink Night by hosting Western Oregon University on the GNAC ROOT SPORTS Game of the Week last February. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: July 13, 2016 Liam McKay raced his way to a third-place finish for the Yellowjackets during their trip to Alaska last September. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: July 12, 2016 Luke Reinschmidt had his second multi-home run game of the season, hitting a pair of long balls at home to help the Yellowjackets defeat Saint Martin's last May. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: July 11, 2016 Preston Beverly earned GNAC Freshman of the Year honors after putting together one of the best seasons in the GNAC in his first year with the Yellowjackets. Story #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: July 10, 2016 Izzi Howard scored her first career goal for the Yellowjackets last September in a home win over Northwest Nazarene. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWSoc
	Release Date: July 9, 2016 Ashlynn Ward posted her season-high with 23 kills against the Academy of Art last September for the Yellowjacket spikers. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBVB
	Release Date: July 8, 2016 Ricardo Palomino scored a hat trick in the second half against Concordia to lift MSUB's men's soccer team to a 3-2 win after being down 2-0 at halftime last October at home against Concordia. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMSoc
	Release Date: July 7, 2016 Bailee Dexter led the Yellowjackets at the GNAC Championships for the second straight year with a top-10 finish last April. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: July 6, 2016 Connor Miele led the way for the Yellowjackets at the GNAC Championships as the team's top finisher in Coeur d'Alene last April. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: July 5, 2016 Senior Cori Gammon scored the game-winning run on the final play of her collegiate career, helping MSUB's softball team complete a 3-1 series win over Northwest Nazarene on Senior Weekend. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBSoftball
	Release Date: July 4, 2016 Freshman Josey Smiedala set a new standard in the 400 meters with a time of 59.29 at a meet in Spearfish, S.D. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: July 3, 2016 Monica Grimsrud sealed a home win over Western Washington with a late 3-pointer in a crucial GNAC victory for the Yellowjackets over the Vikings. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: July 2, 2016 MSUB's women's cross country team raced to a second-place finish at the Yellowjacket Fall Invitational meet at Amend Park last October. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: July 1, 2016 Cody Cooper became the third pitcher in GNAC history to reach 100 strikeouts in a season, and finished the year with the second-highest total ever with 106. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: June 30, 2016 Marc Matthews put up a career-best 27 points in a victory over Simon Fraser on New Year's Eve for the Yellowjackets last season. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: June 29, 2016 Senior setter Kyndal Williams reached the 4,000 career assists mark in her final match with the Yellowjackets last November. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBVB
	Release Date: June 28, 2016 Katlyn Lokay finished her career No. 2 in the MSUB record books in minutes played with more than 6,400 in her four-year career as a starter with the Yellowjackets. #MSUBMoments @MSUBWSoc
	Release Date: June 27, 2016 Fernando Perez scored the biggest goal of his career, a game-winner in a 1-0 home win over GNAC opponent Northwest Nazarene on Oct. 15, 2015. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMSoc
	Release Date: June 26, 2016 Freshman Shealyn Hafer became the second Yellowjacket of the season to record a hole-in-one last October at the Dixie State Invitational. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: June 25, 2016 Rio Frame put together a solid junior campaign with four top-10 finishes on the course for the Yellowjackets last fall. #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 24, 2016 Freshman Shaniah Schwend jumped her way to a school record in the triple jump at the Montana State Open last March. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 23, 2016 Michael Porter put together the best single round of the season for the Yellowjackets, completing a 67 in the opening round of the Western New Mexico Invite. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: June 22, 2016 Bella Rovens had one of the top defensive plays of the season as she robbed a grand slam in the Yellowjackets' home game against the Vikings in March. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBSoftball
	Release Date: June 21, 2016 Jorey Egeland raced his way to the title in the 5k at the Montana State Open to lead the Yellowjackets in a meet in March. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 20, 2016 Alisha Breen reached the 1,000-point plateau midway through her junior season to become one of the top all-time scorers for the Yellowjackets. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: June 19, 2016 Robert Peterson got his year started on the right foot, winning a pair of races in Alaska for the Yellowjackets in early September. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 18, 2016 Kyle Durbin ended the nightcap of a doubleheader against WOU with a walkoff walk with the bases loaded to send the 'Jackets to victory. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: June 17, 2016 The Yellowjackets cruised to a big victory over Alaska Anchorage by hitting a season-high 17 3-pointers at home in February. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: June 16, 2016 Kimmy Kirk's 21-dig effort helped the 'Jackets pull out a tough, 5-set home win over Alaska last October. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBVB
	Release Date: June 15, 2016 Jessica Spang helped the 'Jackets to a big comeback win at home, scoring twice in a 2-1 triumph over Western Oregon last fall. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWSoc
	Release Date: June 14, 2016 Sophomore goalkeeper Joe Scott was a hero in MSUB's dramatic, penalty-kick shootout win over Rocky Mountain College in the teams' spring meeting, as Scott saved all three penalties he faced to clinch the win. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMSoc
	Release Date: June 13, 2016 Freshman Kortney McNeil tied MSUB's school record for a single round with a 71 last September. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: June 12, 2016 Senior Brielle Davis led the Yellowjackets with a second-place finish at MSUB's fall invitational meet at Amend Park. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 11, 2016 Austin Lindquist set a school record in the 110 meter hurdles, running the race in 15.13 to break one of the oldest standards in school history. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 10, 2016 Scott Larson got his collegiate career started with a bang, drilling a hole-in-one on his first-ever swing last fall. Larson Feature Story #MSUBMoments @MSUBGolf
	Release Date: June 9, 2016 MSUB's softball team set a program record with 23 hits in a victory over Western Washington at home on March 26. Seven of the hits went for extra bases, including two home runs hit by Cameron Cassinelli. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBSoftball
	Release Date: June 8, 2016 MSUB's men's track & field distance medley relay team took home the GNAC Indoor Championships title, breaking the school record with a time of 10:06.41 and earning the Yellowjackets 10 points. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 7, 2016 Janiel Olson pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds against Saint Martin's, kicking off a surge of boards in the second half of the season that led her to becoming MSUB's all-time leader in the category. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWBB
	Release Date: June 6, 2016 Senior Matt Winter raced his way to GNAC Newcomer of the Year honors, after having a standout season with the Yellowjackets culminating at the conference championship meet. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBXCTF
	Release Date: June 5, 2016 Adam Cox launched a home run in his very first collegiate at bat, and went on to hit eight more during his sophomore season. He led the GNAC with 47 RBIs, and was a second-team all-region designated hitter and closer for the Yellowjackets. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBBaseball
	Release Date: June 4, 2016 Jace Anderson reached a career high in points scored, as his 30-point effort helped the 'Jackets to a dramatic 98-92 overtime win over the University of Mary on the road. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMBB
	Release Date: June 3, 2016 MSUB rallied for one of the longest sets in program history, defeating Rocky Mountain College 38-36 in the third set of a preseason exhibition match in the fall of 2015. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBVB
	Release Date: June 2, 2016 Alycia Wright scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Central Washington in the regular-season finale, clinching a berth in the GNAC Championship tournament for the Yellowjackets on the last day of the season. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBWSoc
	Release Date: June 1, 2016 Ricardo Palomino scored four of MSUB's five goals in a dominant 5-1 victory over South Dakota Mines During the preseason. Full Event Recap #MSUBMoments @MSUBMSoc