MAYVILLE – Mayville State snapped Valley City State's five-game win streak Wednesday as the Comets took a 3-0 victory on its home court, 25-22, 25-22 and 26-24.
 
Mayville hit a season-high .275 as a team and tied a season-best eight service aces to improve to 13-7 on the season and 4-3 in conference play.
 
Valley City State had won 14 straight sets prior to Wednesday's game and now drops to 19-5 overall and 6-2 in the North Star. It is the first time this season that VCSU has been swept by an unranked opponent, only falling in straight sets to No. 5 Northwestern and No. 6 Viterbo.
 
The Vikings and Comets kept it close in the first set with neither team leading by more than two points until a Mayville kill by Nicole Kortan sparked a four-point run to build a 21-18 lead. The Vikings held it within a point on a Danielle Hagler kill to trail 22-21, but Mayville took three of the last four points to win the first set 25-22.
 
VSCU then built a 19-16 advantage in the second set with the help of a 6-2 run capped by an Emma Lucas kill. Mayville responded with a 7-1 rally, allowing just a service error in the run. After a VCSU timeout, kills from Hagler and Bailey Nelson helped the Vikings stay alive but the Comets took the set 25-22 on a block from Samantha Passa and Madison McKinnon.
 
Trailing 2-0 in the match, VCSU wouldn't go down without a fight and opened the third set with five straight points including a service ace from Sadie Hansen. The Vikings maintained control and expanded its lead to 19-15 on a Morgan Freije kill. Mayville took a timeout and managed to come back to tie the set at 21-21. VCSU halted a match-point opportunity with block by Freije and Scutchings, but an Elora Passa kill followed by a Kortan and Thyra Peterick block gave Mayville the final set, 26-24.
 
VCSU's JayCee Richter led all players with a season-high 31 digs Wednesday and Sadie Hansen added 41 set assists and a pair of service aces in the match.
 
At the net, Mardi Scutchings posted a season-high 14 kills and Bailey Nelson chipped in 10 kills and two blocks for VCSU. Danielle Hagler posted eight kills and Morgan Freije recorded six kills and four blocks Wednesday.
 
Mayville's Madison McKinnon recorded a team-high 11 kills and four blocks while Elora Passa tallied 10 kills and 26 set assists Wednesday. Natalie Hadrava posted 26 digs to lead the Comet defense.
 
UP NEXT: VCSU travels to Sioux City, Iowa for a pair of non-conference matches on Saturday. The Vikings will face Morningside at 1 p.m. and Buena Vista at 3 p.m.