Knights unable to maintain momentum, fall at Bethany

MANKATO, Minn. – MLC volleyball won the first set against Bethany, but couldn’t sustain the momentum, falling 3-1 on the road on Tuesday night. The Knights grinded out a 27-25 first-set win while hitting an excellent .225. In the next three sets, they hit below .900, inlcuding two sets in which they hit a negative percentage as a team. The Vikings, conversely, hit much better, including a third-set percentage of .400. In the fourth set, MLC led by as many as five points when it was 16-11, and led 19-16 later on in the set before Bethany stormed back to…