HOUGHTON, Mich. - Michigan Tech won set one but Ferris State won the next three sets to earn a 3-1 win in front of 614 fans in attendance for the Huskie's home opener Friday (Sept. 18).

The Huskies (4-8, 2-2) jumped out to an early six point lead at 8-2 en route to claiming a 25-16 win in the opening set. Tech's win was credited in large part to a .364 attack percentage.

The Huskies powerful attack continued into the second set as they hit .314 in the set. Unfortunately for the Huskies the Bulldogs (10-4, 3-1) hit .406 and came away with a 25-21 decision in set two.

FSU's blocking played a major role over the final two sets (25-20, 25-22). The Bulldogs tallied seven of its nine blocks over the final two sets.

Arielle Goodson led FSU with a match-high seven blocks and added a match-high 15 kills.

"They've got physical players with some size," said head coach Orlando Gonzalez on Ferris State's blocking. "We made the same mistakes that we made early on with the blocking situation. They're going to get their share of blocks because they're a big physical team in the middle."

Sophomore Kristine Sexton and senior Veronica Armstrong each recorded nine kills to lead the Huskies. Armstrong also added 11 digs.

Tech also finished with eight service aces compared to five for Ferris.

"We've been a pretty good serving team. I'm not sure what caused four service errors in the fourth game. When you combine serving with passing that makes us a strong team. When we do both of those things well we're tough to stop."

Tech will close the weekend with a GLIAC match against Grand Valley State Saturday (Sept. 19) at the SDC at 4 pm.