COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - University of Colorado Colorado Springs junior outside hitter
Kim Catlett led the RMAC with 3.95 kills per set to earn a spot on the All-RMAC First Team by the league coaches. Sophomore middle blocker
Cassidy Bush earned a nod on the Honorable Mention list.
Catlett closed out the regular season with a pair of 20-kill matches against Chadron State and Black Hills State to help the Mountain Lions clinch their first RMAC Tournament appearance since 2012. She ranks in the top 30 of Division II in kills per set, points per set, total kills, total attacks and attacks per set. Catlett also ranked fifth in the conference with 0.35 service aces per set. She was a member of the BritKare Lady Buff Classic and Steel & Silver Classic All-Tournament teams.
Bush was second for UCCS with 2.83 kills and 0.69 blocks per set, and averaged just more than a block per set in the final two weeks of the season. She hit greater than .400 in four matches with a season-high .424 against Western New Mexicon on Sept. 26.
The Mountain Lions will play in the quarterfinal round of the 2014 RMAC Tournament tonight against top seed Colorado Mesa. First serve from Brownson Arena in Grand Junction, Colo., is set for 7 p.m.