Mountain Lions picked eighth overall in preseason coaches' poll, fifth in East
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs volleyball team was picked to finish fifth in the East Division and eighth overall in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's preseason coaches' poll, the conference announced Monday.
The Mountain Lions amassed 97 points in the poll, placing them behind Nebraska-Kearney (14), Metro State (32), Regis (52) and Colorado Mines (59) in the East. Also ahead of UCCS were the West's Western New Mexico (61), Fort Lewis (69) and mesa State (71).
Each of the conference's coaches ranked teams from 1-13 (omitting their own team).
As those numbers suggest, Nebraska at Kearney is predicted to win the RMAC East Division and regular season titles according to the poll. The Lopers, who are the five-time defending RMAC regular season champions, are led by preseason player of the year Jeri Walkowiak (Grand Island, Neb.) and preseason setter of the year Cola Svec (Elkhorn, Neb.).
Also named to the preseason All-RMAC team were Fort Lewis junior Chelsea Flaming, Regis junior Jessica Howe, Adams State senior Darcy Jennings, Metro State sophomore Bri Morley and Colorado Mines junior Elizabeth Serra-Hsu. Metro State's Amy Watanabe, a senior, was named the RMAC preseason defensive player of the year.
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| December 5, 2009 |  | UCCS volleyball signs three | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs volleyball coach Keith Barnett announced Saturday that he had signed three recruits to national letters of intent. Joining the Mountain Lions for the 2010 season will be Skylar Lewandowski from Rampart High School, Danica Lawrence from Columbine High School and Erika Cushnie from the Waiakea High School in Hilo, Hawaii. |
| November 12, 2009 |  | Mountain Lions Eliminated in First Round of RMAC Playoffs | KEARNEY, Neb. - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs coach Keith Barnett's first trip to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference playoffs ended prematurely as the No. 4-seed Mountain Lions were beaten 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-19) by the fifth-seeded Colorado School of Mines Orediggers Thursday evening at the Health and Sports Center. |
| November 11, 2009 |  | Laura Brodie Named RMAC Freshman of the Year, Bathelt also Honored | Laura Brodie of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was named the 2009 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, the RMAC announced Wednesday. |
| November 7, 2009 |  | Mountain Lions Win in Five Sets, Head to RMAC Playoffs on Positive Note | COLORADO SPRINGS - It was a bad night for monkeys at the Lions' Den on Saturday.The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Mountain Lions got their personal monkey off their backs, taking a five-set 3-2 (25-23, 15-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-12) victory over the Regis Rangers. |
| November 6, 2009 |  | Loss to Metro State Puts Mountain Lions' Regional Aspirations in Jeopardy | COLORADO SPRINGS - With the sets even at one each and Mountain Lions leading by five in the third, everything changed in a moment for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs volleyball team. Laura Brodie, who represents one-half of one of the most formidable pair of middle blockers in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, went high to hammer a set from Cindy Bathelt. A Metro State player had crossed far enough under the net that her foot was at Brodie's landing point, her out of the game with an ankle injury and, with just a couple of weeks remaining, likely out for the season. |
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