UCCS gets split at Fort Lewis tournament
DURANGO - The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs volleyball team had a classic good news / bad news kind of day Friday at the Fort Lewis Volleyball Tournament.
The good news was that the Mountain Lions opened the day with an impressive 3-1 (17-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-10) victory over Cal Poly Pomona. The Broncos came into the tournament with a 2-1 record after finishing 2008 at 20-8 and ranked No. 14 nationally.
The bad news is that UCCS followed that impressive win by dropping a 3-2 (25-15, 21-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-6) decision to an Adams State Grizzlies team that came into Friday at 0-4.
Setter Cindy Bathelt keyed the Mountain Lions attack in the opener with 32 assists, eight digs, four kills (on just seven attacks) and four blocks (one solo and three assisted). Sonja Johnson added eight kills and Nicole Pederson seven.
UCCS held a .274 to .164 hitting advantage.
Adams State (2-4) got 24 kills from Darcy Jennings and 19 more from Dominique Davis to overcome a 2-1 deficit. Jennings hit .432 and Davis .286 as the Grizzlies outhit the Mountain Lions .234-to-.170.
Jenica Shippy and Johnson each had 11 kills to lead UCCS (4-2). Pederson had a solo block and seven assisted blocks as the Mountain Lions rejected 14 for the match. Bathelt was impressive again, with 42 assists, three kills and four assisted blocks.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nicole Pederson | 15 | MB | |
| Nicole Pederson | 15 | MB | |
 | Sonja Johnson | 6 | OH | |
 | Sonja Johnson | 6 | OH | |
 | Sonja Johnson | 6 | OH | |
 | Sonja Johnson | 6 | OH | |
 | Jenica Shippy | 9 | OH | |
 | Jenica Shippy | 9 | OH | |
 | Jenica Shippy | 9 | OH | |
 | Cindy Bathelt | 16 | S | |
 | Cindy Bathelt | 16 | S | |
 | Cindy Bathelt | 16 | S | |
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| 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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