Lopers Waste Little Time in Beating UCCS
KEARNEY, Neb. - Through the first nine matches of the season, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs volleyball team has given tantalizing glimpses of just how good it could eventually become. Saturday at the Health and Sports Center, the Mountain Lions got a harsh lesson in just how far they have to go to get there.
Behind 13 kills by Jeri Walkowiak, the No. 9-ranked Nebraska-Kearney Lopers quickly dispatched UCCS 3-0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-11) in a contest that lasted just one hour, five minutes.
Nebraska-Kearney shredded a UCCS defense that, up to this point, had been one of the team's strengths. The Lopers had 50 kills with just nine errors on 94 attempts for a Nintendo-like .436 hitting percentage. The Mountain Lions countered by hitting .073.
Cola Svec, the RMAC setter of the year in 2008, had 42 assists, eight digs and two kills. Chelsie Carson and Kelsey Werner each added nine kills, while Erica Burson and Nikki Scott had eight and seven respectively.
Sonja Johnson led UCCS (6-4, 1-1 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) with five kills while Nicole Pederson and Andrea Brodie each added four. Kendall Utz had a team-high 11 digs and Cindy Bathelt had 16 assists.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nicole Pederson | 15 | MB | |
| Nicole Pederson | 15 | MB | |
 | Cindy Bathelt | 16 | S | |
 | Cindy Bathelt | 16 | S | |
 | Cindy Bathelt | 16 | S | |
 | Kendall Utz | 8 | L | |
| Kendall Utz | 8 | L | |
| Additional News Stories | |||
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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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