Mountain Lions fall to Metro State
DENVER - Sonja Johnson's 12 kills weren't enough to prevent the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs from dropping its third straight match, this one a 3-2 (23-25, 25-16, 25-18, 23-25, 15-9) defeat Saturday evening at the hands of the Metro State Roadrunners.
Trailing two sets to one, the Mountain Lions never trailed in the fourth set but also never led by more than four. The set was tied 10 times, the final one at 23, before a kill by Alex Nuttall and a Roadrunner hitting error evened the match.
The fifth set was tied at five when Metro State scored five straight, with Gabrielle Curtis recording a kill, an assisted block and two assists, to take control. UCCS never recovered.
The Mountain Lions are now 0-5 in five-set matches this season.
Bri Morley led Metro State (10-2, 3-1 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) with 18 kills. The quick, powerful Roadrunner attack also saw Julie Casseaux and Lisa Jones record 12 kills each and Anna Mapes and Emily Greenhalgh both get 11. Curtis had 64 assists and Amy Watanabe had an astounding 37 digs.
Andrea Brodie and Jenica Shippy each had nine kills for UCCS (6-6, 1-3 RMAC). Kelsey Pobar had a team-high 20 digs and Cindy Bathelt had 38 assists.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Andrea Brodie | 2 | OH | |
| Andrea Brodie | 2 | 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 | |
 | Alex Wood | 13 | RS | Fr |
 | Alex Wood | 13 | RS | So |
 | Alex Wood | 13 | RS | Jr |
 | Alex Wood | 13 | RS | Sr |
| 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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