Bathelt named RMAC setter of the week
Cindy Bathelt of the surging University of Colorado at Colorado Springs volleyball team was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference setter of the week on Monday.
Bathelt contributed to the UCCS offense with 12.2 assists per set and a .416 hitting percentage (10-1-23) in three home wins against CSU-Pueblo, Adams State and Western State. She posted 45 assists against ASC, 39 against WSC and 38 against CSUP. Bathelt recorded two blocks each night against the Pack and the Mountaineers, and four against Adams State.
The sophomore transfer from the University of Florida has the UCCS offense humming. Over the past seven matches, the Mountain Lions have posted six of their top seven hitting percentages of the season. Over that span, UCCS is 6-1 with a .244 hitting mark compared to 6-6 and .169 over the first 12 matches.
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Bathelt's individual numbers have increased just as dramatically. Over the first 12 matches, she averaged 8.72 assists per set, compared to 10.96 per set over the past seven matches.
Bathelt is the first UCCS volleyball player to receive a player of the week honor this season.
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| 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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