Mountain Lions finish the regular season at home for senior night
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball falls to Colorado Christian (22-8, 12-7 RMAC) in straight sets (25-23, 26-24, 25-18) on Saturday night. The Mountain Lions drop to an overall record of 18-8 with an RMAC record of 12-7.
Red-shirt freshman Jordan Banich started off the match scoring 3.5 points with three kills and one block assist. Banich finished the match with five kills, four digs and one block assist.
Freshman Kim Catlett led the way for UCCS in the second set as she records five of her nine kills. Catlett would go on to finish the match with nine kills, on a team-high 28 attacks, while adding six digs, two block assists and one service ace.
The reigning RMAC defensive player of the week, Nikki Kinzer, had her best set of the match in the third as she recorded six kills, 6.5 points, one block assist and one dig. Kinzer finished the match with team highs of 12 kills and 15 points, while adding six block assists and one dig.
Senior setter Lindsey Stich and freshman Libero Katie Maguire also had their best sets in the third. Stich had nine of her team-high 22 assists in the set, and finished the match adding seven digs, one block assist and one kill. Maguire had seven of her game-high 17 digs in the set, and finished adding one service ace.
UP NEXT: The Mountain Lions will be on the road this Tuesday, November 13 for the quarterfinal matchup of the 2012 RMAC tournament. The opponent and exact time is to be announced.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jordan Banich | 11 | OH/OPP | R-Fr |
 | Kim Catlett | 6 | OH | Fr |
 | Nikki Kinzer | 2 | MB | Sr |
 | Lindsey Stich | 1 | S | Sr |
 | Katie Maguire | 9 | DS/L | R-Fr |
 | Lindsey Stich | 1 | S | Fr |
 | Lindsey Stich | 1 | S | So |
 | Lindsey Stich | 1 | S | Jr |
 | Nikki Kinzer | 2 | MB | |
 | Nikki Kinzer | 2 | MB | |
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| January 16, 2013 |  | Mountain Lions Sign Three For Fall 2013 | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of Colorado Colorado Springs announces three new additions to the Mountain Lion volleyball team for next season. Cameron Girard, Morgan Evans and Emily Whitelaw have all signed letters of intent during the early signing period to join UCCS in the Fall. |
| January 10, 2013 |  | Elder Named Next UCCS Head Volleyball Coach | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is proud to announce Chrissy Elder as the new head coach of the UCCS volleyball team. She spent the last four seasons as the Head Assistant Coach at the University of Central Missouri. |
| December 5, 2012 |  | Kinzer Earns Spot on Daktronics All-America Third Team | University of Colorado Colorado Springs senior middle blocker Nikki Kinzer finished a record-setting career with a spot on the Daktronics All-America Third Team, announced this morning by the Division II Sports Information Directors. She's the first All-American in program history. |
| December 4, 2012 |  | Barnett Resigns as UCCS Head Volleyball Coach | Keith Barnett, the four-year Head Volleyball Coach for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, resigned his position this morning. His resignation will be effective immediately. The Mountain Lions advanced to the RMAC tournament for the seventh time in the last nine seasons and for the third time under Barnett in 2011. |
| November 27, 2012 |  | Kinzer Earns Daktronics All-South Central Region First Team Honor | LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Nikki Kinzer, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs career record holder in block assists, earned Daktronics First Team All-South Central Region honors today. The RMAC Defensive Player of the Year will advance to the national ballot for All-America consideration. |
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