On the strength of .267 hitting the Mountain Lions won their fourth and final match of the Hyatt Place Mountain Lion Invitational against the Grand Canyon Lopes 3-0, securing their position as tournament champions.
The Mountain Lions found themselves facing a stiff front line from the Lopes who managed to put up nine blocks behind Shelby Taylor's six blocks. Â The Mountain Lions found a way around this, though, managing to put down 48 kills.
Nikki Kinzer led the Mountain Lions with 17 kills. Â Jenica shippy added seven kills while
Danica Lawrence and
Sonja Johnson added five each. Â Erica Ehlo led the Lopes with 11 kills. Â Defensively
Kendall Utz led the Mountain Lions with 24 digs and
Nicole Pederson put up four blocks.
The Mountain Lions went 4-0 in the tournament, improving their overall record to 6-3. Â They next face Fort Lewis College on Thursday the 16th at 7:00 pm in the Gallogly Events Center.