Box Score RAPID CITY, S.D. - Kim Catlett led a balanced University of Colorado Colorado Springs offense with eight kills as the Mountain Lions (8-7) won in straight sets at South Dakota School of Mines (8-6) in a non-conference match. UCCS extended its win streak to five straight matches for the longest winning streak since early 2012 with scores of 25-23, 25-21 and 25-20.

The Mountain Lions hit .370 in a back-and-forth first set before a five-point run took UCCS to a 16-14 lead. The Hardrockers cut the UCCS lead down to one point at 24-23 before a kill from Madison Palmer ended the set in a 25-23 Mountain Lion victory.

UCCS didn't trail in the second set to take a 2-0 match lead on a 25-21 victory, and led in the third set until South Dakota Mines scored five straight to take a 12-10 advantage. A kill from Morgan Evans sparked a small three-point run to put the Mountain Lions back ahead at 13-12. The Hardrockers tied it again at 13-13, but wouldn't be able to regain the lead as UCCS won the third set 25-20 for the second straight 3-0 victory.

The Mountain Lions have won back-to-back 3-0 matches for the first time since Sept. 15-21, 2012, which came during an eight-match win streak. UCCS is three wins away from its victory total from last season with 12 matches left in this season.

In addition to Catlett's eight kills, the Mountain Lions earned six kills each from Palmer, Lauren Hahn and Cassidy Bush. Evans led UCCS with 16 assists and eight digs while Taylor Hamilton and Celeste Henderson each finished with three blocks.

UCCS will remain in South Dakota for a conference match on Friday at Black Hills State. The Yellow Jackets (5-10 / 3-3 RMAC) lost 3-1 to South Dakota Mines on Tuesday night in their last competition.