Box Score CANYON, Texas – University of Colorado Colorado Springs junior Kim Catlett made a career-high 24 kills and added 20 digs as the Mountain Lions (0-4) went to five sets in a loss to nationally-recognized Texas Woman's (3-1) to close out the 2014 BritKare Lady Buff Classic. Scores went 23-25, 25-12, 29-27, 22-25 and 15-10 for the Pioneers, who were receiving votes in the AVCA preseason poll.

Catlett became the first Mountain Lion with more than 20 kills and digs in a single match since Andrea Weedman recorded 22 kills and 21 digs against Colorado State-Pueblo on Sept. 9, 2006. Catlett also added three service aces and two block assists to account for 28 of the 79 earned points for UCCS.

UCCS put together a pair of four-point rallies early and late in the first set to take the early advantage with a 25-23 victory. The Mountain Lions hit .234 as a team for the second-best hitting performance among the 16 sets this weekend.  Catlett and Madison Palmer combined for 12 kills in the first set.

Texas Woman's scored the first five points of the second set and dominated with a .517 hitting percentage to even the match with a 25-12 win. UCCS used a late 5-2 run in the third set to take a 23-22 lead against Texas Woman's, but the Pioneers extended the set and eventually took a 29-27 win in the set and a 2-1 match lead. Catlett made seven kills in the set and Cassidy Bush added six kills.

The Mountain Lion defense held Texas Woman's to a .091 hitting percentage in the fourth set and held off a Pioneers rally to force a deciding fifth set on a 25-22 win. UCCS took a 6-4 lead in the fifth set and was tied with Texas Woman's at 9-9, but the Pioneers scored six of the final seven points of the match to claim the 15-10 set win and 3-2 match victory.

Catlett unofficially is third in the RMAC through the opening weekend with 3.88 kills per set, an improvement of nearly 1.5 kills per set from her average in 2013. She is also fourth in the conference with 0.63 service aces per set.

Bush finished the night with 16 kills and Lauren Hahn added 13 kills. The Mountain Lions finished with 68 kills, the best team performance since 70 against Western State on Oct. 15, 2011.