SPEARFISH, S.D. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team chalked up their seventh sweep of the season, defeating Black Hills State University in straight sets Friday night from the Young Center in Spearfish, S.D.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
- Final: 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-20)
- Records: UCCS (11-12, 6-9 RMAC) | BHSU (4-19, 5-10 RMAC)
- Facility | Location: Donald E. Young Center | Spearfish, S.D.
- All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions own a 12-3 all-time record over the Yellow Jackets and have won four of the last five matches.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Mountain Lions started the evening with a 2-0 deficit in the opening set, but a kill from Reilly Babcock and two Yellow Jacket errors gave UCCS a 3-2 lead. Three rallies later Hannah Ammerman broke a 4-4 tie with a kill that sparked a 6-2 run and a lead the Mountain Lions wouldn't abandon. Leading BHSU, 22-15 and forcing the home team to call their second timeout, the Mountain Lions sealed the win with a duo block from Tori Perduk and Julia Geiger, a kill from Perduk and an attack error from BHSU to take set one, 25-18.
- Set two was tightly contested between the two teams as neither team led by more than two points until halfway through the set when a kill from the YellowJackets' Madison Hoopman gave BHSU their largest lead, 15-12. UCCS responded with kills from Ammerman, Raegen Emery and Nicole Medlin, followed by three straight points from Babcock who delivered a kill and back-to-back aces as part of a 7-2 run. BHSU came back to knot the match at 20-all, before a trio of kills from Ammerman (two) and Babcock combined with dual attacking errors from BHSU gave UCCS a 2-0 match lead. Ammerman's eighth kill on the night sealed the win for the Mountain Lions, 25-23.
- The final set found the Mountain Lions trailing for most of the first half of action, but the tides turned when UCCS went on a 12-3 run. Trailing by six points, 14-8, UCCS' offense put down three kills and an ace while the defense blocked three attacks and forced BHSU to commit five errors. The Mountain Lions won the final set, 25-20, behind 12 kills, a .281 hitting mark and three blocks as the YellowJackets registered 13 errors, nine of which came on the attack.
MATCH STATISTICS
- Babcock paced the offense with a 19 set assists, seven kills and a staggering .538 hitting mark while digging up seven attacks.
- Ammerman threw down a team high nine kills and added seven digs, while Perduk chipped in seven kills, a .385 attack percentage and assisted on four blocks.
- Jordyn Kinsey posted a team high 17 digs and added four assists and two aces.
- The Mountain Lions finished with 43 kills and a .297 hitting percentage. Barela added 14 assists as part of the team's 38 on the night.
- UCCS tallied 15 kills and hit .406 in the first set, followed by a match high 16 kills in the second set, while the third stanza featured 12 kills and a .281 hitting mark.
- Hoopman and Kindra Cerrone led BHSU with a combined 21 kills, more than half of the team's 34 kills on the night.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Tonight's sweep is the seventh on the season for the Mountain Lions, and fourth in conference action.
- The seven kills by Babcock and Perduk are career highs.
- Geiger and Perduk also set career highs with four blocks each.
- Babcock is second in the record books for most assists in a season by a freshman (625). From the service line, she has accounted for 34 aces and needs three more to enter the top 10 list for most aces in a season by a Mountain Lion freshman.
- Kinsey's 17 digs tonight put her career total to 1,640, just 48 shy of the No. 3 seat in the all-time program record book.
- With three matches left in the regular season, the Mountain Lions are tied for the eighth spot with Fort Lewis College (6-9 RMAC).
UP NEXT
- UCCS will play their final road match of the regular season on Saturday against the Hardrockers of South Dakota Mines at 6 p.m.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
