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Game Recap: Volleyball |

Mountain Lions Win Fourth Straight Match with Sweep at Chadron State

CHADRON, Neb. – After a nailbiter and come-from-behind win in set two, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team escaped Chadron State College tonight, sweeping the Eagles on their home court for their fourth straight win.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
  • Final Score: W, 3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-)
  • Records: UCCS (16-2, 7-1 RMAC) | CSC (4-14, 1-7 RMAC)
  • Facility | Location: CSC Chicoine Center | Chadron, Neb.
  • All-Time Series: UCCS improves to 30-13 against the Eagles all-time.  The Mountain Lions have won eight of the last nine matches and are 16-2 when playing CSC on their home court.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Early in the opening set, setter Audrey Dowd connected with Payton Tompkins for a kill that tied the set at 3-3.  Tompkins' kill ignited a 5-0 spree that featured a solo block from Sydney Hyde immediately followed by Hyde and Tompkins joining together on another block to help UCCS take a 7-3 lead.  Owning a comfortable six-point advantage later in the action, Michelle Frederick notched two kills to extend the Mountain Lions' lead to 21-12.  Chadron State started to make a late rally, outscoring UCCS 4-2 to nudge their way closer to the Mountain Lions, 24-19, but a service error by the home team ended the set in favor of the black and gold, 25-19.
  • The Mountain Lions were challenged by the Eagles the entire second set.  CSC's Kally Kirkwood put her team on the scoreboard first with a kill as two errors from the Mountain Lions put them in an early deficit, 4-1.  Kills from Hyde and Tompkins and an ace from Maylen Mitrovich knotted the set at four-all.  Down 5-7, UCCS went on a 4-1 run that featured three kills from three different Mountain Lions, but it was Nicole Martin's kill that gave the Mountain Lions their first lead of the set, 9-8.  UCCS was constantly straining to catch the Eagles the entire set. Down 21-17, Rylee Pitts and Sydnee Walker threw down kills while an ace from Dowd brought UCCS back within one point of the Eagles, 21-20.  Martin added another kill, but it was matched by Jillian Donovan on the other side of the net to put UCCS back in a two-point deficit, 23-21, before Fredrick and Tompkins each chipped in a kill to knot the set at 23-23.  After UCCS called their second timeout of the set, CSC committed a service error that was followed by a Mitrovich-to-Tompkins connection and a 25-24 UCCS lead, forcing the Eagles to burn a timeout.  Serving set point after the timeout, Pitts knew the assignment and put down a kill from Mitrovich's assist, sealing the win, 26-24.
  • UCCS sprang to an early 8-1 lead in the third set, as Pitts notched three straight kills while Hyde and Tompkins each added two.  Several rallies later during a four-point span, Pitts assisted on a block and added a kill to grow the Mountain Lions' lead to eight, 11-3.  The Eagles refused to fold and went on a 5-0 run that saw two aces and two attacking errors by the visiting team to bring them within two of UCCS, 17-15.  Following a timeout, the Mountain Lions were able to put a little distance between them and CSC, 21-15, after a 4-0 run that ended with Hyde and Pitts teaming up to block an attack.  Grasping to a 23-22 lead, Martin put the match away with a kill and then a solo block for the final two points of the set, sealing the win for the Mountain Lions, 25-22.
 
MATCH STATISTICS
  • Tompkins led both teams with 12 kills and added a solid .312 hitting percentage.
  • Pitts did not commit a single hitting error on 11 attempts, hitting an impressive .727 with eight kills.
  • Hyde finished the night with a match-high 2.5 blocks to go with her seven kills. Fredrick also chipped in seven kills on 16 attempts.
  • Ransom dug up a team-high 12 attacks while fielding 16 serves and assisting on five kills.
  • Mitrovich collected 14 assists, nine digs, and served a match-high three aces.
  • The Mountain Lions .293 as a team behind 47 kills and 116 attempts.  Defensively, they tallied five blocks and 50 digs.
  • Kirkwood led the Eagles with 10 kills and hit .381 at the net while assisting on two blocks.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Fredrick's seven kills tonight marked a new career high.
  • Tompkins' 12 kills is the 14th time this season she has notched double-digit kills.
  • Tonight's win is the 10th sweep by UCCS this season.  They are 10-1 in three-set matches.
  • The 26-24 win in the second set is the seventh time UCCS has gone to extra points, and the fifth time they have won a set when its gone beyond 25 points (5-2).
 
UP NEXT
  • The Mountain Lions return to Gallogly Events Center on Friday, Oct. 24 to take on the Colorado State University Pueblo ThunderWolves at 6 p.m.  Friday's action is the annual White Out Night match.  The first 150 fans to the match will receive a free White Out t-shirt.

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics. 
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