COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team finished with a season-best .355 hitting percentage in a 3-1 victory over Regis University on Saturday evening.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
- Final Score: W, 3-1 (25-9, 25-23, 22-25, 25-13)
- Records: UCCS (12-1, 4-0 RMAC) | RU (1-13, 1-4 RMAC)
- Facility | Location: Gallogly Events Center | Colorado Springs, Colo.
- All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions move to 8-49 all-time against the Rangers after Saturday's match.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UCCS dominated the first set of Saturday's match against Regis, posting a .682 hitting percentage with 17 kills. Seven different Mountain Lions recorded a kill in the first set, and only one tallied an attack error. The Rangers hung around for the first seven points of the set, but a kill by Sydney Hyde propelled UCCS into a 21-6 run as they went up 1-0 in the match.
- The Mountain Lions got off to a rocky start at the beginning of set two, as they recorded three service errors and two attack errors throughout the first 13 points to fall to an early 6-7 deficit. The team eventually cleaned up the errors a bit, only tallying five for the rest of the set, but Regis continued to play hard enough to find themselves within one towards the end of the set to bring the score to 23-22 in favor of UCCS. The Mountain Lions would pull away with a narrow 25-23 second set victory capped off by a Payton Tompkins kill.
- In an attempt to avoid a sweep, the Rangers came out flying on defense in the third set, notching 21 digs, holding the Mountain Lions to a .175 hitting percentage. On top of that, UCCS ended the third set with five attack errors, a set error, and a service error, as Regis forced a fourth set in a 25-22 victory.
- UCCS played with the same sense of urgency in the fourth set that they did in the first, notching four early kills and a service ace from Tompkins to establish a quick 7-2 lead. The Mountain Lions refused to extend the match into a fifth set, recording 14 more kills, with five coming from Nicole Martin and four from Hyde. By the time Regis found their rhythm on offense, the lead was too great as UCCS cruised to a 25-13 victory to win the match 3-1.
MATCH STATISTICS
- The Mountain Lions had four players tally double digit kills, being Martin (11), Sydnee Walker (10), Hyde (11), and Tompkins (12).
- Mackenzie Ransom was the match leader with 19 digs, as Tompkins (13), and Audrey Dowd (10) also finished in double digits.
- Dowd led the team with 24 assists, as Maylen Mitrovich tallied 23 of her own.
- UCCS led the match in kills (65 to 39), assists (55 to 35), service aces (5 to 3), digs (59 to 51), and hitting percentage (.355 to .150).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Mountain Lions snapped a 15-match losing streak to Regis on Saturday, with their last win coming on September 17, 2016.
- The Mountain Lions' hitting percentage of .355 was the highest of the season.
- Michelle Fredrick recorded her single game career high in kills with seven on Saturday evening.
UP NEXT
- The Mountain Lions head north to take on Metropolitan State University of Denver on Tuesday, October 7. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.
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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.
