SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Senior libero
Mackenzie Ransom recorded her 1,000
th career dig Friday night to help the University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team spoil the home-opener for the Westminster University Griffins, 3-0.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
- Final Score: W, 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-22)
- Records: UCCS (10-0, 2-0 RMAC) | WU (8-3, 2-1 RMAC)
- Facility | Location: WU Behnken Fieldhouse | Salt Lake City, Utah
- All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions improve to 11-2 overall against the Griffins, including a 5-1 record on WU's home court.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Mountain Lions took the opening set win Friday night, 25-17, behind Ransom's five digs and four kills each from Maylen Mitrovich and Payton Tompkins. When Mitrovich wasn't attacking the ball at the net, she was assisting her team with six assists. Tompkins added to her offensive prowess on the defensive side, blocking two attacks and digging up three more.
- UCCS kept the upper hand in the second set, fending off a persistent Westminster team, 25-20. Tompkins brought her kills total to eight after adding four in set two, as Mitrovich and Rylee Pitts chipped in three kills each. Teaming up at the net to lock in three solo blocks were Nicole Martin, Sydnee Walker, and Pitts.
- Set three was a battle for both teams as it featured 10 scoring ties and six lead changes. Holding onto a 21-19 lead, the Mountain Lions went on a 3-0 run behind a WU service error, a block from Martin and then a kill from Martin to give UCCS match point. The Griffins attempted to prevent the sweep as they went on their own 3-0 run to cut into UCCS' lead, 24-22, but Martin had the final say with the match-winning kill on Walker's assist.
MATCH STATISTICS
- Tompkins led both teams with 10 kills and committed only one hitting error on 35 attempts.
- Mitrovich finished the match with seven kills and a match-high 12 assists.
- UCCS hit .211 on the night, tallying 36 kills and accumulating 31 assists, two aces, 52 digs, and seven blocks.
- Hailey Killett paced the Griffins with six kills and a .417 hitting percentage.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Ransom is the eighth Mountain Lion to record 1,000 digs at UCCS. She currently ranks eighth all-time with 1,002 digs.
- UCCS extends its winning streak this season to 10, and 11 straight wins from last season.
- The Mountain Lions sweep tonight is their eighth sweep of the season, moving to 8-0 in three-set matches.
UP NEXT
- The Mountain Lions will start to make their way back East into Colorado when they take on No. 24 Colorado Mesa University on Saturday at 3 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.
