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UCCS UCCS 11-1,3-0 RMAC
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Winner CSU Pueblo CSU-P 9-4,4-0 RMAC
UCCS UCCS
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CSU Pueblo CSU-P
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
UCCS UCCS 25 19 25 18 11 (2)
CSU Pueblo CSU-P 22 25 19 25 15 (3)
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Isaiah J. Downing

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Suffers First Setback of the Season, 3-2 at CSU Pueblo

PUEBLO, Colo. – For the first time this season, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team dropped a match.  The Mountain Lions fell at Colorado State University Pueblo Tuesday night, 3-2, in a non-conference match.  Both matches this week are part of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Regional Pod and do not count toward the conference record.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
  • Final Score: W, 3-2 (25-22, 19-25, 25-19, 18-25, 11-15)
  • Records: UCCS (11-1, 3-0 RMAC) | CSUP (9-4, 4-0 RMAC)
  • Facility | Location: CSUP Massari Arena | Pueblo, Colo.
  • All-Time Series: The Mountain Lions are now 31-35 all-time against the Pack.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • From the start of the first serve, both teams matched each other's output with neither team holding more than a two-point lead as they flipped the lead seven times.  Late in the action, Payton Tompkins put down a kill for the 15th tie of the set at 19-19.  Two kills each from Tompkins and Sydney Hyde gave the Mountain Lions the largest lead of the set, 23-20.  Setter Maylen Mitrovich connected with Hyde to give UCCS set point and forced the ThunderWolves to use a timeout.  Two serves later, the Mountain Lions earned the 25-22 set win on a service error from CSUP.
  • The Mountain Lions kept their momentum going into the second set. A tandem block from Nicole Martin and Rylee Pitts put the Mountain Lions on top, 8-4.  Audrey Dowd found Tompkins for another kill, keeping UCCS' lead at four, 11-7, but the home team gained its first lead of the set after a 5-0 run, putting UCCS in a 12-11 deficit.  Back-to-back kills from Sydnee Walker brought UCCS back into the set to knot the score at 15-15.  The blue and red found their drive and went on a 7-1 run to take a 22-16 lead.  The ThunderWolves were able to even the match at 1-1 with a 25-19 victory.
  • Similar to the second set, the Mountain Lions jumped to an early and comfortable lead in set three. Tompkins put UCCS on the scoreboard first with a kill.  Two attacking errors by CSUP, a Tompkins-Hyde block assist, and then a service ace from Martin gave UCCS a comfortable 5-1 lead.  Another Tompkins kill and another CSUP attack error put the visiting team's lead to 7-2.  The Mountain Lions started to struggle, committing four errors in the next seven rallies as CSU Pueblo came within two points of UCCS' lead, 9-7.  UCCS responded and went on a 4-1 run that featured two kills from Martin and a block assist from Martin and Mitrovich, forcing the Pack to call a timeout at 13-8.  The ThunderWolves had to burn their second timeout of the set after committing four errors as UCCS extended their lead to 19-12.  Leading 23-19, head coach Tara Hittle called a timeout and the break proved to be effective as Martin and Tompkins put down back-to-back kills to win the third set, 25-19.
  • CSU Pueblo rallied back in the fourth set, grasping an early 7-2 lead as the Mountain Lions committed three attack errors while the Pack chipped in three kills and an ace.  The ThunderWolves rolled to a 25-18 win, holding UCCS to just 10 kills, seven attack errors and a .075 hitting mark.
  • The fifth started out with the ThunderWolves snagging a 4-1 lead.  Kills from Tompkins and Rylee Pitts brought UCCS within one of the Pack, 5-4, but CSUP rattled off three straight points to favor the home team, 8-4.  After both teams switched sides, Walker and Hyde each chipped in a kill, but a UCCS service error took their deficit down to three to CSUP, 9-6.  After the ThunderWolves' Caelyn Gunn broke the school record with her 28th kill of the night, Martin and Michelle Fredrick blocked the next attempt to bring UCCS within two of CSUP, 12-10, but the Pack became the first opponent in 12 matches this fall to topple the Mountain Lions, 3-2, after taking set five, 15-11.
 
MATCH STATISTICS
  • Tompkins recorded a team high 20 kills and hit a respectable .333 on 51 attempts, while digging up 10 digs and assisting on two blocks
  • Walker chipped in 12 kills and a team high 18 digs.
  • Hyde was one of three Mountain Lions to record double-digit kills with her 10 put-downs.
  • Mitrovich and Dowd combined for 50 of UCCS' 60 assists.  Mitrovich tallied 24 assists, six kills, and 14 digs.
  • UCCS hit .216 on the night with 65 kills, 60 assists, seven blocks, and 74 digs.
  • CSUP was led by Gunn's 29 kills and .404 hitting mark.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Hyde recorded a new career high with 26 attacks.
  • Tompkins' 20 kills and 51 assists are season high by a Mountain Lion.
  • UCCS' 199 attacks and 74 digs marked new season highs.
  • The Mountain Lions' 65 kills and 60 assists tonight are the second most in a match this season.
  • UCCS has dropped 11 straight matches to CSU Pueblo.
  • UCCS is 2-1 in five-set matches.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Mountain Lions return to Gallogly Events Center this Saturday when they host Regis University at 3 p.m.

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