BY: BROCK VOTH
CSC Sports Information
The Chadron State volleyball team lost on the road against CSU-Pueblo in three sets (12-25, 23-25, 10-25) on Saturday night. The loss by the Eagles puts their record at 7-16 overall, and 5-9 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
The first set opened with CSU-Pueblo jumping out to a 6-1 lead before CSC was able to get a second point. The ThunderWolves didn't go down by less than five after that. The Eagles got back to a five-point difference on a pair of attack errors by the Thunderwolves, but the Eagles never captured momentum. The Thunderwolves were able close out the set off a kill from Bailey Combs.
The second set was much better for the Eagles as they got a kill from Rylee Greiman to go up 5-4, which concluded a 3-0 run early in the set. The Thunderwolves were able to regain the lead from another Combs kill. CSC kept it close as both teams traded blows. The Eagles were able to regain the lead at 10-9. A CSU-Pueblo 6-0 run flipped the lead back to the Thunderwolves, and the Eagles were not able to go back on top. CSC drew within two from another Greiman kill, at 19-17, but the Thunderwolves closed the set off a Payton Van Veen kill.
CSC was not able to get a point in the third set until the Thunderwolves had eight of their own. CSU-Pueblo went on a 7-1 run before CSC was able to get a rally going. A 5-2 run from the Eagles got the momentum until the Thunderwolves scored five consecutive points, led by Hannah Delor. The Eagles were able to scrape together three more points before CSU-Pueblo was able to close out the match.
The Eagles hit .169, led by Greiman who hit .250 on the night. Mayson Fago helped with a hitting percentage of .211, while Aiyana Fujiyama hit .286 on the night. Greiman also led the team in total kills with nine. Fago had five of her own, while Hurtado added three. The team had a total of 21 kills.
The Eagles defense at the net also dipped at three team blocks on the night, and 33 digs. Abby Schaefer led the team with 10 digs, while Hurtado and Greiman added seven each.
The Eagles will be on the road again next weekend as they travel to take on Colorado Mesa on October 28th, and Westminster on October 29th.
UCCS Sweeps CSC Friday
The Chadron State College volleyball team lost in three sets (23-25, 17-25, 21-25) against UCCS on Friday night in Colorado Springs. CSC's record is now 7-15 overall, and 5-8 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
The first set opened with both teams trading blows, with neither team being able to gain an advantage. CSC's largest lead throughout the first set was one point. UCCS' largest lead was three. There were 17 total ties in the first set. The Mountain Lions were able to gain a little separation from the Eagles by going on a 4-1 run sparked by a kill from Hannah Ammerman. With UCCS up 22-19, the Eagles fought back thanks to Bella Adams, Breshawana Kelly, and Mayson Fago to cut the lead down to one, at 23-24. A kill from UCCS' Reilly Babcock put the 25th point on the board for UCCS to take the first set.
The second set picked up right where the first set left off with neither team capturing the momentum and multiple ties and lead changes ensuing. After a 10-10 Fago kill, UCCS was able to go on a 6-0 run. The Eagles responded with a 4-1 run to get back into the set. The Mountain Lions were able to flip the momentum and went on a 6-2 run to put the set out of reach of the Eagles. CSC was able scrape across another point before UCCS' Nicole Medlin sent the game to the third set.
The Eagles started off hot in the third set, jumping out to a 7-3 lead, with the help of Lexi Hurtado, and Fago. The Mountain Lions were able to crawl their way back into the set after a 4-1 run to cut the lead to one. The Eagles responded with a 3-2 run but could not put the Mountain Lions away for good. UCCS was able to tie the set at 15 all off a kill from Ammerman. The Eagles were able to regain the lead at 17-16 from an attack error from UCCS. The Eagles extended their lead to three before UCCS fought back and took the lead 21-20. UCCS did not look back as they scored four of the next five points to take the match.
The Eagles had an exceptionally good hitting percentage tonight hitting .269 with a total of 35 kills. The offense was led by Fago with 13 kills. Hurtado and Adams both added five. Fago also led the Eagles in hitting percentage, hitting .370 on the night.
Defensively, CSC totaled nine blocks, with Adams, and Fago leading the way with three, and two, respectively. Kelly added two.
Abby Schaefer led the team in digs with 18. Hurtado had 13. The team totaled 51 digs.
The Eagles will travel to Pueblo to take on CSU-Pueblo on Saturday night, October 22, at 7 p.m.