Box Score How It Happened
After losing its first home match of the season, the 17th-ranked Colorado School of Mines (12-4, 6-2) volleyball program shook it off and downed Rocky Division leader UCCS (12-6, 6-2) 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-12) on Saturday, October 10 in Lockridge Arena.
The Orediggers came out of the gate sluggish as they hit .091 while the Mountain Lions came out smoking by hitting .308 to take the opening frame, 25-19. RMAC kills leader Kim Catlett drilled six kills in the frame to get her team off to a great start.
Realizing that Catlett was on top of her game and had to be neutralized, Mines started going after her on the serve to get her out of an offensive rhythm. It took a while for that approach to really be realized as again UCCS was strong in the second set. It wasn't until late in second period that CSM was able to pull away, 25-21, and tie the match.
From that point forward, it was all about Mines' dominance of the serve, dominance defensively and dominance from junior Alanna Winfield.
The Orediggers got seven kills from Winfield and another four from senior Frannie Cormier to take the third set, 25-14. Mines was then really clicking as it bludgeoned the visiting Mountain Lions, 25-12, in the final frame to close out the match. Six kills from Winfield, five from Cormier and another four from senior Megan Peterson was too much for UCCS.
Notables
- After a slow start hitting, Mines hit .281 in the second set, .400 in the third and capped it with a .552 performance in the fourth. For the game, CSM hit .304 as team compared to .174 for UCCS.
- Also as a team, Mines put up a season-high 13 blocks with Megan Peterson contributing six of them.
- Only five kills during the first two sets, Alanna Winfield turned it on during the final two periods of the game to finish 18 while hitting at a blistering .361.
- Frannie Cormier was one kill short of her season-high, but her 15 tonight was second only to Winfield. She also posted her third straight double-double with 12 digs on the night.
- Senior setter Danielle Johnson-Hazlewood recorded her 10th double-double of the season with 49 assists and 11 digs.
Up Next
The Orediggers will take the next two days off before hosting rival Colorado Christian on Tuesday, October 13 at 7 p.m.
