How It Happened
#22 Colorado School of Mines bounced back in a big way with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-14) sweep at UCCS on Saturday, October 22 at Gallogly Events Center.

Mines (16-5, 10-2) rebounded from last night's loss by flexing its muscles at UCCS (12-8, 7-5) behind a strong a collective hitting (.276) and blocking (13) outing.

Tied 14-14 in the opening set, Mines broke the frame open with a quick 4-0 run, with a pair of kills from Janice Jin, to finally take the lead for good. From there, the Orediggers cruised to a 25-19 victory. Ellie Monarch was the catalyst of that opening set with five blocks to hold the Mountain Lions to .136 hitting.

The second played out to a similar theme as Mines broke a 10-10 tie and stretched it into a 20-13 lead in the blink of an eye. That key run was aided heavily by five attacking errors from UCCS with two of them coming by blocks from Mines.

Now, already up 2-0 in the match, the Orediggers jumped on Colorado-Colorado Springs early and often in the final frame, and never let up. Mines hit .355 as a team and got four kills from LaRose Currie to cruise to the 25-14 win.

Notables
-    Of Mines' 13 blocks on the night, Ellie Monarch was in on a career-high 10 of them with two solo blocks. She also had eight kills to produce 14 points.
-    LaRose Currie produced her fourth straight double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs on .304 hitting.
-    Marina Hansen had a near-miss of a double-double with 28 assists and nine digs.
-    Alanna Winfield has six block assists.
-    Madeline Behr had a game-high .556 hitting with five kills on nine attempts.

Up Next
Mines returns home to Golden next weekend as they host Chadron State and Regis on Parent's and Senior Weekend.