Spearfish, SD – The Black Hills State University Volleyball team put on a show Friday night as they beat Adams State University in five sets. With this win, the Yellow Jackets now move to 7-5 in the conference.
 
The first three sets were a bitter back and forth. In the first set, both teams went nearly point for point until the middle of the set when the Yellow Jackets went on a 5-0 run to seal the first set 25-20.
 
Adams State woke up the second match going on a 5-1 run against BHSU. Aided by an ace by Alexandra MacAskill, the Jackets clawed their way back to even halfway at 12-12. Errors proved costly for the Yellow Jackets and they ultimately fell 23-25 in the second set. Both teams found their grove in the third set but a 5-0 run by Adams at the end would put BH in a must win situation having lost set three 21-25.
 
Not cracking under the pressure, the Green and Gold dominated the fourth set. Lead by two kills from Kindra Cerrone, the Jackets went on an 8-0 run to crush the Grizzlies 25-14. Tied 2-2 going into the fifth set, BHSU quickly fell behind to 4-7 when Coach Karmichael called a time out. Madison Hoopman helped turn the tide with two back to back kills. The Grizzlies would only manage to score three more times as the Green and Gold won the fifth set 15-10.
 
An offensive attack
 
Black Hills out killed Adams 75-54. They were led by Sierra Ward, who recorded 19 kills. Madison Hoopman and Kindra Cerrone also had double digit kills with 15 and 11 respectively. Lead by three aces from Peyton Bodeman, the Yellow Jackets recorded eight total aces. All the kills would not possible without the assists and Tess Thomas and Laurel Lech recorded an impressive 36 assists each.
 
A formidable defense
 
Haedyn Rhoades was all over the court tonight recording a whopping 42 digs. She is currently fourth in the RMAC for total digs this season. Also recording double digit digs were Valerie Blake (15) and Jessy Hibl (14). In addition to her three aces, Bodemann recorded six blocks while Ward blocked five.
 
The Yellow Jackets will continue their homestand Saturday night as they take on Fort Lewis College at 5:30pm.