COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- The Black Hills State Yellow Jackets were unable to pull of an upset on the road as they drop their fourth straight RMAC matchup to the UCCS Mountain Lions 3-0 at the Gallogly Events Cener in Colorado Springs. The Jackets made it into the 20s in one of the three sets, but were unable to pull a set win and fell in the match, Ellie Thomas had a fantastic match with 17 digs.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Score: Black Hills State 0, UCCS 3
Team Records: Black Hills State (5-11 (1-5 RMAC)), UCCS (14-2 (5-1 RMAC))
Attendance: 157
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• UCCS started the first set on an 11-2 run that included five BHSU attack errors and three service aces. A Randi Wellhoefer kill and an ace by Sydnie Tuioti-Mariner helped BHSU go on a 3-1 run to cut the lead to 12-5 before UCCS won four straight points to make it 16-5. The Yellow Jackets went on a big run of their own going on a 10-4 run to make it 20-15 with two blocks from Jaeda Davis-Golliher, an Ellie Thomas ace, a kill by Emily Freeland and Wellhoefer, and four UCCS errors. The Mountain Lions would make it 23-16 with a 3-1 run before BHSU won six of seven with two kills by Davis-Golliher and another Thomas ace to make it 24-22 before Nicole Martin ended it with a kill to win 25-23.
• After BHSU took two of the first three points to begin the second set, UCCS would go on a 16-5 run to make it 17-7 UCCS. Freeland and Wellhoefer would each get a kill to cut it to 17-9 before the Mountain Lions would win five of the next six to make it 22-10. Carsyn Mettler and Peyton McLeod would each get a kill in a 3-0 run to make it 22-13 before Kinley Gomez would get back-to-back kills to win the set 25-13 and give UCCS a 2-0 advantage.
• BHSU was the team who started set three hot going on a 9-4 run to begin the set with kills from Wellhoefer, Davis-Golliher, Mettler, and Freeland. UCCS would go on a 4-1 run to make it 10-8 before BHSU would answer with a 5-2 run to get the score to 15-10 with Davis-Golliher getting a kill and a block. The runs ended their for BHSU as UCCS went on a 15-3 run including winning six in a row to end the set at 25-18 and take the match 3-0

BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS
Ellie Thomas: 17 digs, 4 assists, 2 aces
Jaeda Davis-Golliher: 6 kills, 4 digs, 2 total blocks.
Emma Kruger: 8 assists, 2 digs
 
UP NEXT
Black Hills State will now head home to face Adams State and New Mexico Highlands Friday and Saturday. The two opponents are just ahead of BHSU in the conference standings. 
 
 
 
 
  Read Full Article