Black Hills State University Athletics

SPEARFISH, S.D.- Black Hills State grabbed the third set of the match, but fell to Chadron in four sets for the third time this year. Despite great performances from the Yellow Jacket hitters with three girls getting over ten kills, the defense of Chadron kept the ball in the air long enough to win points. The two teams got great performances from their back lines as Zoie Husman and Izzy Saiki each had double-doubles.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Score: Black Hills State 1, Chadron State 3
Team Records: Black Hills State (8-13 (4-6 RMAC)), Chadron State (9-12 (2-8 RMAC))
Attendance: 257
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Carsyn Mettler started the game with a kill before Chadron took the next three points to go up 3-1. Saiki got back-to-back kills to tie it at three before Chadron took seven of the next ten points to go up 10-6. Husman, Saiki, and Mettler each got a kill in a 4-2 run to close the gap to 12-10. Some point swaps kept the gap at three with the score at 16-13 before the Eagles won nine of the next 14 points to win the first set 25-18.
• Chadron took a 4-1 lead to begin the second set before the Yellow Jackets went on a 7-4 run with two kills from Husman and Mettler to tie it at eight. CSC won seven in a row to take a 15-8 lead. Husman then had two kills and a block in a 6-1 run that cut the lead to two at 16-14. Chadron won another five in a row to go up 21-14 before three errors by Chadron helped fuel a 4-1 run to cut the lead to 22-18. The Eagles took three of the next four to win the set 25-19.
• Mettler had three kills and a block in a 10-4 run to begin the third set. Some back-and-forth kept the lead at 14-9. CSC then went on an 8-3 run to tie the game at 17-17. BHSU won three out of four and Chadron won three in a row to take a 21-20 lead. Carsyn Mettler had three kills in seven points to give BHSU the 25-23 win and close the gap to two sets to one.
• BHSU won the first two points of the fourth set and then allowed the Eagles to go on a 7-2 run to take a 7-4 lead. An ace and two kills tied the game at seven for BHSU. The Yellow Jackets then won six of the next ten to go up 13-11. Chadron then went on a 14-5 run to take the fourth set 25-18 and the match 3-1.

 
BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS
Carsyn Mettler: 17 kills
Izzy Saiki: 12 kills, 14 digs
Zoie Husman: 12 kills, 12 digs, 3 blocks
Elena Atkinson: 23 assists
 
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