Black Hills State University Athletics

PUEBLO, Colo.- The Black Hills State Yellow Jackets were unable to get the weekend sweep and fell to 1-1 on the weekend by losing 3-0 to the CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves. Pueblo held the lead from the jump and never really looked back with BHSU only making it to 20 points in one set. Despite 20 digs from Keira Thompson and 19 assists from Emma Kruger, BHSU was unable to get past Pueblo's defensive wall as the ThunderWolves had nine blocks.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Score: Black Hills State 0, CSU Pueblo 3
Team Records: Black Hills State (6-6 (2-2 RMAC)), CSU Pueblo (6-7 (3-1 RMAC))
Attendance: 276
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUP took the opening two points of the match and was immediately matched by BHSU. Another two point swing gave CSUP the 4-2 lead. BHSU would win three in a row with kills by Carsyn Mettler and Zoie Husman to make it 5-4. The ThunderWolves took four out of five before a 4-0 run by BHSU with a kill and an ace by Husman to give the Yellow Jackets a 10-8 lead. Pueblo took six in a row and then took 12 of 16 points to get a major 20-14 lead. Izzy Saiki and Peyton McLeod got two kills in a 5-2  run that cut the lead to three at 22-19 before CSU Pueblo won three in a row to take the set 25-19.
• Pueblo started the second set strong too taking an 8-4 lead early. They then won seven of the next 12 to go up 15-9. McLeod would go on a solo 3-0 run with two kills and a block before Pueblo got back-to-back points to keep the lead at five at 17-12. A 6-3 run put BHSU only down two at 20-18 as Izabel Abril had three kills in the run. A 5-1 run gave Pueblo the win at 25-19 as the ThunderWolves had four kills in their final five points.
• BHSU started this set strong taking an early 8-5 lead as Saiki had three kills and an ace in the start. CSUP would win four in a row to take a 9-8 lead before BHSU took six of the next seven with two kills from Mettler to take a 14-10 lead. Pueblo turned on the jets directly after and went on a 14-3 run including seven in a row early in the run to take a 24-17 lead. The Green and Gold was able to win three in a row to make it 24-20 but a kill by CSUP won them the game 3-0.

 
BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS
Emma Kruger: 19 assists
Carsyn Mettler: 10 kills
Keira Thompson: 20 digs
Izzy Saiki: 8 kills, 2 aces, 1 block

UP NEXT
BHSU will head home for a Tuesday night matchup versus Chadron State in A2 Arena at 6 PM in the start of their RMAC Regional Pod, where they will also face South Dakota Mines on Friday in Rapid City.
 
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