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Volleyball Cwynnci Lobaugh

Cowgirls Win a Tough One Against Black Hills State

Box Score Spearfish, S.D. – The Cowgirl Volleyball team stole a big win against the Black Hills State University Yellow Jackets, on Oct. 18. The Cowgirls had three girls, Bailey Weidner, Tarissa Mellin, and Alicia Moreno, in double-double figures against the Yellow Jackets. The Cowgirls, led by Head Coach Bryan Crawford, move up to 3-7 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and 9-10 in overall play.

The Cowgirls started off slow in the first set losing (25-23), but came back in the second set and turned the tables on the Yellow Jackets.
Senior Darian Mullen in the second set had 6 kills and freshman Tarissa Mellin had 15 assists to end the second set (25-16).

In the third set, the Cowgirls had the lead (8-6) at first but then the Yellow Jackets came back and took the set from your Cowgirls (25-19).

In the fourth set, your Cowgirls had 21 kills all together to the Yellow Jackets' 10 kills.  Darian Mullen had six kills and Alicia Moreno had five kills. Tarissa Mellin had 19 assists to help your Cowgirls to take the fourth set (25-22).

The fifth set was tight the whole time. The Cowgirls were fighting until the end and came out on top (16-14).

The Cowgirls top performers of the night were Jessica Piper with 18 digs, Bailey Weidner with 11kills and 16 digs, Tarissa Mellin with72 assists and 10 digs, Jazmine Harge with16 kills, Alicia Moreno with 15 kills and 14 digs, and Darian Mullen with 29 kills.

The next Cowgirl Volleyball game is on Oct.19, against Chadron State University in Chadron, Neb. The Eagles are 3-15 in overall play and 0-9 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.  If you can't make it up to Chadron to catch your Cowgirls in action, you can click HERE to follow the match via Live Stats.  If you would like to watch the game live on the internet you can follow all the action on the America One Network.

GO COWGIRLS!!! 
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