Box Score Lakewood, Colo. - The NMHU Cowgirls lost a close one on the road in tonight's (Oct. 25) match against the Colorado Christian University Cougars. The Cowgirls, led by Head Coach
Bryan Crawford, fall to 4-8 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and 10-11 in overall play.
CCU 3 - NMHU 2
In the first set the Cowgirls looked good and took it from the Cougars (25-22), but going into the second set the Cowgirls did not start off good and ended up letting the Cougars win (25-13).
After a break, your Cowgirls come out strong and stormed through Christian in the third set (25-14). Going into the fourth set, the Cougars answered back and started off with a huge lead (11-1). The Cowgirls just could not dig themselves out and lost the fourth set (25-14).
The final set was a tight one. The Cougars took the lead at first (8-5), but then your Cowgirls rallied and had some good hits, taking the lead (15-14) towards the end. At the end, the Cougars had two great blocks by Kaylee Pierce and Bri Ridley and took tonight's match (17-15).
Tonight's top performer was
Darian Mullen with 27 kills.
The Cowgirls will continue conference action on Friday, Oct. 26, against #18 Colorado School of Mines, in Golden Colo. Mines is 11-2 in the conference and 17-4 overall play. Mines is currently sitting in first place in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. If you can't make it up to Golden to catch your Cowgirls in action, you can watch the match on the
America One Network.
GO COWGIRLS!!!
