Las Vegas, NM– On the night before Halloween, pink filled the stands—bright and cheerful, a little too cheerful. At the Wilson Center, Michael Myers sat among the crowd, silent as a shadow. Clark Kent was there, too, hoping no one would notice the cape-shaped bulge beneath his shirt. The lights dimmed. The teams took their places. Somewhere in the stands, a slasher and a superhero waited to see who would save—or scare—the night. Which team would deliver the last scare?
 
Duda Carvalho, Savannah Boatwright and Aziza Morris were getting it done for the Cowgirls in the first set however the Cougars attacking were also battling. The battle of the attackers was on and it was going to come down to who was going to have the better hitting percentage. The Cougars began to pull away but as this Cowgirls team has done all season they would not back down. With a five-point deficit facing them Coach Grose used her final timeout to slow the momentum down. After a pair of well-played rallies by the Cowgirls the Cougars were able to take set one on a service error.
 
The Cougars took an early lead and the Cowgirls off of good attacking and blocking the Cowgirls found their way back into the set. However, the Cougars' strong attacking allowed them to pull ahead in set two. The Cougars attack continued but the Cowgirls wrangled themselves together and battled back to take a lead late in the set. The Cowgirls used this momentum to take the set.
 
Set three was a battle of who wanted it more as the two teams battled with kill after kill the two teams traded points with little to no breathing room there was no room for error. A major bright point in the third set was Aziza Morris reaching her 800^th career kill. The Cowgirls and Cougars were going to battle for the last point following a timeout tied at 24. Battling back and forth who was going to deliver the set ending kill. An attacking error by the Cowgirls would end the set.
 
The Cougars had control in the fourth set, capitalizing on the Cowgirls' errors and also on a multitude of free balls as well. Taking a commanding lead the Cowgirls were going to have to fight their way out of the hole they dug. The attacking errors continued to pile up for the Cowgirls and the Cougars used that to their advantage to win the set and the match 3-1.
 
 
UP NEXT: The Cowgirls will be on the road tomorrow with a road match on Halloween against the Thunderwolves of CSU-Pueblo.


GAME NOTES:

• #5 Aziza Morris reaches 800 career kills with 10 tonight
• First game since 2023 between the Cowgirls and Cougars to go to 4 sets
• The Cougars continue their win streak, bringing them to 4 straight wins