Las Vegas, NM– UCCS rolled into Historic Las Vegas on a Friday evening of Senior Weekend.
 
The first set started out as a neck and neck race between the two teams however the Cowgirls began to have attack errors, and their hitting percentage began to drop. The Mountain Lions began to pounce on these mistakes and took a commanding lead early. The Cowgirls were not prepared to shy away as they fought themselves back into the set but the Cowgirls comeback would come up short and UCCS would take set one.
 
The Cowgirls opened the second set on a 6-0 run taking the early advantage climbing their way ahead forcing the UCCS timeout. The Mountain Lions began to crawl back into the set but the Cowgirls hit the gas pedal slightly to continue to stay ahead. The cowgirls put the throttle in to overdrive and pulled away to win set two.
 
UCCS took the early advantage in the set but it was small margin as the Cowgirls kept in the set. Coming out of the timeout the Cowgirls got on the board but a service error put it back in the paws of the Mountain Lions followed by a service error by the Mountain Lions despite having a four point difference the two teams exchange points. UCCS took control late to and take set three.
 
Neither team could quite find a flow state point after point leading up to the media timeout where the Cowgirls held a 15-13 lead. The Cowgirls found another gear in their game and shifted the momentum in their favor taking a large enough lead to force two late timeout by UCCS. The Mountain Lions followed that with the timeout with a run with make a three point lead disappear. The Mountain Lions then took the lead and forced a Cowgirls timeout needing one point and got it to take the set and match.
 
 
UP NEXT: The Cowgirls will wrap up their season with a home match for Senior Night Saturday night at 6:00 PM in the Wilson Center against MSU-Denver.

GAME NOTES:

• This is the first game between the two in Las Vegas since 2023.
• #4 Becca Wiersema surpasses 700 career digs, with 16 on the day
• #9 Liviana Durham gets a career high 7 digs