Las Vegas, NM– The Cowgirls honored their seniors
Aziza Morris and
Becca Wiersema. However, they would be facing the defending National Champions in this evenings Senior Night match which is no small task.
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Both teams came out swinging to start the evening as this was a matchup of a Cowgirls who had nothing to lose and a team receiving votes in MSU-Denver that was looking to repeat as national champions. The Cowgirls were plagued early in the match by a few mistakes in the attacking end and defending end giving the Roadrunners a run to start early and get ahead by six early. The Roadrunners ran away with set one behind good attacking and deep runs.
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The Roadrunners showed why they were the conference leaders in kills however the Cowgirls showed that they tally up kills themselves neck and neck the two teams went in kills and in score. Despite the Roadrunners having a total of over 30 kills in the first two sets the Cowgirls stayed alive. The Roadrunners however total kills would be enough for them to capture set two.
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Once again the Cowgirls stayed in the fight and battled with the Roadrunners it was going to come down which team would have the better hitting percentage in the set to capture the set. Headed into the media timeout the Cowgirls only trailed three but to take a set from a very good MSU-Denver team they were going must add a pair of runs together. The Roadrunners were the team that put a strong run together but the Cowgirls were not done a run of four behind two service aces and a block the Cowgirls began to rally back but it was not enough and the Roadrunners completed the sweep of the Cowgirls.
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For Cowgirls
Naya Dornic,
Becca Wiersema and
Aziza Morris they very well played their final game in a Cowgirls uniform and thank you for their commitment and hard work they have put in in their time as members of the Cowgirls Volleyball program.
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GAME NOTES:
- In 56 matches played as a Cowgirl, #4 Becca Wiersema recorded 123 assists and 718 digs
- In 44 matches played as a Cowgirl, #20 Naya Dornic recorded 510 assists and 379 digs.Â
- In 108 career matches played, #5 Aziza Morris recorded 838 kills