CHADRON, Neb. – October 8, 2022 – The Chadron State College volleyball team dropped its fourth straight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference match on Saturday night against Colorado Christian in four sets (16-25, 25-23, 28-30, 18-25). The Eagles are now 7-12 overall, and 5-5 in the RMAC.

"We battled the last couple matches, said CSC Head Volleyball Coach Jennifer Stadler, "and we're working hard throughout our sets. We have to work to finish those tight sets, when the score is close, or when it goes to extra points."

CSC started off slow in the first set, finding itself down 3-7 early, and it never got close to Colorado Christian. The closest the Eagles got was four at 7-11. CCU was able to go on a 6-2 run to separate themselves from the Eagles. The Cougars were able to score the final three points to take the set off a kill from sophomore setter Izzy Jones.

The second set started off better for the Eagles as they traded blows with the Cougars, tying seven times before either team was able to get to double digits. The Eagles were able to separate themselves at 19-14 with the help of kills from sophomore middle Aiyana Fujiyama, freshman setter Kiley West, and junior outside hitter Lexi Hurtado. CCU tied the set again at 23, however the Eagles were able to scrape two points and took the set off a kill by sophomore outside Amber Harvey.

CCU captured the momentum to start off the third set, but CSC was able to fight back, led by Hurtado, to tie the game at 11. CSC led eight times, including five set points. The set went past the normal 25 points, decided by a kill from CCU's sophomore middle Lilly Woods, as CCU took the third set.

The Cougars carried that momentum into the fourth set, going up 4-0. CSC was able to fight back and tie the game four different times, but was never able to take the lead from CCU. A late Cougar run of 9-2 put the set, and the match, away.

Mayson Fago led the Eagles in hitting percentage of .421, but Lexi Hurtado led the Eagles with a total of 15 kills. Fago had 10 kills to add to the total of 50. As a team the Eagles hit .183, recording its best set in the third with a .280 clip.

The Eagles totaled 19 blocks with Amber Harvey, and Bella Adams leading the way with five each. Aiyana Fujiyama had four.

Kiera Alfred had 15 digs with Fago adding 13. Rylee Greiman had 11 to help out the defensive effort.

The Eagles will travel to Colorado School of Mines on Tuesday October 11.