Volleyball loses two to assist in final 6-23 record

The Eagle volleyball team ended the season with two losses to make their record 6-23 overall and 3-16 in the RMAC. The Eagles final hitting percentage was .207 overall and .158 in the RMAC. The Eagles suffered their last two losses to the 17-12 Regis University Rangers, Denver, and the 18-10 Metropolitan State University Roadrunners, Denver.

The Rangers swept the Eagles on Friday. The Eagles allowed the Regis volleyball team control the hitting, and fought back with only seven blocks. For the Eagles, Nikki Schmidt, junior of Merino, Colo., and middle hitter Jessica Jester, senior of Cheyenne, Wyo., led the Eagles with eight kills apiece. These two also worked together on eight blocks. Middle hitter Alia Brennan, freshman of Chadron, had seven kills, and outside hitter Erika Roybal, junior of Denver, and outside hitter Barbie DeCent, senior of Paxton, each contributed four kills to the Eagle offense. Also for the Eagles, Alyssa Bauer, junior of Rapid City, S.D., held the match-high 13 digs and setter Justine Ackie, sophomore of Phoenix, had a match-high 29 set assists. However, this was not enough to set the Eagles over the Rangers.

While the Eagles lost Regis University 0-3, they defended the court against the Roadrunners with a 2-3 loss. The Eagles won the first and fourth sets by scores of 25-23, while Metro State took the second set 25-21 and the third 25-11. The Roadrunners then won the fifth set 15-9. Roybal led the Eagles with 16 kills, followed by Jester with 12, DeCent with 11, and Brennan with 10. Ackie handed out 50 set assists, and she and Brennan helped with three blocks.