Alamosa, CO - The Cougars continued their strong conference play Saturday night, taking down Adams State in four sets to earn their fifth straight victory. Colorado Christian battled through a competitive match, trading blows with the Grizzlies before pulling away late to secure the 3-1 win.
The first set saw both teams come out swinging, with the Cougars looking to establish control early. Led by a balanced offensive attack, CCU would maintain a narrow advantage throughout the set. With 17 kills in the opening frame, the Cougars found their rhythm offensively, eventually closing out Adams State, 25-22.
Carrying that momentum into the second set, Colorado Christian continued to display their offensive fire power. The Grizzlies kept things close, but the Cougars would find ways to answer each rally. Behind strong contributions from
Connelly Kilgore and
Suzanna Conner, CCU would hold off Adams State to take the second set, 25-23, putting themselves one set away from the match.
Refusing to go quietly, Adams State came out with a response in the third set. The Grizzlies found their footing offensively, trading points with the Cougars in a tightly contested frame. A late push from CCU would see multiple kills from Kilgore, pushing the score to 23-24. Despite a late push from CCU, Adams State would manage to hold on, taking the third set, 25-23, and keeping the match alive.
With the match still up for grabs, the Cougars came out ready to close things out in the fourth. The offense found another gear, with Kilgore leading the way and
Sienna Thatcher adding several statement kills. CCU would finish the set strong, pulling away from the Grizzlies to secure a 25-20 victory and take the match in four sets.
The Cougars were led offensively by Kilgore, who recorded 13 kills, while Thatcher added 10 and Conner finished with 9.
Ana Aguilar had an impressive night, recording eight kills without a single attack error to finish with a .500 hitting percentage. Defensively,
Krista Traynor led the Cougars with 14 digs while also dishing out 28 assists.
Allie Allen added 17 digs to help anchor the Cougar defense.
With the victory, Colorado Christian improves to 13-9 overall and 8-4 in RMAC play, earning another important conference win on the road. Colorado Christian will be back in action November 6th in Durango against Fort Lewis, the game set for 6pm MST.
