COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- The South Dakota School of Mines women's volleyball team came up short Saturday evening falling to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs during a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference match, 3-0, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Mountain Lions defeated the Lady Hardrockers, 25-13, 25-12, 25-16. SD Mines finished the game with 24 kills and was 63-85 on the attack with 24 assists, 26 digs and 4 blocks. UCCS had 38 kills and was 66-74 on the attack with 35 assists, 29 digs and nine blocks.

Individually for the Hardrockers, junior Emily Newton finished with eight kills and had two blocks. Sophomore Anna Breidt had six kills and freshman Hannah Stevenson added five. Freshman Caryn Hazard came up with six digs for the Hardrockers and sophomore Elizabeth Jensen led the team with 24 assists.

"We ran into a very energized and motivated team today and we couldn't match them," said Hardrocker volleyball head coach Doug Tabbert. "Offensively we couldn't keep up--in large part because we couldn't get them out of system and we couldn't stay in system. They are tough to deal with in those conditions."            \

The loss drops SD Mines to 1-24 on the season and 0-14 in the RMAC. Next up the Hardrockers travel to Nebraska on Friday to take on Chadron State in a 7 p.m. match and then will face Regis University in Denver, Colo., on Saturday at 5 p.m.