The South Dakota School of Mines volleyball fell to the Dixie State Trailblazers, 3-0, Saturday night in St. George Utah in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference bout.

The offensive efforts of Dixie State forced the 'Rockers to drop the three straight sets, 17-25, 12-25, 21-25.  The Hardrockers played point to point with the Trailblazers in the first 10 points in set 1 but a 9-point serving run by Lizzy Clark gave the Trailblazers the momentum needed to close out the set.

Set two proved to be a difficult set offensively for the Hardrockers as they were only able to post 5 kills in the set in comparison to the Trailblazers 18 kills.

In set three, the Hardrockers began to find their rhythm offensively as they battled point for point with the Trailblazers up until point 18, where they relied on their two go-to hitters, Megan Treanor and To'a Faleao, to finish off the match.

As a team, the Trailblazers were able to tally 46 kills on 98 attempts and a .347 hitting percentage.  They were led offensively by To'a Faleao and Megan Treanor who posted 18 and 10 kills, respectively. The Trailblazers also put a lot of pressure of the 'Rocker passers as they were able to cause 10 reception errors.

The Hardrockers were paced by Dana Thomson who posted 15 kills on 34 attempts, good for a .382 hitting percentage. Unfortunately, no other Hardrocker was able to post more than 3 kills. They had 28 kills on 98 attempts and combined for a .143 hitting percentage.

The 'Rockers return to action next weekend to compete against RMAC foes New Mexico Highlands and CSU-P.  Matches will be held in the King Center on the campus of SD Mines.  First serve is 7p.m on Friday.