ALAMOSA, Colo. – The South Dakota Mines volleyball team opened its road RMAC schedule with a matchup in Alamosa against Adams State.
It was a battle throughout with many swings in momentum, but it looked like the Hardrockers were headed for another sweep, before Adams State pushed the match to five sets, and gave some scares in the fifth set. South Dakota Mines would ultimately prevail, picking up a 3-2 victory and moving to 7-4 overall and 3-0 in the RMAC, while Adams State fell to 2-10 and 0-3 in conference play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The first set was going the way of Adams State early and into the late parts of the set as they held a five-point advantage for much of the set, expanding it to seven at 22-15, but the Hardrockers fought back with six straight points, to cut it to 22-21 and then tied it at 24 on a block by
Ivy Vindivich. The momentum would continue and the Hardrockers would pick up a 30-28 victory.
South Dakota Mines got out to big leads in the second set at 7-2 and 13-7 after a
Jenna Curtis kill and would keep the pedal to the medal, getting a pair of kills from
Alessandra Meoni to help take a five-point, 21-16 lead. The straight points from Meoni would end the set, 25-20.
The third and fourth sets went the way of Adams State with multiple runs of three-plus points, keyed by Anna Huggins to emerge victorious in sets three and four by scores of 25-17 and 25-19, leading to a decisive fifth set.
Vindivich came up big early in the fifth for the 'Rockers, helping to put them up 3-0 and 5-1 with a trio of kills, but down 12-6 Adams would fight back, scoring seven straight points, going up 15-14 and having match point, however, the Hardrockers would prevail, winning it 19-17 after an ace by Meoni.
NOTES
Alessandra Meoni was the lone Hardrocker in double digits in kills with 21, also recording 18 digs, also adding four aces…
Kiley Metzger posted another double-double, recording 44 assists and 12 digs…
Kiera Walsh recorded five blocks to lead the team…
Hannah Benes recorded 24 digs, while
Emma Grimm and
Rachel Mau were also in double-digits with 11.
UP NEXT
The Hardrockers finish the weekend with a matchup in Pueblo, taking on the Thunderwolves from CSU Pueblo. That match is scheduled for a first serve at 3:00 p.m.
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About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 13 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.
