DENVER, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo concluded its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Regional pod hosted by 13th-ranked Regis University here Saturday afternoon with a four-set loss to the Rangers (11-25, 25-13, 15-25, 21-25) at Regis Fieldhouse.
With the setback, the ThunderWolves fall to 5-9 overall, while Regis improved to 10-3 on the season. The Pack went 1-1 at the RMAC Regional pod as they opened the weekend with a four-set win on Friday against UCCS.
"We got off to a slow start today and looked flat to begin the match. Regis has a really nice team and they gave us the business in the opening set. But I thought we settled in and responded well by finding some fortitude and found our will to compete," CSU Pueblo head volleyball coach
Austin Albers said. "I thought both teams had stretches where they showed some really high-level volleyball and put the opposition on their heels. But at the end of the day, they were able to put together more of those stretches than we did. It'll be great to dig into the film and see where we can get better this week."
In Saturday's match, sophomore outside hitter
Sadie Scoville (Pleasant Grove, Utah/Pleasant Grove) paced the Pack offense with 10 kills and added nine digs and three aces. In addition to Scoville, sophomore right side hitter
Kendall Harrington (San Antonio, Texas/Tom C. Clark) added eight kills, while redshirt sophomore outside hitter
Payton Van Veen (Springfield, Mo./Washburn) and freshman outside hitter
Ceanna O'Loughlin (Beaverton, Ore./Jesuit) each tallied seven kills.
O'Loughlin led the Pack in digs with 12 and freshman libero
Maddox Richtmyre (Surprise, Ariz./Willow Canyon) added nine digs, while redshirt sophomore middle blocker
Golden Finch (Albuquerque, N.M./Cal State Bakersfield) had four blocks.
Senior setter
Grace Jansen (Sandy, Utah/Jordan) had a team-high 16 assists and five digs and junior setter
Sabrina King (Parker, Colo./Lutheran) tallied 15 assists and six digs.
The Pack hit .108 in the match and had 38 kills, five aces, six blocks and 50 digs.
Halle Theis led Regis with 17 kills and hit .333, while Klaudia Sowizral added 10 kills and Hannah Kepler tallied nine kills. Haley Kennedy led in digs with 18 and Nadine Burbrink had six blocks in the win.
Regis finished the match hitting .252 with 54 kills, 70 digs and 10 blocks.
The Pack will return home next weekend (Oct. 6-7) as they host 11th-ranked Colorado Mesa and Westminster in back-to-back RMAC matches in Massari Arena on Alumni Weekend. Each match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
