The Mesa State Women's volleyball team opened up at home this weekend with a split, losing to CSU-Pueblo, 29-31, 30-16, 27-30, 30-22, 15-17, and beating Adams State 30-27, 27-30, 30-28, 30-24.

The Mavs who are now 5-7, 1-3 in RMAC play fought hard and showed some heart as they took Pueblo to 5 games falling 15-17 in the last match. MSC came up on top in attacks, hitting .156 percent to the ThunderWolves .047 (70 kills to their 46). MSC had three players in double digits kills with Drew Choules leading the way with 15, Jessica Bird 14, and Kristen Schnake with 13. Melissa Jones and Caitlyn Jewell from Pueblo had 11 and 10 kills respectively. Choules also recorded 20 digs to go along with Ashley Loftsgard's 25 digs. Dara Waialae contributed 35 set assists and Krista Ubersox had 22 assists on the night.

It seemed like everything went in favor of MSC except for the win on the record. When asked what went wrong, senior captain Drew Choules said that they have just been struggling to finish the game. She believes in her teammates and thought they played well but knows that they as a team are capable of playing better than they did against Pueblo. "If we can just stop playing as individuals and more as a team and limit our unforced errors we'll be fine."

On Saturday night the Mavs looked to revenge on the night before and were successful as they beat the Grizzlies in 4 games. The Mavs had 62 kills to Adams' 60 and once again had three players record double digits kills, Bird with 13, Gabrielle Lovato and Lindsey Jefferson each with 10, and Choules right behind adding 9 kills and 17 digs. Loftsgard had 21 digs on the night and Waialae recorded 34 set assists for the game.

The Mavs continue their home stand at Brownson Arena, Tuesday night at 7 PM when they face Fort Lewis who are 3-1 in conference play.

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