Mesa State Women's Volleyball team was away this weekend as they traveled to face Western New Mexico on Friday night and New Mexico Highlands on Saturday.

The Lady Mavs (4-6) fought hard to keep it close, but lost to Western N.M. (6-4) 28-30, 24-30, 26-30. The Mustangs, who were picked to finish right behind the Mavs as number 2 in the West in the preseason polls, hit .312 with 44 total kills while MSC hit .130. Alisan Tompkins led all players with 13 kills, while Drew Choules led the way for the Mavs with 3 blocks and 6 kills on the night. Dara Waialae contributed 29 set assists including 3 service aces and 6 digs.

Saturday night MSC took Highlands (3-8) to 4 games, 14-30, 19-30, 30-27, 30-32, but ended up adding an extra loss to the season. Highlands only recorded 6 more kills than MSC (48-42) but the Mavs had 13 more errors on the night (28-15). Brittany Benningsdorf led the way for the MSC with 10 kills, while Choules was right behind adding 9 kills. Waialae and Krista Ubersox contributed 16 assists each, while Ubersox also had 8 defensive digs to go along with Ashley Loftsgard's 12 digs.

The Lady Mavs are at Brownson Arena for the first time this season this weekend as they take on CSU-Pueblo on Friday and Adams State on Saturday. Both games are scheduled for 7 PM.

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