NWOSU vs CSU-P
Todd Deterding
2
Northwestern Okla. NW 16-9,6-3 GAC
3
Winner Colorado St.-Pueblo CSU-P 9-11,6-5 RMAC
Northwestern Okla. NW
16-9,6-3 GAC
2
Final
3
Colorado St.-Pueblo CSU-P
9-11,6-5 RMAC
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
Northwestern Okla. NW 11 25 25 21 11 (2)
Colorado St.-Pueblo CSU-P 25 23 21 25 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Madison Parrott, Athletic Communications

Rangers Drop Tough Battle to Thunderwolves

PUEBLO, Colo.– Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers volleyball dropped a tough loss against out-of-conference opponent Colorado State University-Pueblo Tuesday evening. The match started and ended in CSU-Pueblo's favor, with the Rangers dominating the middle half [11-25, 25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 11-15]. Northwestern's record dropped to 16-9 overall, 6-3 in Great American Conference play.
 
Jennifer Eubanks had herself a game with nine kills and a .353 kill percentage. She also led the team in blocks with seven total in the match. Kiauna Clark continued to show off with a team-leading 11 kills. Sophomore Claire Hodges stepped up with 7 kills, a hit percentage of .316 and four blocks of her own. Kaitlyn Robinson and Abby Davis both led the team with 18 assists a piece, while Sydnee Miller led the team in digs with 27. 
 
The first set the Thunderwolves seemed to show off on their home turf. The Rangers began the first set in the lead but fell behind quickly after an 8-0 point run from CSU-Pueblo. Despite efforts from Clark ad Robinson Northwestern was too far behind to catch up and dropped the first set 11-25.
 
Colorado State-Pueblo appeared to carry the momentum from the last game as they took a 7-2 lead. Some CSU-P errors allowed the Rangers to stay close. A six-point run at the end of the with back-to-back kills from Clark allowed the Rangers to pull ahead 21-24. Errors from the Thunderwolves allowed the Black-and-Red to secure the second set 25-23. 
 
An interesting back-and-forth battle happened in the third set as the Rangers and Thunderwolves each have their own five-point run. The second half was dominated by Northwestern as they took another five-point run to put them up 24-19. A final slam by Eubanks secured the win and allowed NWOSU to take the set 25-21.
 
Neither team could take control of the fourth set. Both the Thunderwolves and the Rangers traded points through the entire match. However, CSU-Pueblo stayed just enough ahead to take the set 21-25 to send the match to the fifth set tiebreaker, the Rangers third in as many games.
 
The fifth set was a nail-biter with seven ties and seven lead changes with a fifteen-point match. It was evenly matched as the Rangers earned 8 kills to the Thunderwolves 9. A final attempt with a service ace from Miller was not enough to take the set as CSU-Pueblo snatched it with a score of 11-15.
 
Northwestern will come back to GAC play as they return home to take on Henderson State this Friday at 6 p.m. The game will be a part of Homecoming week for the Rangers and their first of two on the weekend.

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