Paxton Ritchey-CSC Sports Information
CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State volleyball will play its final Tuesday game of the year at home against a nationally-ranked opponent before hitting the road for a Saturday matchup in Salt Lake City.
The Eagles (4-14, 0-8 RMAC) welcome No. 17 Colorado Mesa (15-3, 7-1 RMAC) Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at the Chicoine Center before they travel to Utah to face Westminster (8-9, 4-4 RMAC) on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Tuesday night’s home match will be Breast Cancer Awareness Night. Free t-shirts will be distributed to fans at the game. The match will also be a continuation of homecoming weekend, with the student royalty court recognized during the game.
Both matches will be streamed on the RMAC Network.
Looking Back
Chadron State had a winless week with a pair of road conference matches, falling to CSU Pueblo in four sets and Adams State in three sets.
Bella Adams impressed in the match against Pueblo, hitting .625 with 11 kills against just one attack error in 16 attempts. The Eagles will look to rebound this week from their Adams performance, as CSC tallied their third-fewest kills (23) and second-fewest digs (38) as a team in any match this season against the Grizzlies on Saturday.
Century Club
Chadron State volleyball has two attackers with over 100 kills so far this season, with two others poised to reach triple-digits this week.
Junior Alejandra Briseno has turned into CSC’s top attacking option since transferring from Hutchison CC ahead of this season. Briseno leads the Eagles in both kills (142) and attempts (433), hitting .194 on the season.
Sophomore Kally Kirkwood has 112 kills on 432 attempts (1.81 kills/set), hitting .171 on the year. Kirkwood had a red-hot run from September 28-October 4, as she hit 35 kills with just three attack errors over a three-match span, hitting .409, .379, and .444 in those contests.
Behind those two, junior Bella Adams (97 kills) and senior Aiyana Fujiyama (94 kills) are poised to get to 100 either Tuesday or Saturday. Adams is hitting .238, the best attack percentage on the CSC roster out of anybody with over 30 attempts. Fujiyama has avoided making an attack error in two of CSC’s last three matches, finishing with three errorless kills against Adams State and five errorless kills back on October 12 against Regis.