Box Score
DENVER, Colo. – The No. 8 Southwest Minnesota State (5-3) volleyball team fell to No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul (6-2) tonight in the Colorado Premier Challenge championship. CSP won in three sets (25-16, 25-22, 25-16) to claim the title of the tournament. SMSU won the tournament last season and this would be its fourth second-place finish.
Taylor Reiss and
Sarina Smith were responsible for half of the teams kills tonight with Reiss contributing nine and Smith, eight.
Concordia-St. Paul took an early lead the in the first set going up 8-3. The match only had four times in which the Mustangs were able to rally and take the lead from the Golden Bears before they pulled ahead for the win. CSP had two players to have double-digit kills, Hope Schiller had 12 while Brooklyn Lewis had 14.
The Mustangs went on a 4-0 run in the second set to make it a two-point game after being down five or more throughout the set. The Golden Bears led the entire third set to close out the sweep over the Mustangs. This is the Golden Bears sixth title at the Colorado Premier Challenge.
Southwest Minnesota State opens conference play this Thursday at 6 p.m. in the PE Gym against Augustana for its home opener.
