Western Colo. WC 6-11,4-3 RMAC

Fort Lewis FLC 6-11,2-5 RMAC

Western Colo. WC

6-11,4-3 RMAC

Final

Oct. 15, 2024

Fort Lewis FLC

6-11,2-5 RMAC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Western Colo. WC	27	23	25	25	(3)
Fort Lewis FLC	25	25	23	21	(1)

Summary
Box Score

Kaitlyn Silva

Freshman libero Emery Pomroy had 11 digs and 7 assists in the loss to WCU

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/15/2024 9:20:00 PM | Angela Roberts, Associate AD-Communications

Volleyball loses in four to Western Colorado

DURANGO, Colo. – The Fort Lewis College volleyball team returned to Whale Gymnasium for a Tuesday night match against Western Colorado University, falling in four sets in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play.

With the loss, the Skyhawks dropped to 6-11 overall and 2-5 in conference play. The Mountaineers improved to 6-11 on the year and 4-3 in the league.

Fort Lewis was held to a .160 efficiency while Western Colorado enjoyed a .254 clip. The Skyhawks out-dug the Mountaineers, 64-54, and held a 10-9 edge in aces. Western Colorado tallied 11 blocks compared to nine for Fort Lewis.

Sophomore Alina Nunez led the team with 14 kills and 16 digs, followed by senior Alexis Hobie who had 11 kills. Junior Ella Butler put away nine kills on 20 swings (.400) to lead the team from the efficiency standpoint. Senior Natalia Lambos recorded her third straight double-double with 40 assists and 13 digs. Freshman Emery Pomroy earned 11 digs and seven assists.

In the first set, a kill by Butler tied the score at 5-5, but the Mountaineers enjoyed a scoring run to make it an 11-7 score. Hobie and Shea combined for kills on the next two points to make it a two-point set. The Mountaineers made it 13-10 with a kill on the outside, but a run by Shea at the service line gave Fort Lewis its first lead of the night at 14-13. Western Colorado tied it again, this time at 17's, thanks to a setter dump and kill out of the middle. The late points saw multiple ties and lead changes, and a kill by Hobie fought off a set point. Hobie extended the set again with a kill to make it 22-25, but Western Colorado scored the next two points to seal the set.

The Mountaineers held a significant lead early in the second set, but a scoring surge by the Skyhawks saw the home team trailing by just one point. An ace by Butler tied the score at 9-9, and Western Colorado came back to reclaim the lead. The Mountaineers held on to a narrow advantage into the late teens after kills by Lambos and Hobie made it 18-17. Fort Lewis had another run, this one three-points, to see a 21-20 edge. Western Colorado responded to take the lead twice, but it was a 3-0 sprint at the end that gave Fort Lewis a 25-23 win.

Set three was a set of runs, with a 4-0 press by Fort Lewis making it a 7-5. The lead grew to four points later on when kills by Shea and Hobie made it 13-9. Western Colorado came back with a run to tie the score at 13-all before another kill by Shea gave her team the lead. The Mountaineers made their move late in the set when a run with three aces flipped the score to a 23-18 Western Colorado lead. Fort Lewis staved off three set points, but an eventual kill out of the middle ended things in a 25-23 score.

Fort Lewis had the edge in the fourth set, maintaining an early lead and eventually extending it to 11-7 thanks to a run by freshman Maddy Shumway at the service line. Western Colorado answered with a 6-1 scoring run midway through the set for a 16-14 lead. A kill and service ace by Nunez tied the score at 16-16, but the Mountaineers were the first to 20 and held a four-point lead. Fort Lewis pulled within one after a kill from Nunez made it 22-21, but late attacking errors for Fort Lewis ended the match and set at 25-21.

Fort Lewis (6-11, 2-5 RMAC) is on the road on Friday to face New Mexico Highlands University (4-12, 2-4 RMAC) inside the John A. Wilson Complex in Las Vegas, N.M. First serve will be at 6:00 p.m.

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