GOLDEN, Colo. – October 11, 2022 – The Chadron State College volleyball team dropped its fifth straight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference match on Tuesday night, falling to Colorado School of Mines in three sets, (13-25, 15-25, 19-25). The Eagles are now 7-13 overall, and 5-6 in the RMAC, while Mines improves to 14-5 (9-2 RMAC).

CSC had the lead one time in the first set, and that was off a Mayson Fago kill to go up 1-0. After that CSM went on a 9-4 run. CSC would cut the lead to four a couple times, but CSM would not let CSC get any closer thanks in part to kills by CSM's Megan Neil. CSC would not get close again throughout the set, by only scraping 13 points compared the Orediggers 25. CSM got the set point off a service ace from Mines' Megnan Veronique.

The second set started off slow for the Eagles. They found themselves down 2-5 early but a kill from Allie Ferguson and an attack error from Mines' Megnan Veronique got them within one point.

Tied at 10-10, a kill from Drew Stokes got the Orediggers back on track, as they would go on a 10-4 run to separate themselves from the Eagles. CSM put the set in their hands off an attack error from the Eagles.

The third set started off with multiple ties and three lead changes.

The set was tied at 10-10 when CSM started to pull away. The Orediggers went on a 7-2 run to set them up for a match win. The Eagles were able to rally a little bit, but only scrapped three points before CSM added three themselves and won the set off a serving ace.

Mayson Fago and Amber Harvey led the Eagles in total kills with seven and five respectively, with the Eagles only totaling 23 kills on the night. The Eagles struggled to attack as they hit .105 on the night with Kiley West hitting .500, and Fago hitting .294. Harvey hit .273 on the night.

Defensively, Fago and Adams led the Eagles with three total blocks, in addition to Harvey and Fujiyama adding two each to help to their total. The Eagles had a total of 11 blocks, and 17 digs on the night.

Kiera Alfred led the Eagles with five digs, and Rylee Greiman had 4 herself.

The Eagles will be looking to bounce back as they host Regis on Sunday October 16th, at the Chicoine Center. This will be the Alumni Match.

Golf team finishes sixth in Pueblo

PUEBLO, Colo. -- October 12, 2022 -- The Chadron State College golf team finished sixth in the Farmers Insurance Samuel Proal Invitational, after two rounds of golf on Tuesday in Pueblo, Colorado. The Eagles fired 320-328-648 at Pueblo Country Club, led by an eighth-place tie by junior Brooke Kramer (75-82-157) in her return from injury.

"We had a decent day in the wind," said CSC Head Golf Coach John Ritzen, "but I thought we could have played better. We're excited to get to work this off-season. Each golfer knows what she needs to work on, and we're excited to make those improvements for the spring."

Despite the conditions, Kramer managed a birdie and eight holes at even pars on Tuesday. She finished the tournament with the event's second-best five birdies. Her 75 on Monday matched the lowest single-round score of the season for CSC.

Junior Kinsey Smith was right behind Kramer with four birdies, and a card showing 82-78-160. She tied for 14th, and was one of the few players to improve her score on Tuesday.

Only two teams at the tournament added fewer strokes on Tuesday than the Eagles.

Finishing first with scores of 299-306-605 was host CSU-Pueblo. The ThunderWolves' Zoey Rodriguez was first individually as well, shooting 71-75-146.

Chadron State is done with its fall schedule, and will return to competition in March.

CSC Individual Results
T8, Brooke Kramer, 75-82-157; T14, Kinsey Smith, 82-78-160; T26, Alpine Hickstein, 82-83-165; T32, Jordan Grasis, 81-85-166; T42, Kenzey Kanno, 82-88-170; T47, Aubree Heinsma, 81-92-173; 55, Payton Wise, 90-90-180.

Team Results
1, CSU-Pueblo, 299-306-605; 2, Colorado Mesa, 308-318-626; 3, UCCS, 307-325-632; 4, Regis, 320-323-643; 5, MSU Denver, 314-332-646; 6, Chadron State, 320-328-648; 7, South Dakota Mines, 320-333-653; 8, Fort Lewis, 322-333-655; 9, Wayland Baptist, 327-344-671; 10, Dodge City CC, 355-364-719.