How It Happened
A dominant but balanced offensive effort leads #22 Colorado School of Mines to a 3-1 (25-18, 31-29, 20-25, 25-17) victory at Adams State on Friday, November 4 at Plachy Hall.

Mines (19-5, 13-2) got double-digit kills from Ashlyn Eitemiller, LaRose Currie, Alanna Winfield and Ellie Monarch to fight off a feisty Grizzlies (14-10, 9-6) squad. 

The opening frame saw the Orediggers jump out to a sizeable lead and ASU narrow it back to two points on multiple occasions. That happened all the way until Mines took a 17-15 lead and turned it into a 25-18 victory on a final 8-3 run. 

While the first set may have been a ho-hum affair, the second set was an all-time classic thriller. Both teams battled each other toe-to-toe and neck-and-neck all the way into tiebreakers. After both teams fought off danger multiple times, the Orediggers finally broke the deadlock on a kill by Alanna Winfield to go up 30-29. 

Winfield then immediately put the game away when she grooved in a service ace on the very next play to Mines up 2-0.

After dropping the third set, the Orediggers jumped on Adams State early in the fourth frame and never looked back to cruise to a 25-17 win. Mines hit .333 as a team in the period and got five kills from Ashlyn Eitemiller to put the match away. 

Notables
-    Mines had four players reach double-digit kills with LaRose Currie posting a team-high 15 on .400 hitting. She also had nine digs for a near double-double.
-    Alanna Winfield produced a team-high 19 points on 13 kills with a career-high eight blocks. She also had six digs.
-    Ashlyn Eitemiller had a career-best 14 kills in banner night for her.
-    Ellie Monarch was second on the team with .320 hitting to go along with 13 kills. She also tied her career-best with seven digs.
-    Taryn Huber went over the 20-dig plateau for the 11th time this season with tonight's 22.
-    Marina Hansen and Delaney Duis split time at setter with Hansen posting 27 and Duis 26 assists, respectively. 
-    Mines also tied a season-high with 13 blocks on the evening. Abby Tiesman posted a career-high six to contribute.

Up Next
Mines will finish of the road trip tomorrow evening as they head over to Durango for a 5 p.m. match with Fort Lewis.