Courtesy photo by Wyo Athletics
By Kylee Thompson
Laramie WY- The UniWyo Invite served off on September 9th at the Uni Wyo Sports Complex in Laramie. The Cowgirls took the court against UC Santa Barbara on Thursday night. The Cowgirls started the match off with a 2-0 lead only for Santa Barbara to come right back and tie the same. After much back and forth the Cowgirls took off on a 3-kill run to head into a media timeout with the score at 15-11, that was the break Santa Barabra need to come back and get within 2 again. Ony for the Cowgirls to take the lead back to 18-13, and that was all she wrote. Both teams finished the set off in a round of errors from attack, blocks and 3 services errors to finish the set.
The second set both teams were dialed in! The set was back and forth until the end. Each team was going up by 1 or 2 and then the other team would come back. After battling, the teams got a break for a media timeout, and the score was 14-15 with UW on top. CBS came out of the time out on a 3-scoring run; UW was able to get a point in, but CBS went off on another 3-point run for UW to take a timeout with the score at 20-16. The Cowgirls were able to regroup in the time out and got the first two points after the timeout. CBS got one point then the Cowgirls got three to tie the game at 21 a piece; CBS called a timeout, and the crowd went wild! That timeout changed the game. UW got the next point, and CBS immediately called another timeout. After that it was back-to-back and then both teams were tied at 24. CBS took the set point, and UW called a timeout. The timeout didn’t help the Cowgirls they lost set 2: 26-24.
The third set was just like any other set until we got to the end. Both teams again battled it out for the lead, and CBS had a good lead of 22-18, but UW decided they were going to win this set if went to extra points. The Cowgirls battled back point by point and were able to pull the set out with a 27-25 victory. At the end of the third match, UW was up 2 sets to 1 going into the fourth set. The fourth set was not the Cowgirls’ best work; CBS got off to an early lead, and the Cowgirls couldn’t catch up. There was a media timeout at 15-7 score with CBS on top once the teams got back on the court; the Cowgirls could not come back CBS wins set four 25-15.
Well, the Cowgirls did not disappoint in the fifth set. The Cowgirls started off in the lead and never gave up! Now the game was not the pretties as CBS had lots of errors, but the Cowgirls used that to rush to a 15-6 win! The Cowgirls start the UniWyo Invite 1-0, will they continue the win streak? Join us tomorrow night for your UW Cowgirls vs. South Dakota Coyotes.
