In a competitive weekend at home against RMAC foes in Westminster College (WC) and Dixie State (DSU), the Mavericks were able to come out with a 1-1 split over the two days.
On Friday, McKenzie Edwards made history as she surpassed 1000 career kills at CMU. But despite the accolade, the Trailblazers managed to escape with the win in four sets.
Edwards lead the team with 11 kills on the day. She was followed by Camille Smith and Ashton Reese who tied with nine. In assists, Samantha Ritter was the top dog, achieving 21 which was nine more than Ara Norwood who had 12. Taylor Woods racked up 18 digs.
DSU won the first two sets convincingly but CMU would win the third set in an attempt to make a comeback. Nevertheless, it was shortlived as the Trailblazers sealed the fourth set 25-16 and the win
The game against WC went a lot better for the Mavericks, with a sweep to redeem themselves from Friday. CMU dominated the game on every aspect. WC didn’t get more than 20 points in any of the sets, not only that but the stats were lopsided as well. Kills and assists were more than double and digs were only three away from being double as well.
Kasie Gilfert rode the top of the wave for kills with 16. Edwards was second on the leaderboard with nine kills and Smith followed with seven. In the assisting realm, Norwood took the cake with 25 and Ritter followed closely behind with 17, Woods took third with two of her own. Third in assists but first in digs placed Woods with 15 digs. Katie Scherr accomplished nine and Ritter had seven to round out the top three diggers.
The second game against WC was, by far, a much more dominant showing as the win was achieved. The game against DSU, while still proving talent, had CMU falling short of the win. The consistency that the team has proven to be capable of is needed in the next games on the road as the team continues their drive for wins in the chase for number one.
