RMAC Volleyball Week 2 Release

Grizzlies, off to best start since 2007, head to Grand Junction for four more this weekend

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Click here to view the second weekly volleyball release from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) of the 2011 season.

Monday’s release includes league standings, RMAC/Baden Players of the Week, a list of upcoming matches and recent results, news & notes from around the league as well as a look at national polls.

The Grizzlies equaled their best start to a season since going 2-2 to start the 2007 season. That year, Adams State earned an opening weekend split while hosting their won Best Western Alamosa Inn/Grizzly Inn Volleyball Classic.

ASC won their morning match on each day of this past weekend’s West Texas A&M Lady Buff Classic in Canyon , Texas, but struggled in their afternoon and evening matches. Friday morning saw the Grizzlies cruise to a 25-20, 26-24, 25-22 win over Texas-Permian Basin, and on Saturday it was another quick win against Texas Women’s University by a 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 tally.

Junior hitter Dominique Davis (Denver, Colo.) led the Grizzlies with 50 kills during the four-game weekend, including reaching the double-digit mark in each of the weekend’s final three matches. Davis was on fire during the Saturay a.m. match against TWU, with a weekend-high 16 kills in three sets while hitting at a .448 clip. She got plenty of help from sophomore setter Gabriella Rifilato (Bayfield, Colo.), making her first appearance as a Grizzly after transferring from North Idaho  College. Rifilato tallied 131 assists over the weekend and committed just one ball-handling error.

This weekend ASC will wrap-up its non-conference schedule at the Colorado Mesa-hosted Holiday Inn Crossroads Classic in Grand Junction, Colo. Action gets underway on Friday for the Grizzlies, and all the weekend action be followed with live stats and video which can be found at the 2011 Crossroads Classic webpage.