The opening match of the Ball State women’s volleyball team’s trip to Colorado for the CSU tournament ended in defeat losing to 25th ranked Colorado State.
The Cardinals won the first set (25-21), with Colorado state coming back to take the win in three consecutive sets (27-25, 25-22, 25-22).
Ball State started out strong winning their first set (25-21), with key plays from sophomore defensive specialist Kate Avila with a pair of aces along with a whopping four kills from redshirt junior middle hitter Meg Starling.
Ball State had 57 total kills in the match, compared to Colorado State’s 59. Leading in kills for the Cardinals was junior outside hitter Ellie Dunn with 16.
The girls will return to the court this evening at 10 pm against Idaho State.
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