RAPID CITY, S.D.— Senior outside hitter Sadie Scoville registered a 17-kill, 12-dig double-double, added a trio of service aces and hit .500 to lead the Colorado Mesa University Maverick volleyball squad to a revengeful 3-set (25-23, 25-19, 25-19) sweep of South Dakota Mines on Saturday afternoon in the Hardrockers' King Center.
 
The Mavericks also received 12 kills from Emma Luce and 21 digs from libero Allison Waller as they capped the regular season on a 4-match winning streak.  Now 16-9 overall, the Mavs finished Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with a 10-4 record and will head to Golden, Colorado for Tuesday night's (7 p.m.) quarterfinal round of the conference tournament where they will play fourth-seeded Colorado School of Mines.
 
Mines, 20-6 overall, also finished 10-4 in conference play but won the tie-breaker for the higher seed and hosting rights, thanks to their marathon, 5-set head-to-head win over the Mavs on Oct. 24.
 
CMU will be the fifth seed.
 
Saturday's win allowed the Mavs to avenge a Halloween night RMAC Power Pod loss to the Hardrockers (10-16, 7-7 RMAC) in Denver while also ending their hosts' season as other results from around the conference dropped South Dakota Mines into a 3-way tie-breaker for the eighth and final spot in the RMAC Tournament, which Adams State won to earn the No. 8 seed and the right to face top-seeded MSU Denver, which shared the regular season title with UCCS.
 
On the other half of the bracket, UCCS will be the No. 2 seed and will take on No. 7 seed Fort Lewis.  CSU Pueblo defeated Fort Lewis to claim the No. 3 seed and will host Westminster, which got past South Dakota Mines on Friday and Black Hills State.
 
Saturday's Maverick win also avenged the Hardrockers' 2024 regular season finale victory here in the King Center.
 
Those two Hardrocker wins are the only two in the all-time series, which CMU now leads 12-2.
 
The Mavs were quite strong offensively, finishing Saturday's win with a .339 team attack percentage as the put down 51 kills, 11 more than the Hardrockers, who hit .252.
 
Luce hit .370 while Karsen Breeding added eight kills on .304 hitting.  Coco Barnett and Macy Wood also contributed seven and six more, respectively. 
 
The Mavs finished with a 55-50 advantage in total digs as Waller surpassed the 20 mark for the third time this season while Scoville registered her second straight and 11th double-double.
 
Setter Ashlyn Tafoya finished with 26 assists while Addie Swanson added 15.
 
Cate Warren led the Hardrockers with 11 kills while Hannah Benes wrapped up her brilliant defensive career with 14 digs.
 
The Hardrockers led the first set 10-5 but watched the Mavs storm back to take a 19-17 lead on a Scoville ace.
 
The hosts then came back to take a 23-22 lead on a block.
 
However, Luce put down three consecutive kills to propel the Mavs to victory and finished the opening set with seven kills.
 
The second set was also tight and featured eight ties and four lead changes before the Mavs seized control with a 5-1 run that featured three Scoville kills and a Luce ace.
 
That spurt put the Mavs up 16-12.
 
They still led by four at 23-19 and then won the set on a Scoville kill and a Waller service ace.
 
The Mavs also took control of the third set with a strong mid-set run, going from 9-8 down to 18-13 up.  Breeding triggered that run with three straight kills while Luce and Scoville also chipped in points.
 
The Mavs then cruised to the win, clinching it on the second of six match points via a Breeding kill.