CHADRON – Angela McAdams had 14 kills and Brianna Bryant added 10 more as the ThunderWolves withstood a spirited Chadron State squad to win a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference match 25-17, 13-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-11 Thursday evening in Chadron.

With the win, Pueblo improves to 12-11 overall and 3-9 in the RMAC.

Chadron State (4-16, 2-9 RMAC) will host Western State tonight (Friday) in a match designated as Pink Out. All fans are encouraged to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness and local breast cancer survivors will be acknowledged before the match. First serve is set for 7 p.m.

Although the Eagles came out flat in the opening set, they found their groove in the second and third frames. CSC had a team hitting percentage of .278 and .351 in those sets and the Eagles also dominated the play at the net with their intimidating front line block.

However, Pueblo managed to survive a fourth set that featured seven ties and three lead changes to force a fifth set. In the final set, the ThunderWolves hit .333 and Marissa Calvillo led the offense with three consecutive kills.

For the match, Jessica Jester and Mallory Irvine each had eight total blocks, Lexi Hoagland chipped in seven and Mollie Jones finished with five.

The Eagles had a big advantage in blocks, finsihing with 31 compared to 14 for Pueblo. The Eagles also registered more kills (58-51).

Irvine also finished with a match-high 18 kills and hit a whopping .421. Erika Roybal joined her in double digit kills with 11 and Hoagland had 10 more.

Additionally, Kristina Harter finished with a match-high 25 digs and Justine Ackie had 25 set assists and 13 digs.