The No. 18 Colorado College volleyball team fell to Division II Colorado Christian University, 25-14, 25-17, 27-29, 25-22, Tuesday evening in Lakewood, Colo.
 
The Tigers struggled to get on the right foot offensively against the Cougars, hitting a .087 attack percentage on 41 kills with 27 errors in 160 attempts over four sets.
 
CCU took the early advantage over CC as the Cougars won the first two sets. However, the Tigers came back in the next set to win a grueling 29-27 third-set victory.
 
The Tigers were down 6-5 early in the third set, but went on a 6-0 run after capitalizing on five errors by the Cougars and a kill by freshman Kiersten Knoppel. CCU however, rallied back to tie the match at 14-14.
 
The set stayed close the remainder of the game as it saw eight ties. The final tie came at 27-27, but the Tigers were able to take the advantage winning the set off of two kills by freshman Emily Phillips.
 
The Cougars ended the match with a 25-22 victory to win the competition in four sets.
 
Freshman Sophie Merrifield led CC on defense with a career-high 25 digs. Sophomore Kristen Liberty led the Tigers at the net tying her career-high seven blocks to aid the team defensively.
 
Freshman Devon Lucero and senior Kate Squires organized the offense dishing out 19 and 16 assists, respectively. Phillips led the team offensively on a .333 hitting percentage with 10 kills.
 
CC dropped to 18-7 on the season, while CCU improved to 17-5 this season.
 
Colorado College continues playing on the road as it travels to San Antonio, Texas to wrap up conference play with four matches over Saturday and Sunday.