DENVER, Colo. – The No. 12 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M came in fourth at the loaded Colorado Premier Classic after falling to No. 4 MSU Denver 3-0 (15-25, 23-25, 22-25) in the 3^rd-place match on Saturday afternoon at the Auraria Event Center. 

Junior Torrey Miller and Taytum Stow were named to the All-Tournament.  The All-Tournament team was voted on by opposing coaches from the Colorado Premier Challenge. 
 
MATCH 1 
#15 Wayne State 3, #12 West Texas A&M 1 (22-25, 25-13, 25-23, 22-25, 7-15)
 
Records

• Wayne State 7-0 (0-0 NSIC)
• West Texas A&M 5-2 (0-0 LSC)

By the Numbers
After falling behind in set one, the Lady Buffs battled their way to a 2-1 match lead before Wildcats forced the fifth set ultimately winning the opening match of bracket play. The Lady Buffs hit .164 in the match with 58 kills on 189 swings with 27 errors to go along with 79 digs, 54 assists, 14 blocks, and four service aces.  WSC registered 63 kills with 29 errors to swing .181 with 90 digs, 60 assists, 13 blocks and five service aces. 
 
Three Lady Buffs reached double-figure kills with Torrey Miller (13), Camy Jones (12), and Emma Becker (11) while Blair Moreland paced the offense with 29 assists followed by Ainsley Malis with 25. Abi Nash led the back row with 26 digs while Taytum Stow racked up a season-high eight blocks. 
 
Milestones

• First five-set match of the 2022 season, first since regional championship (Dec. 4, 2021)
• Taytum Stow had a team single-match season-high eight blocks

MATCH 2
#4 MSU Denver 3, West Texas A&M 0 (15-25, 23-25, 22-25)
 
Records

• MSU Denver 5-3 (0-0 LSC)
• West Texas A&M 7-1 (0-0 RMAC)

By the Numbers
MSU Denver hit .259 in the sweep recording 43 kills on 108 attacks with 15 errors while picking up 49 digs, 13.0 blocks, 39 assists and six service aces.  WT had 33 kills with 19 attack errors on 108 swings to hit .130 to go along with 40 digs, 10 blocks, 28 assists and one ace. 
 
Torrey Miller had a team-high 11 kills with six errors on 35 attack errors to hit .143 while Blair Moreland led the offense with 17 assists.  Abi Nash grabbed 12 digs for WT while Taytum Stow led with five blocks.