COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- LeTourneau University's volleyball team dropped a pair of matches Friday at the Spike it Up Classic hosted by Colorado College. Both of the losses came to NCAA Division III schools ranked or receiving votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

The YellowJackets lost to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the first match, 25-14, 25-12, 25-23. MIT is receiving votes in the national poll. LETU fell to No. 10 Colorado College, 25-16, 25-13, 25-13, in the second match.

LeTourneau (3-3) was limited to 19 kills, while totaling 20 attack errors in the first match. MIT (4-1) had 47 kills and 19 errors. The Yellow Jackets had 20 kills and 18 errors in the second match, while the host Tigers (4-1) had 49 kills and 14 errors.

In the third set against the Engineers, the Jackets got out to an 11-6 lead on an ace by Kianna Crow. MIT went on a 5-0 run to take a 14-13 lead, but LETU responded with a five-point surge of its own, highlighted by two kills by Taylor Smith and another by Natalie Davenport, to vault the YellowJackets back in front, 18-14. The Engineers answered again, this time with a 4-0 spurt to tie the score at 18-18. Smith's kill on the next serve put LeTourneau on top again before MIT ran off three straight points to take control. The YellowJackets cut it 23-22 on a block by Kiari Johnson and Lexie Welton, but they couldn't force a fourth set.

Crow had eight kills, Davenport 14 assists, Cam Taylor 11 digs, and Johnson three blocks. Lilly Edwards and Alexis Groark each had 12 kills for the Engineers. Andie Maloney finished with 38 assists and 12 digs, and Madison Lee 17 digs. Shea Landeene and Edwards each had six blocks for MIT.

The YellowJackets were outblocked, 10.5-5, in the first match.

LeTourneau hit .143 in the first set against Colorado College. The Tigers had a .389 attack rate in the opening set. But LETU combined for 11 kills and 13 errors the rest of the way, and Colorado College pounded 30 kills against nine errors in the final two sets to complete the sweep.

Crow finished with nine kills, Davenport had 17 assists, Smith five kills, Audrey Galindo 10 digs and Mikayla Thomas three blocks. Georgia Mullins had 10 kills and hit .318, and Isabella Vasquez nine kills and a .467 attack percentage for the Tigers.

LETU will play University of La Verne at 11 a.m. Saturday and Willamette University at 5 p.m. to conclude the tournament.