Colorado State University Athletics
Match Notables: CSU volleyball vs. Air Force
11/13/2014 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 13, 2014
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- No. 9 Colorado State improved to 25-2 on the year, and 13-1 in the Mountain West play, with a sweep over Air Force (27-25, 25-18, 25-17).
- Junior libero Jaime Colaizzi wrote her name into the CSU record books early in the first set with her 1,000th career dig. She becomes just the 11th player in CSU history to reach that milestone. With, 1,011 digs to her name, Colaizzi now sits in 10th place all-time. Ninth place is Catie Vagneur (1995-1999) who amassed 1,047 digs during her career.
- The Rams have swept the Falcons in 21-consecutive contests since 2004, and have won 64-straight sets overall.
- CSU 43-1 all-time against Air Force. After losing the first match in the series (1982), CSU has rattled off 43-straight wins, including 40 under Head Coach Tom Hilbert.
- Under Hilbert, CSU is 43-0 at home against teams from the state of Colorado.
- CSU improved to 11-1 at home on the year and is now 51-4 at Moby Arena since the start of the 2011 season, the fourth-best home winning percentage during that period.
- The Rams have dropped just four sets in their 12 matches at Moby Arena, winning 33 of the 37 total sets.
- CSU limited Air Force to .009 hitting and 23 attack errors.
- In CSU’s last four home matches, opponents are hitting just .046 combined, while three of those four opponents (Fresno State, Utah State and Air Force) have been held to .009 hitting or below.
- Senior middle blocker Kelsey Snider and senior outside hitter Marlee Reynolds led the team with 10 kills apiece. Snider registered five of her 10 kills in the third set alone while hitting .444 for the match.
- In addition to her 10 kills, Snider also led the way with five blocks. As a team, CSU out-blocked Air Force, 9.0-8.0.
- Junior right-side hitter Adrianna Culbert displayed her usual all-around game with seven kills, five assists and 10 digs while hitting an efficient .312.
- Junior defensive specialist Kailtind Bestgen continued her season-long tear from the service line with four aces. Coming into the match, Bestgen led the Mountain West in service aces during conference play (0.34).
- On the night, Bestgen went back to serve 22 times, with the Rams scoring points on 16 of those serves (72.7 percent). As a team the Rams scored on their own serve 39 times, with 41 percent of those points coming when Bestgen was serving.
- Additionally, the Rams scored at least three-straight points in all three sets when Bestgen was serving.
- Senior setter Deedra Foss added three service aces of her own, as the Rams served tough with eight aces on the night.
- CSU has won 20 matches in straight sets this season, tied for the third-most in a season by a Rams team.
- The Rams won the first set for the 19th-straight match and 25th time this season.
- The first set featured 15 ties and eight lead changes. Trailing 23-21, the Rams fought back to take a 24-23. After the Falcons fought off two set points, the Rams finally sealed the deal after an Air Force attack went wide.
- Air Force jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead in Set 2, but the Rams used an 8-0 run with Bestgen serving, the team’s longest run of the night, to take a 9-4 lead in the set. Air Force got as close as one point, at 10-9, but CSU pulled away late in the set with a mini 8-2 run to take the second set, 25-18.
- With four matches remaining, CSU owns a two-match lead in the Mountain West standings. CSU could clinch a share of the conference title with a win Saturday in addition to a UNLV loss.
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