Colorado State University Athletics
Thursday, October 12
Fort Collins, Colo.
7 PM MT
Colorado State
vs
San Jose State
Photo by: Tomas Redondo
Match Preview: No. 21 Rams Return to Moby to Face San Jose State, Nevada
10/10/2017 3:36:00 PM | Volleyball
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THE WEEK
• The No. 21 Colorado State volleyball team returns to Moby Arena this week after recording a 4-0 record over last two weeks on the road.
• The Rams will host San Jose State (12-5, 4-2 MW) on Thursday starting at 7 p.m., before playing Nevada on Saturday afternoon starting at noon.
• The match against the Wolf Pack on Saturday will also be a Pink Out and the Rams will recognize McKenna Thornlow's mother Tracy who is battling breast cancer as an honorary team member.
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LOOKING AHEAD
• Following this week, the Rams will return to the road for a pair of matches at UNLV and New Mexico.
• CSU will play UNLV on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m., before playing at New Mexico on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.
• Following the short road trip, the Rams will return home and face Wyoming, Air Force, Utah State and Boise State.
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OPPONENTS AT A QUICK GLANCE
• San Jose State enters the match with a 12-5 overall record and a 4-2 Mountain West Conference mark after splitting last week's match with UNLV and New Mexico.
• Nevada begins the week 5-13 overall and 3-3 in conference after splitting last week with UNM and UNLV.
RAMS AT A GLANCE
• The Rams enter the week with a 16-2, 6-0 MW record and ranked No. 21 in the AVCA Poll - highest of the season.
• CSU sits at No. 30 in the second RPI rankings - the highest among Mountain West teams. Previous opponents Colorado (24) and Florida State (28) sit above.
• Colorado State recorded another pair of victories last week at Boise State and Utah State. The Rams came back from a 2-0 deficit against Broncos for the first time on the road since 2013 at Utah State.
• Jasmine Hanna has 1,061 career kills and is 5 kills behind leader Megan Plourde (2008-12) who has 1,066.
• Katie Oleksak continues to lead the conference with an 11.91 assist average, which also is No. 6 in the nation.
• Paulina Hougaard-Jensen is ranked No. 16 in DI in hitting percentage with a .418 tally. She also is No. 48 in the nation in blocks per set with 1.29 average.
• The Rams rank eighth in the nation in hitting percentage with a .306 tick, 15th in blocks per set with a 2.87 mark and 40th in kills per set with a 13.89 average.
• CSU leads or is second in the conference in eight categories and has individual leaders in three of those.
• The Rams have three different players ranked in the Mountain West in hitting percentage, ranging from leader Paulina Hougaard-Jensen (.419) to No. 7 Jasmine Hanna (.309).
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CAREER WATCH
• Senior Jasmine Hanna is currently six kills away from becoming the all-time kills leader (modern scoring format) at Colorado State with 1,061 kills. She sits behind Megan Plourde (2008-12) who has 1,066.
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WORKING TOWARDS #700 FOR HILBERT
• Rams Head Coach Tom Hilbert has tallied 699 career wins heading into San Jose State and Nevada week.
• The majority of his wins (523) were recorded at Colorado State. The rest were at Idaho, where he was the leader for eight seasons before coming to CSU.
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AVCA POLL
• Colorado State moved up two spots to its highest ranking of the season at No. 21 in this week's AVCA Poll following a perfect 2-0 week, which included victories at Boise State and Utah State.
• This is the highest ranking for the Rams since week 14 of the 2015 season when they were ranked No. 13.
• It is the sixth week this season that Colorado State has been ranked and the 274th week that CSU has been ranked.
• The Rams have been ranked No. 25, 22, 23, 24, 21.
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BREAKING 1K
• Jasmine Hanna recorded 15 kills against New Mexico on Sept. 21 to become the 22nd player to record 1,000-plus kills all-time at Colorado State.
• In the modern scoring format (2008-present) she is just the second player to break 1,000 kills.
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IN THE NATION
• Colorado State currently ranks No. 5 in hitting percentage with a .317 mark, No. 21 in blocks per set (2.76), No. 26 in assists per set (13.20) and No. 30 in total blocks (154.5).
• Leading the Rams in hitting percentage is Paulina Hougaard-Jensen who ranks No. 14 in the nation with a .424 clip. She also ranks No. 48 in total blocks with 73.
• Katie Oleksak leads the conference and is No. 6 in DI in assists per set with an 11.91 mark and in total assists with 667.
• Sanja Cizmic ranks No. 88 in the nation in aces per set (0.38) and No. 132 in total aces with 20.
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THE WEEK
• The No. 21 Colorado State volleyball team returns to Moby Arena this week after recording a 4-0 record over last two weeks on the road.
• The Rams will host San Jose State (12-5, 4-2 MW) on Thursday starting at 7 p.m., before playing Nevada on Saturday afternoon starting at noon.
• The match against the Wolf Pack on Saturday will also be a Pink Out and the Rams will recognize McKenna Thornlow's mother Tracy who is battling breast cancer as an honorary team member.
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LOOKING AHEAD
• Following this week, the Rams will return to the road for a pair of matches at UNLV and New Mexico.
• CSU will play UNLV on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m., before playing at New Mexico on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.
• Following the short road trip, the Rams will return home and face Wyoming, Air Force, Utah State and Boise State.
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OPPONENTS AT A QUICK GLANCE
• San Jose State enters the match with a 12-5 overall record and a 4-2 Mountain West Conference mark after splitting last week's match with UNLV and New Mexico.
• Nevada begins the week 5-13 overall and 3-3 in conference after splitting last week with UNM and UNLV.
RAMS AT A GLANCE
• The Rams enter the week with a 16-2, 6-0 MW record and ranked No. 21 in the AVCA Poll - highest of the season.
• CSU sits at No. 30 in the second RPI rankings - the highest among Mountain West teams. Previous opponents Colorado (24) and Florida State (28) sit above.
• Colorado State recorded another pair of victories last week at Boise State and Utah State. The Rams came back from a 2-0 deficit against Broncos for the first time on the road since 2013 at Utah State.
• Jasmine Hanna has 1,061 career kills and is 5 kills behind leader Megan Plourde (2008-12) who has 1,066.
• Katie Oleksak continues to lead the conference with an 11.91 assist average, which also is No. 6 in the nation.
• Paulina Hougaard-Jensen is ranked No. 16 in DI in hitting percentage with a .418 tally. She also is No. 48 in the nation in blocks per set with 1.29 average.
• The Rams rank eighth in the nation in hitting percentage with a .306 tick, 15th in blocks per set with a 2.87 mark and 40th in kills per set with a 13.89 average.
• CSU leads or is second in the conference in eight categories and has individual leaders in three of those.
• The Rams have three different players ranked in the Mountain West in hitting percentage, ranging from leader Paulina Hougaard-Jensen (.419) to No. 7 Jasmine Hanna (.309).
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CAREER WATCH
• Senior Jasmine Hanna is currently six kills away from becoming the all-time kills leader (modern scoring format) at Colorado State with 1,061 kills. She sits behind Megan Plourde (2008-12) who has 1,066.
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WORKING TOWARDS #700 FOR HILBERT
• Rams Head Coach Tom Hilbert has tallied 699 career wins heading into San Jose State and Nevada week.
• The majority of his wins (523) were recorded at Colorado State. The rest were at Idaho, where he was the leader for eight seasons before coming to CSU.
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AVCA POLL
• Colorado State moved up two spots to its highest ranking of the season at No. 21 in this week's AVCA Poll following a perfect 2-0 week, which included victories at Boise State and Utah State.
• This is the highest ranking for the Rams since week 14 of the 2015 season when they were ranked No. 13.
• It is the sixth week this season that Colorado State has been ranked and the 274th week that CSU has been ranked.
• The Rams have been ranked No. 25, 22, 23, 24, 21.
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BREAKING 1K
• Jasmine Hanna recorded 15 kills against New Mexico on Sept. 21 to become the 22nd player to record 1,000-plus kills all-time at Colorado State.
• In the modern scoring format (2008-present) she is just the second player to break 1,000 kills.
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IN THE NATION
• Colorado State currently ranks No. 5 in hitting percentage with a .317 mark, No. 21 in blocks per set (2.76), No. 26 in assists per set (13.20) and No. 30 in total blocks (154.5).
• Leading the Rams in hitting percentage is Paulina Hougaard-Jensen who ranks No. 14 in the nation with a .424 clip. She also ranks No. 48 in total blocks with 73.
• Katie Oleksak leads the conference and is No. 6 in DI in assists per set with an 11.91 mark and in total assists with 667.
• Sanja Cizmic ranks No. 88 in the nation in aces per set (0.38) and No. 132 in total aces with 20.
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