Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, November 4
Fort Collins, Colo.
1 PM MT
Colorado State
24-2, 14-0MW
3
vs
0
Boise State
13-13, 6-8MW
1
2
3
F
Boise State
25
13
22
0
Colorado State
27
25
25
3
Team Stats
BS
CSU
Kills
38
46
Errors
23
11
Attempts
113
93
Hitting %
.133
.376
Points
47.0
59.0
Assists
36
44
Aces
4
3
Blocks
5.0
10.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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/ VolleyballRecap: No. 20 Colorado State Clinches 14th Mountain West Title with Sweep Over Boise State
11/4/2017 4:30:00 PM | Volleyball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The No. 20 Colorado State volleyball team handled Boise State on Saturday afternoon, recording its 11th conference sweep and in the process secured its 14th Mountain West Conference Championship. The Rams picked up its 14th consecutive win and remain perfect in Mountain West Conference play with a 14-0 record.
Jasmine Hanna led CSU with 13 kills, while hitting at a .478 clip. It also marked the 19th time Hanna has recorded double-digit kills this season. Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Kirstie Hillyer also added nine kills respectfully. Katie Oleksak paced the offence with 38 assists in the sweep. Hillyer and Sanja Cizmic controlled the net recording five stuffs apiece, while Cizmic also led the Rams in digs picking up 13.
Colorado State found themselves with an early lead in set one, stringing together multiple scoring runs to build a 20-9 lead. But the Broncos went on a 10-2 run to come within three points at 22-19. Boise State scored four more to tie the set at 24-24 before the Rams fought back to close the set 27-25. CSU worked their way to another large lead in the second set – jumping out to a 21-8 score. The Broncos looked to rally, but the Rams finished the set, 25-13. The third set was a battle, with 12 tie scores and seven lead changes. The Broncos held a 13-10 advantage in the middle of the set, but an 8-2 run gave the Rams an 18-15 lead. Boise State tied the set at 20-20 before CSU slammed the door with a 6-1 run to win the match, 25-22.
The Rams will head on to the road for a pair of matches, starting with Nevada on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
IN THEIR WORDS
Tom Hilbert's opening statement…
"That was a really good match. I think, even in the first set, we lost a big lead, which I wasn't happy about, but it put us in an end-game pressure situation that required us to have to do some pressure plays and we really needed that. I was very happy and I knew that Boise State is not a team we should be getting 10-point cushions on. I think they were a little out of sync for a while but they're talented and when they're playing at their best, it's more like set three. We need to play more like we did in set three. We need to face difficult servers. We have to pass and we have to side out in certain situations. We had some really nice, mature performances from the team. I was really pleased."
Hilbert on if there a certain benefit to clenching the Mountain West this early…
Probably not, but what we have to do is look beyond that. Every match that we play from this point on and every practice we have is preparing us for the postseason. We are still going to prepare for the Mountain West opponents and we aren't going to overlook anybody. We are going to bring the intensity and competitiveness up in practice.
Jasmine Hanna on if there any added pressure in the match after the result from last season with Boise State…
I think for sure. We know they're a good competitor and they won last year. I think to everyone it added a little bit of fire, but for the most part, I think we came into conference and treated everybody the same – like we were playing somebody big every night. We're not overlooking anybody.
Paulina Hougaard-Jensen on what the key was to successfully hitting and blocking…
I think we prepared really well. Our scout team did really good job in practice this week and during the match we were vocal on who is serving and where we are going to block.
Jasmine Hanna led CSU with 13 kills, while hitting at a .478 clip. It also marked the 19th time Hanna has recorded double-digit kills this season. Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Kirstie Hillyer also added nine kills respectfully. Katie Oleksak paced the offence with 38 assists in the sweep. Hillyer and Sanja Cizmic controlled the net recording five stuffs apiece, while Cizmic also led the Rams in digs picking up 13.
Colorado State found themselves with an early lead in set one, stringing together multiple scoring runs to build a 20-9 lead. But the Broncos went on a 10-2 run to come within three points at 22-19. Boise State scored four more to tie the set at 24-24 before the Rams fought back to close the set 27-25. CSU worked their way to another large lead in the second set – jumping out to a 21-8 score. The Broncos looked to rally, but the Rams finished the set, 25-13. The third set was a battle, with 12 tie scores and seven lead changes. The Broncos held a 13-10 advantage in the middle of the set, but an 8-2 run gave the Rams an 18-15 lead. Boise State tied the set at 20-20 before CSU slammed the door with a 6-1 run to win the match, 25-22.
The Rams will head on to the road for a pair of matches, starting with Nevada on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
IN THEIR WORDS
Tom Hilbert's opening statement…
"That was a really good match. I think, even in the first set, we lost a big lead, which I wasn't happy about, but it put us in an end-game pressure situation that required us to have to do some pressure plays and we really needed that. I was very happy and I knew that Boise State is not a team we should be getting 10-point cushions on. I think they were a little out of sync for a while but they're talented and when they're playing at their best, it's more like set three. We need to play more like we did in set three. We need to face difficult servers. We have to pass and we have to side out in certain situations. We had some really nice, mature performances from the team. I was really pleased."
Hilbert on if there a certain benefit to clenching the Mountain West this early…
Probably not, but what we have to do is look beyond that. Every match that we play from this point on and every practice we have is preparing us for the postseason. We are still going to prepare for the Mountain West opponents and we aren't going to overlook anybody. We are going to bring the intensity and competitiveness up in practice.
Jasmine Hanna on if there any added pressure in the match after the result from last season with Boise State…
I think for sure. We know they're a good competitor and they won last year. I think to everyone it added a little bit of fire, but for the most part, I think we came into conference and treated everybody the same – like we were playing somebody big every night. We're not overlooking anybody.
Paulina Hougaard-Jensen on what the key was to successfully hitting and blocking…
I think we prepared really well. Our scout team did really good job in practice this week and during the match we were vocal on who is serving and where we are going to block.
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