Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, September 16
Fort Collins, Colo.
7 PM MT
Colorado State
10-2
2
vs
3
Colorado
10-1
1
2
3
4
5
F
Colorado
21
23
25
25
15
3
Colorado State
25
25
22
14
8
2
Team Stats
COLO
CSU
Kills
72
55
Errors
17
23
Attempts
173
159
Hitting %
.318
.201
Points
90.0
69.0
Assists
65
52
Aces
9
7
Blocks
9.0
7.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
16
Aces
2
Blocks
3
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
2
Blocks
4
Players Mentioned
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/ VolleyballRecap: Colorado State Snuffed by Colorado
9/17/2017 12:27:00 AM | Volleyball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The No. 22 Colorado State volleyball team fell on Saturday night to Colorado, in front roughly 4,700 Ram faithful. Despite the Rams winning the first two sets in the contest, the Buffs' defense halted the CSU attack in the final three sets to take a 3-2 victory.
Colorado State senior Sanja Cizmic had a team-high four kills in the first set to guide the Rams to a 25-21 set win. The team finished with a hitting mark of .241, but forced four errors from Colorado's attack. After the set was knotted at 16 all, the Rams rallied for six-straight points and finished the set with points from Cizmic, Paulina Hougaard-Jensen, and a service error from Colorado.
In the second set, the Rams needed two large runs to take a 2-0 lead into the break. CSU senior outside hitter Jasmine Hanna started an eight-point rally with a kill to make the score 21-14 and finished the rally with another to bring the Rams within a point late. The Buffaloes would lose a two-point lead when Colorado State won the last four points of the match to steal the set.
The third set was tight until the end and both teams put together runs. The Rams led at 21-20 before the Buffs went on a 5-1 scoring run – including winning the last three points – to take the set 25-22.
Colorado State struggled offensively in the fourth and fifth frames, netting a total 14 kills between the two. The Buffs charged out to sizable leads, while the Rams would hit below .200 in both the final two sets.
Sanja Cizmic finished with a team-high 16 kills, while Breana Runnels and Jasmin Hanna added 13 and 12, respectfully. Katie Oleksak finished the night with her second double-double of the season. The sophomore dished out 47 assists – including a match-high 10 in the third set and dug 16 balls. Amanda Young also reached double-digit saves with 15 in the loss.
Colorado State will begin conference action this Thursday, hosting New Mexico at 7 p.m.
IN THEIR WORDS
Tom Hilbert on the match…
"It was a fun match. I thought it was interesting in the first set, they out hit us by almost 100 (percentage) points, but missed six serves. That was the answer for us. In the second set, I thought we did a nice job of coming back at the end and rallying and doing the right things. Then we started falling victim to some very good serving by them and we got disrupted a little bit. Our offense did not have as much flow as it has had the last few matches. We are going to have to figure out why that happens and hopefully we can outgrow it and correct it. Hats off to Colorado, they did a good job tonight. They forced us into these things, but I feel like we got disrupted, mostly by the service-receive game."
… on where the team is going into conference play…
"This is a very good volleyball team. It is a volleyball that is vulnerable at times. Being able to shorten those moments up, but you are never going to get rid of those moments, but you can shorten them. We are a pretty-good volleyball team and we can compete with anybody. I think now we go into Mountain West (Conference) and the mindset changes. We have a target on our back and everybody brings there best against us. We have to prepare well, and everybody knows each other well."
Senior Outside Hitter Jasmine Hanna on the loss to Colorado taking steam from the teams start…
"I think this adds steam. I know personally, I am fired up and the rest of the team is fired up about this so it just adds momentum."
… on the progression of the match…
"I think we got complacent, maybe comfortable. The first two sets they did not play their best and when we went into the locker room we knew they were going to bring another level. They came in, and brought it to another level and we did not match it. We needed to play our best to match them."
Colorado State senior Sanja Cizmic had a team-high four kills in the first set to guide the Rams to a 25-21 set win. The team finished with a hitting mark of .241, but forced four errors from Colorado's attack. After the set was knotted at 16 all, the Rams rallied for six-straight points and finished the set with points from Cizmic, Paulina Hougaard-Jensen, and a service error from Colorado.
In the second set, the Rams needed two large runs to take a 2-0 lead into the break. CSU senior outside hitter Jasmine Hanna started an eight-point rally with a kill to make the score 21-14 and finished the rally with another to bring the Rams within a point late. The Buffaloes would lose a two-point lead when Colorado State won the last four points of the match to steal the set.
The third set was tight until the end and both teams put together runs. The Rams led at 21-20 before the Buffs went on a 5-1 scoring run – including winning the last three points – to take the set 25-22.
Colorado State struggled offensively in the fourth and fifth frames, netting a total 14 kills between the two. The Buffs charged out to sizable leads, while the Rams would hit below .200 in both the final two sets.
Sanja Cizmic finished with a team-high 16 kills, while Breana Runnels and Jasmin Hanna added 13 and 12, respectfully. Katie Oleksak finished the night with her second double-double of the season. The sophomore dished out 47 assists – including a match-high 10 in the third set and dug 16 balls. Amanda Young also reached double-digit saves with 15 in the loss.
Colorado State will begin conference action this Thursday, hosting New Mexico at 7 p.m.
IN THEIR WORDS
Tom Hilbert on the match…
"It was a fun match. I thought it was interesting in the first set, they out hit us by almost 100 (percentage) points, but missed six serves. That was the answer for us. In the second set, I thought we did a nice job of coming back at the end and rallying and doing the right things. Then we started falling victim to some very good serving by them and we got disrupted a little bit. Our offense did not have as much flow as it has had the last few matches. We are going to have to figure out why that happens and hopefully we can outgrow it and correct it. Hats off to Colorado, they did a good job tonight. They forced us into these things, but I feel like we got disrupted, mostly by the service-receive game."
… on where the team is going into conference play…
"This is a very good volleyball team. It is a volleyball that is vulnerable at times. Being able to shorten those moments up, but you are never going to get rid of those moments, but you can shorten them. We are a pretty-good volleyball team and we can compete with anybody. I think now we go into Mountain West (Conference) and the mindset changes. We have a target on our back and everybody brings there best against us. We have to prepare well, and everybody knows each other well."
Senior Outside Hitter Jasmine Hanna on the loss to Colorado taking steam from the teams start…
"I think this adds steam. I know personally, I am fired up and the rest of the team is fired up about this so it just adds momentum."
… on the progression of the match…
"I think we got complacent, maybe comfortable. The first two sets they did not play their best and when we went into the locker room we knew they were going to bring another level. They came in, and brought it to another level and we did not match it. We needed to play our best to match them."
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