Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, September 30
USAF Academy, Colo.
1 PM MT
Colorado State
14-2 (4-0MW)
3
at
0
Air Force
7-11 (0-4MW)
1
2
3
F
Colorado State
25
25
25
3
Air Force
21
19
19
0
Team Stats
CSU
AF
Kills
35
30
Errors
15
24
Attempts
101
104
Hitting %
.198
.058
Points
50.0
40.5
Assists
32
29
Aces
4
1
Blocks
11.0
9.5
Game Leaders
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
5
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Players Mentioned
OH/OPP
/ Volleyball
DS
/ VolleyballOH
/ VolleyballMB
/ VolleyballMB
/ Volleyball
S
/ Volleyball
DS
/ Volleyball
Recap: Rams’ Defense Stuffs Falcons
9/30/2017 4:11:00 PM | Volleyball
USAF Academy, Colo. – The No. 24 Colorado State volleyball team put up 11 blocks, led by Sanja Cizmic, Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Kirstie Hillyer who all recorded five apiece, in a sweep over Air Force on Saturday afternoon. The Rams have yet to drop a set in Mountain West Conference action as they improve to 14-2 overall and 4-0 in loop play.
Colorado State's offense was led by Katie Oleksak who dished out 29 assists to Sanja Cizmic and Paulina Hougaard-Jensen who floored a team-best eight kills each. Jasmine Hanna added seven kills and Kirstie Hillyer six. Amanda Young recorded nine digs on defense and Oleksak added eight. Maddi Foutz added a pair of service aces to the offense as well.
Both teams battled for the lead in the opening set as the score was tied at 18-18 late. The Rams showed their dominance and closed the set with a 7-3 run to win the first frame. Colorado State continued to control the match, jumping out to 7-2 lead in the second period – one they would hold down the stretch to take a 2-0 match lead. The third and final set was the biggest battle of the match, as there was 12 tie scores and three lead changes. The frame was tied at 12-12 before the Rams strung three-straight points together to take a three-point lead – the largest of the set at the time. CSU continued to play great defense and finished the match of with a 25-19 final score.
The Rams will stay on the road next week and head to Boise State for a Thursday night match starting at 7:30 p.m. MT.
IN HILBERTS WORDS…
On picking up another conference sweep…
"I felt like we stayed solid with our outside hitting, even though we were out of system almost the whole match. I thought Sanja Cizmic had a great match, except when she was hitting out of the back row. Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Kirstie Hillyer were good, but Air Force focused on them quite a bit. There were a lot of long rallies in this match and we had to win with those, which brought the kill percentages down. I thought Air Force defended us really well and I was pleased that we hung in there and played good defense ourselves and came out with a win."
On having three players record five blocks…
"We blocked the players that we were prepared to block coming into the match and I think we did a nice job holding Air Force's outside hitters to lower numbers. We got in front of the players that we needed to get in front of and we got a lot of blocks because of that.
On preparing to play Boise State…
"The team is very familiar with Boise State and they know it is going to be a good match. We are going to go into that match very well prepared and will compete at a very high level."
Colorado State's offense was led by Katie Oleksak who dished out 29 assists to Sanja Cizmic and Paulina Hougaard-Jensen who floored a team-best eight kills each. Jasmine Hanna added seven kills and Kirstie Hillyer six. Amanda Young recorded nine digs on defense and Oleksak added eight. Maddi Foutz added a pair of service aces to the offense as well.
Both teams battled for the lead in the opening set as the score was tied at 18-18 late. The Rams showed their dominance and closed the set with a 7-3 run to win the first frame. Colorado State continued to control the match, jumping out to 7-2 lead in the second period – one they would hold down the stretch to take a 2-0 match lead. The third and final set was the biggest battle of the match, as there was 12 tie scores and three lead changes. The frame was tied at 12-12 before the Rams strung three-straight points together to take a three-point lead – the largest of the set at the time. CSU continued to play great defense and finished the match of with a 25-19 final score.
The Rams will stay on the road next week and head to Boise State for a Thursday night match starting at 7:30 p.m. MT.
IN HILBERTS WORDS…
On picking up another conference sweep…
"I felt like we stayed solid with our outside hitting, even though we were out of system almost the whole match. I thought Sanja Cizmic had a great match, except when she was hitting out of the back row. Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Kirstie Hillyer were good, but Air Force focused on them quite a bit. There were a lot of long rallies in this match and we had to win with those, which brought the kill percentages down. I thought Air Force defended us really well and I was pleased that we hung in there and played good defense ourselves and came out with a win."
On having three players record five blocks…
"We blocked the players that we were prepared to block coming into the match and I think we did a nice job holding Air Force's outside hitters to lower numbers. We got in front of the players that we needed to get in front of and we got a lot of blocks because of that.
On preparing to play Boise State…
"The team is very familiar with Boise State and they know it is going to be a good match. We are going to go into that match very well prepared and will compete at a very high level."
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