Colorado State University Athletics
Tuesday, October 2
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Photo by: Nick Monaghan
Rams drop Border War in Laramie
10/2/2018 10:24:00 PM | Volleyball
LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Colorado State volleyball team finished arguably its hardest stretch of the 2018 season with a loss at Wyoming on Tuesday. The match capped a three-match six-day road trip.
Colorado State started the match taking a 12-9 lead, but the Cowgirls manufactured a five-point run to take a 14-12 advantage – one they wouldn't lose. The Rams tied the frame at 15-15 and at 17-17, but another Wyoming run increased its lead to 23-18 before taking the first set. Wyoming's defense held a 68 percent sideout mark as the Rams started the match with three-consecutive points and then was held to less than two the rest of the frame.
Both teams traded points to start the second frame as it was tied at 10-10. The Rams took a 15-12 lead at the media timeout before increasing their lead to 21-16 on their way to tying the match at one set apiece.
Wyoming used a five-point run early in the third set to grab an early lead and cruised to a 25-14 set win. The Rams were held to a .029 hitting mark as they recorded just nine kills in the set.
The Rams dug themselves a hole in the fourth frame as the Cowgirls took a 5-0 lead and extended it to 8-2 early. The Rams came back to get within two at 15-13 to force Wyoming to use a timeout. The Cowgirls came out of the break with three-consecutive points, all from the service line. The Rams tried to come back again, getting the score within four at 22-18, but Wyoming finished the match with three-straight CSU attack errors.
QUOTES
Head Coach Tom Hilbert on the match…
"We were really high in hitting errors tonight and Wyoming's blocking contributed to that. We just don't have a lot of weapons right now. Tonight we had Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and people are figuring out how to stop Kirstie Hillyer and starting to figure out Breana Runnels. We need to start passing the ball better because that will open things up for other people. We had a couple of moments tonight that we were playing okay, but then we gave up too many point runs. Wyoming is very good and tonight they were significantly better than us. We need to go back, prepare and win some more conference games and then beat Wyoming when they come to Fort Collins."
STAT OF THE DAY
Katie Oleksak earned her fourth double-double of the season with 46 assists and 12 digs.
NOTES
- Breana Runnels led the Rams, reaching double-digit kills for the 15th match this season with 17.
- Paulina Hougaard-Jensen followed with 15 kills, including seven in the fourth set.
- Kirstie Hillyer added 10 kills, including five blocks.
- Olivia Nicholson led the back row with 15 digs.
- Maddi Foutz also reached double-figure digs with 10 digs.
- Oleksak and Sasha Colombo each tallied two service aces.
- This is the second time this season that three Rams reached double-digit digs – Florida State, Sept. 1.
- The loss is the first time since 2008 that CSU has lost back-to-back Mountain West matches.
- The loss is also the first time since 2016 against Wyoming.
NEXT
Colorado State will return to Moby Arena and host Air Force on Friday for a 7 p.m., match.
Colorado State started the match taking a 12-9 lead, but the Cowgirls manufactured a five-point run to take a 14-12 advantage – one they wouldn't lose. The Rams tied the frame at 15-15 and at 17-17, but another Wyoming run increased its lead to 23-18 before taking the first set. Wyoming's defense held a 68 percent sideout mark as the Rams started the match with three-consecutive points and then was held to less than two the rest of the frame.
Both teams traded points to start the second frame as it was tied at 10-10. The Rams took a 15-12 lead at the media timeout before increasing their lead to 21-16 on their way to tying the match at one set apiece.
Wyoming used a five-point run early in the third set to grab an early lead and cruised to a 25-14 set win. The Rams were held to a .029 hitting mark as they recorded just nine kills in the set.
The Rams dug themselves a hole in the fourth frame as the Cowgirls took a 5-0 lead and extended it to 8-2 early. The Rams came back to get within two at 15-13 to force Wyoming to use a timeout. The Cowgirls came out of the break with three-consecutive points, all from the service line. The Rams tried to come back again, getting the score within four at 22-18, but Wyoming finished the match with three-straight CSU attack errors.
QUOTES
Head Coach Tom Hilbert on the match…
"We were really high in hitting errors tonight and Wyoming's blocking contributed to that. We just don't have a lot of weapons right now. Tonight we had Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and people are figuring out how to stop Kirstie Hillyer and starting to figure out Breana Runnels. We need to start passing the ball better because that will open things up for other people. We had a couple of moments tonight that we were playing okay, but then we gave up too many point runs. Wyoming is very good and tonight they were significantly better than us. We need to go back, prepare and win some more conference games and then beat Wyoming when they come to Fort Collins."
STAT OF THE DAY
Katie Oleksak earned her fourth double-double of the season with 46 assists and 12 digs.
NOTES
- Breana Runnels led the Rams, reaching double-digit kills for the 15th match this season with 17.
- Paulina Hougaard-Jensen followed with 15 kills, including seven in the fourth set.
- Kirstie Hillyer added 10 kills, including five blocks.
- Olivia Nicholson led the back row with 15 digs.
- Maddi Foutz also reached double-figure digs with 10 digs.
- Oleksak and Sasha Colombo each tallied two service aces.
- This is the second time this season that three Rams reached double-digit digs – Florida State, Sept. 1.
- The loss is the first time since 2008 that CSU has lost back-to-back Mountain West matches.
- The loss is also the first time since 2016 against Wyoming.
NEXT
Colorado State will return to Moby Arena and host Air Force on Friday for a 7 p.m., match.
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Team Stats
CSU
WY
Kills
50
44
Errors
30
11
Attempts
139
116
Hitting %
.144
.284
Points
62.0
64.5
Assists
48
39
Aces
5
7
Blocks
7.0
13.5
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
17
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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