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No. 25 Rams to host six matches this weekend
8/30/2018 11:19:00 AM | Volleyball
Colorado State Tournament | |
Match 4:Â Cincinnati |
Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 | 11 a.m. MT | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena |
TV/Video: Mountain West Network | Live Stats | |
Match 5: Florida State |
Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. MT | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena |
TV/Video: Mountain West Network | Live Stats | |
Match 6: TCU |
Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018 | 11 a.m. MT | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena |
TV/Video: Stadium TV | Live Stats | |
Full Match Notes | Colorado State | Cincinnati | Florida State | TCU |
Series History | Cincinnati: Cincinnati leads, 1-0 | Last Match: CSU lost, 0-3, on 8/31/02 | Streak: Lost 1 |
Florida State: CSU leads, 2-0 | Last Match: CSU won, 3-0, on 9/2/17 | Steak: Won 2 | |
TCU: CSU leads, 15-5 | Last match: CSU won 3-2, on 9/1/18 | Streak: Won 1 | |
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THE WEEKEND
• No. 25 Colorado State will return to Moby Arena and play host to six matches as it welcomes Cincinnati, Florida State and TCU.
• The Rams will face Cincinnati on Saturday morning starting at 11 a.m., before playing Florida State that evening with the first serve scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
• CSU will finish the weekend battling TCU on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
• Colorado State will also host three neutral matches starting with TCU and Florida State on Friday at 3 p.m. Cincinnati and TCU will play on Saturday at 5 p.m., and Cincinnati and Florida State will start Sunday at 10 a.m.
• All of Colorado State's matches will be broadcast on the Mountain West Network, except for the Sunday afternoon TCU match, which will be on Stadium TV.
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OPPONENTS AT A QUICK GLANCE
• Cincinnati begins the season 2-1 after recorded wins against UC Santa Barbara and Saint Louis in its opening weekend.
• Florida State will head to Colorado with a 0-2 record dropping its first matches to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
• TCU has started the season 4-0 with three sweeps - all to start the season. Freshman élan McCall earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors on Monday.
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LOOKING AHEAD
• Following the busy weekend, the Rams will head to Michigan for their first true road matches of the season.
• CSU will play LSU and at Oakland on Sept. 7 before playing at Michigan on Sept. 8
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RAMS AT A GLANCE
• Colorado State enters the weekend ranked No. 25 in the AVCA Poll after starting the season 2-1.
• The Rams picked up a win on Tuesday night at Northern Colorado as they swept the Bears to record their 18th-consecutive victory in the series.
• Breana Runnels earned her first double-double of the season in the season opener against No. 12 Illinois with 17 kills and 13 digs.
• Colorado State set a new attendance record in its match against Illinois, packing in 7,745 fans into Moby Arena.
• Breana Runnels leads the offense with 35 kills, while Paulina Hougaard-Jensen follows with 30.
• Maddi Foutz had a career night at Northern Colorado, tallying 25 digs, which is tied for the second most in Colorado State history.
• Kirstie Hillyer continues to dominate the net, leading the Rams every match in blocks and totaling 17 stuffs.
• Freshman Sasha Colombo has made her mark from the serving line, recording four aces in just two matches.
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