No. 22 Rams Return Home, Finish Non-Conference Schedule with Three Matches

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Match 9: Northern Colorado	Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 \| 7 p.m. MT \| Fort Collins, Colo. \| Moby Arena TV/Video: MW Network \| Live Stats
Match 10: Cal Poly	Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 \| 7 p.m. MT \| Fort Collins, Colo. \| Moby Arena TV/Video: MW Network \| Live Stats
Match 11: Oregon State	Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 \| 7 p.m. MT \| Fort Collins, Colo. \| Moby Arena TV/Video: MW Network \| Live Stats
Full Match Notes	Colorado State \| Northern Colorado \| Cal Poly \| Oregon State
Statistics	Colorado State \| Northern Colorado \| Cal Poly \| Oregon State
Series History	UNC: CSU leads, 23-6 \| Last match: CSU won 3-0, on 8/28/18 \| Streak: CSU 18 Cal Poly: CSU leads, 6-2 \| Last match: CSU won 3-0, on 8/31/13 \| Streak: CSU 5 Oregon State: Series tied, 3-3 \| Last match: ORST won 3-0, on 8/29/09 \| Streak: ORST 1
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THE WEEK
• No. 22 Colorado State is back home and will finish its non-conference schedule hosting three matches in three days.
• The Rams will start the week against Northern Colorado on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
• CSU will finish the week facing Cal Poly on Thursday night and Oregon State on Friday.

LAST WEEK
• Colorado State continued its successful start to the season as it defeated its in-state rival Colorado twice in as many days.
• The Rams started the Golden Spike series with a dominated sweep at home on Thursday against then-No. 19 Colorado.
• CSU finish the week on Friday night with a five-set thriller at the CU Events Center to take the inaugural Golden Spike to Fort Collins.

LOOKING AHEAD
• Following the final non-conference matches, the Rams will begin Mountain West action with a split week.
• CSU will begin league action hosting New Mexico on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m., MT.
• Colorado State will then hit the road for its first conference match at UNLV on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 3 p.m., MT.

OPPONENTS AT A QUICK GLANCE
• All three teams coming to Moby Arena have winning records so far this season.
• Northern Colorado (5-4) already has a pair of victories over Mountain West schools and one against the Big 10.
• Cal Poly (5-4) started the season with three losses, but since is 5-1 with a big 3-2 win over then-No. 16 Utah.
• Oregon State (6-2) has won its last three matches including winning the Redhawk Invite last week.

RAMS AT A GLANCE
• Colorado State returned to the AVCA Poll at No. 22 after defeating its last three opponents who were all ranked.
• CSU (7-1) recorded a perfect 2-0 record last week defeating in-state rival then-No. 19 Colorado.
• The Rams swept the Buffs in the first meeting in Moby Arena before a five-set thriller in Boulder last Friday to take home the inaugural Golden Spike.
• Breana Runnels was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week – the second of the season for CSU.
• Colorado State holds a 7-1 record so far this season, with its lone loss to California in the season opening weekend.
• CSU has defeated three ranked opponents so far this season, including two sweeps, and all of which have fallen out of the Top-25.
• Alexa Roumeliotis was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week following the Rams' sweep of the Fight in the Fort.
• CSU holds a six-match winning streak, with six of their seven victories coming via sweeps.
• The Rams won their 15th regular season MW title in 2018 after a 23-8 overall record and 15-3 in league play.
• Senior setter, Katie Oleksak was named the Preseason Player of the Year for the second time.
• CSU claimed four of the seven preseason team positions, including Oleksak, Breana Runnels, Kirstie Hillyer and Paulina Hougaard-Jensen.
• The Rams reached the 20-win plateau a season ago for the 24th consecutive season.
• Last season the Rams finished in the Top-25 in the nation in aces per set, blocks per set and hitting percentage.
• The only loss CSU will saw from 2018 is in its ace and dig totals. The Rams returned 98.3% of their total offense.

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