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Thursday, November 25
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Rams Begin Mountain West Tournament Thursday
11/24/2021 1:33:00 PM | Volleyball
Rams Begin Mountain West Tournament Thursday
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – After finishing the regular season, 18-9 overall and 14-4 in the Mountain West, Colorado State clinched its 17th Mountain West regular season title, while also earning the No. 1 seed for the newly reinstated conference tournament. The Rams will have a first-round bye and will face the winner of the No. 4 UNLV and No. 5 New Mexico match on Thursday, November 25 at 5 p.m., MT at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. The host Rebels and Lobos will play Wednesday night at 5 p.m.
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Rams at a Glance
» Colorado State finished Mountain West action last week, splitting matches at Utah State and Boise State.
» The Rams suffered its third loss - all on the road - of the conference schedule at Utah State before responding in the regular-season finale at Boise State.
» The win at Boise State clinched CSU's 17th regular-season title and it shared the title with Utah State, since both teams finished the season with the same records.
» Colorado State earned the No. 1 seed for the Mountain West tournament - winning the tie breaker with Utah State. The MW tournament returns after not being played since 2011 when the Rams won it last.
» Colorado State has swept 11 of its 18 conference opponents, including posting a sweep in all nine conference matches at Moby Arena and holding a 45-16 set mark in Mountain West matches.
» CSU has played five five-set matches this season, with all but one coming down to the final two points.
» Colorado State has gathered four Mountain West weekly awards this season -- sophomore outside Kennedy Stanford earned Offensive Player of the Week and senior libero Alexa Roumeliotis earned Defensive Player of the Week three times.
» In the Rams 27 matches played this season, 29 sets have been decided by two points – with 17 falling in favor of CSU. In Mountain West action, the Rams are 11-4 in those sets.
» Colorado State has swept just one of the Mountain West road trips this season - at Nevada and San Jose State. The Rams split the other two road trips.
» CSU picked up a program-tying six All-Mountain West awards. Alexa Roumeliotis and Ciera Pritchard both repeated on the All-MW team for the second time, while Sasha Colombo earned honorable mention for the second season.
» Annie Sullivan was named the conference's Newcomer of the Year - the first for the Rams since 2017.
» Kennedy Stanford, Karina Leber, Roumeliotis, Pritchard, Colombo, Sullivan were the six honorees.
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Scouting the Mountain West Tournament
» The Mountain West Conference reinstated its tournament officially for the 2021 season.
» The tournament was originally going to start it in 2020, but the COVID-19 global pandemic forced it to delay until a full schedule could be played.
» The conference took the top six programs from the regular season and seeded 1-6. The first and second seeds received first-round byes.
» Seeds: Colorado State (1), Utah State (2) San Jose State (3), UNLV (4), New Mexico (5), Boise State (6).
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Mountain West Tournament History
» Since the Mountain West's inception, the league has held 10 tournaments, running from its first year in 1999 to 2007 and again in 2011.
» Colorado State has won five of the 10 tournaments - 2011, 2006, 2004, 2003, 1999.
» Past members Utah (3) and BYU (1) also have won with UNLV be the only other current Mountain West member to win (2007).
» The Rams hold a 21-5 overall record in the Mountain West Tournament.
» CSU has been the No. 1 seed six times and has won two championships when the No. 1 seed.
» Colorado State has entered the tournament as low as the No. 3 seed (2006), while winning its fourth title.
» This will be the fourth time the tournament is hosted by UNLV. Colorado State has hosted it three times.
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Up Next
» Colorado State will head to the Mountain West Tournament after it was reinstated this season for the first time since 2011. The tournament used to run from 1999-2006 and in 2011. The Rams need just one victory to secure the No. 1 seed and receive a first-round bye.
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Rams at a Glance
» Colorado State finished Mountain West action last week, splitting matches at Utah State and Boise State.
» The Rams suffered its third loss - all on the road - of the conference schedule at Utah State before responding in the regular-season finale at Boise State.
» The win at Boise State clinched CSU's 17th regular-season title and it shared the title with Utah State, since both teams finished the season with the same records.
» Colorado State earned the No. 1 seed for the Mountain West tournament - winning the tie breaker with Utah State. The MW tournament returns after not being played since 2011 when the Rams won it last.
» Colorado State has swept 11 of its 18 conference opponents, including posting a sweep in all nine conference matches at Moby Arena and holding a 45-16 set mark in Mountain West matches.
» CSU has played five five-set matches this season, with all but one coming down to the final two points.
» Colorado State has gathered four Mountain West weekly awards this season -- sophomore outside Kennedy Stanford earned Offensive Player of the Week and senior libero Alexa Roumeliotis earned Defensive Player of the Week three times.
» In the Rams 27 matches played this season, 29 sets have been decided by two points – with 17 falling in favor of CSU. In Mountain West action, the Rams are 11-4 in those sets.
» Colorado State has swept just one of the Mountain West road trips this season - at Nevada and San Jose State. The Rams split the other two road trips.
» CSU picked up a program-tying six All-Mountain West awards. Alexa Roumeliotis and Ciera Pritchard both repeated on the All-MW team for the second time, while Sasha Colombo earned honorable mention for the second season.
» Annie Sullivan was named the conference's Newcomer of the Year - the first for the Rams since 2017.
» Kennedy Stanford, Karina Leber, Roumeliotis, Pritchard, Colombo, Sullivan were the six honorees.
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Scouting the Mountain West Tournament
» The Mountain West Conference reinstated its tournament officially for the 2021 season.
» The tournament was originally going to start it in 2020, but the COVID-19 global pandemic forced it to delay until a full schedule could be played.
» The conference took the top six programs from the regular season and seeded 1-6. The first and second seeds received first-round byes.
» Seeds: Colorado State (1), Utah State (2) San Jose State (3), UNLV (4), New Mexico (5), Boise State (6).
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Mountain West Tournament History
» Since the Mountain West's inception, the league has held 10 tournaments, running from its first year in 1999 to 2007 and again in 2011.
» Colorado State has won five of the 10 tournaments - 2011, 2006, 2004, 2003, 1999.
» Past members Utah (3) and BYU (1) also have won with UNLV be the only other current Mountain West member to win (2007).
» The Rams hold a 21-5 overall record in the Mountain West Tournament.
» CSU has been the No. 1 seed six times and has won two championships when the No. 1 seed.
» Colorado State has entered the tournament as low as the No. 3 seed (2006), while winning its fourth title.
» This will be the fourth time the tournament is hosted by UNLV. Colorado State has hosted it three times.
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Up Next
» Colorado State will head to the Mountain West Tournament after it was reinstated this season for the first time since 2011. The tournament used to run from 1999-2006 and in 2011. The Rams need just one victory to secure the No. 1 seed and receive a first-round bye.
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