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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado State will head to Mountain West Conference action this week, facing a pair of league opponents. The Rams will host Boise State and Utah State at Moby Arena. CSU defeated them both at home last season, during the shortened COVID-19 year played in the spring.

The two matches will both be streamed on the Mountain West Network, including Saturday's match on Local3 in Denver. Thursday's match will serve at 7 p.m., MT, with Saturday's at 1 p.m., MT. Both played in Moby Arena.

Series History
» Colorado State leads the Boise State series 19-1 overall, including 11-0 in Moby Arena and 8-1 in Boise.
» The Rams only loss in the series was a five-set match in 2016 in Idaho.
» CSU also holds the series against Utah State, 32-14 overall and 16-6 in Moby Arena.
» The Rams carry a program-long 31 match winning streak against the Aggies, with their last loss in the series happening back in 1982.
» Colorado State has had just one five-set match during that time and 22 matches where it swept USU.

Coaches
» Tom Hilbert: 25th year at Colorado State (603--147): 33rd year overall (777-219)
» Prior to coming to Colorado State, Hilbert was the head coach at Idaho from 1989-96 and accumulated a 174-72 record, which remains the best winning percentage by a coach in Idaho history. While in Moscow, he helped the Vandals win the regular season or tournament every year from 1992-95.
» Shawn Garus: 13th year at Boise State (217-149); 17th year overall (281-213).
» Rob Neilson: 2nd year at Utah State (13-14); 2nd year overall.

Rams at a Glance
» Colorado State will look to start Mountain West action strong, after dropping its last two non-conference matches to then-No. 25 Colorado.
» Prior to the rivalry matches, CSU posted a perfect 3-0 mark in its home tournament, picking up wins against SIUE, Oregon State and UAB.
» CSU has played three five-set matches this season, with each coming down to the final two points.
» Senior libero Alexa Roumeliotis earned Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week honors after the team's 3-0 performance at home.
» In the Rams nine matches played this season, 14 sets have been decided by two points – with just six falling in favor of CSU.

Scouting Boise State
» Boise State will enter conference play with the Mountain West's best record at 11-1 and a nine-match winning streak.
» The Broncos played four matches away from Boise in their non-conference slate, including just two true road matches -- at Sac State and UC Irvine.
» BSU's most notable non-conference win was a 3-1 upset over then-No. 10 Utah at home last week.
» Boise State has collected three conference weekly awards, all offensive the last three-consecutive weeks.
» The Broncos will face Colorado State on Thursday, before playing at Wyoming on Saturday.

Scouting Utah State
» Utah State enter league play with an 8-4 mark after picking up a pair of wins last week.
» The Aggies came away with a 2-1 mark in each of their non-conference weekends, including pushing SEC team Arkansas to five-sets while at the Bobcat Classic.
» Utah State is No. 3 in the Mountain West in hitting percentage at .248 and blocks with a 2.40 average.
» The Aggies will face Wyoming on Thursday night before playing in Moby Arena on Saturday afternoon.

Keep Digging
» Alexa Roumeliotis has been stellar for Colorado State in the back row, averaging 4.76 per set - the second best in the Mountain West.
» The libero has recorded double-figure digs in all nine matches so far this season and has a 21 match-streak with double-figure digs dating back to Feb. 13, 2021.
» That streak isn't even her longest of her career at Colorado State, in 2019 she had an 11-match streak with double-figure digs.
» For her career at CSU, the senior has 50 matches with 10-or-more digs.
» In her collegiate career, she has totaled 56 - recording six while at Creighton.

Up Next
» After its opening Mountain West week, the Rams will have a quick turn as they will host Wyoming on Tuesday for the first edition of the Border War in 2021, followed by their first conference road trip to Fresno State on Thursday.
» Following the four matches in a week, Colorado State will have its bye week.

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