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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A six-game home stand to open up its season comes to an end this week as the Colorado State volleyball team travels to Waco, Texas to compete in the Baylor Invitational September 6 and 7. The Rams will face No. 15 Baylor on Thursday followed by a double-header against Evansville and Arizona State Friday.

Colorado State (4-2) vs. No. 15 Baylor (3-2)
Ferrell Center // Waco, Texas
Thursday, September 8, 2022 // 5:00 PM MT
Stream: ESPN+
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Colorado State vs. Evansville (1-5)
Ferrell Center // Waco, Texas
Friday, September 9, 2022 // 9:00 AM MT

Colorado State vs. Arizona State (4-2)
Ferrell Center // Waco, Texas
Friday, September 9, 2022 // 7:00 PM MT

What You Need to Know

The Rams are coming off a four-game week, hosting the CSU Invitational last weekend. Colorado State finished the week 2-2 facing tough competition all weekend. The team took wins over Florida Gulf Coast and Alabama State and dropped matches to Arkansas and Northern Colorado.
Baylor will be the Rams' first ranked opponent this season while the Bears has seen a strong strength in schedule already this fall. Some notable wins for Baylor come over UC Santa Barbara – a common opponent with the Rams – as well as the defending National Champions, No. 3 Wisconsin. While losses for the Bears come at the hands of No. 5 Minnesota and No. 24 Pepperdine.
The Rams will have a shot at knocking off two different power-five conference opponents this weekend with Baylor coming out of the Big 12 and Arizona State out of the Pac-12. This weekend will also look to prepare the Rams for another Pac-12 opponent as Colorado State rounds out its non-conference season with two games against in-state rival Colorado next week.

Series History

The Rams are 4-0 in their history against Baylor with a win most recently in the 2016 season where both teams ended up making NCAA Tournament appearances.
Colorado State has never played an away game against the Bears with all of their matchups coming at a neutral site or in Fort Collins.

Series vs. Bears: 4-0
Away vs. Bears: 0-0
Hilbert vs. Bears: 4-0

There has only ever been one matchup between Colorado State and Evansville, happening in the year of 1999.
The Rams won 3-0 in Fort Collins.

Series vs. Aces: 1-0
Neutral vs. Aces: 0-0
Hilbert vs. Aces: 1-0

The Rams are 1-11 overall against Arizona State with their one win coming in the 2014 season on the road in Tempe.
The last three matchups have been exciting ones with two out of the last three going to five sets.

Series vs. Sun Devils: 1-11
Neutral vs. Sun Devils: 0-4
Hilbert vs. Sun Devils: 1-1

Match Notes Nuggets

Junior Kennedy Stanford continues to be the focal point of the Colorado State offense as she led the team in kills in three out of four game last week. With 40 kills over four matches during week two of the season, Stanford leads the team in overall kills with 63.
Junior Karina Leber leads the Mountain West in attack percentage through the first two weeks of the season. While conference play hasn't started yet, Leber's consistency in the middle blocker position has been a highlight for Colorado State against high profile non-conference teams. As a team, the Rams sit second in attack percentage among Mountain West teams.
In the Rams' last outing, Hilbert changed up his lineup in all three sets, getting playing time to a variety of players outside of his normal starters. Setter Barrett Power totaled 22 assists while middle blocker Naeemah Weathers finished with seven kills over two sets.
Redshirt-Freshman Libero Kate Yoshimoto sits eighth in the Mountain West for total digs from the back row with 72.
After the season started with service errors in the double-digit range, the Rams put out their best number of the season against Alabama State and Arkansas, only surrendering five while adding 15 services aces throughout the invitational.

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