Rams Fight Back in Loss

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Boise St.	25	25	14	12	15	3
Colorado St.	18	20	25	25	12	2

Boise St.

Colorado St.

Colorado State's volleyball team went into Thursday's match with a six-game winning streak, but without a dominant start, the team lost to Boise State 25-18, 25-20, 18-25, 14-25, 15-12.

The Rams, who entered as the last unbeaten in Mountain West play, now sit at 8-7 overall, 5-1 in conference play.

Colorado State had a slow start to the match which Kennedy Stanford said was the killer. Stanford was one of the players who really showed up in the first two sets and helped keep scores close even if the stats don't necessarily show it.

"(Stanford) does a lot of unsung roles, she does everything," CSU coach Emily Kohan said. "Everybody likes the 'oohs' and 'ahs' of her hitting -- she's little and she jumps really high so those are really fun to watch -- but hopefully everybody can also appreciate all those, I call them softer skills of the passing, the defense and all those other things because that's what makes her a really great six rotation."

The third and fourth sets went the Rams way when they came out with a little more fire. Once they got their first lead of the match in the third set, they didn't want to let it go. They led for the entirety of the third set and after their second point in the fourth set they kept their lead.

Freshmen Maria Brun and Jordyn Tynsky made themselves known in the last three sets of the game. Brun had a season best in kills with 10 and had one of her best hitting matches according to Kohan. Tynsky had a really strong serving game tonight with two serving aces.

"It's tough to be a freshy and come out and play. I think they did such a good job, especially Jordy -- she had a lot of energy," Stanford said. "She really helped turn it around in her rotation and to get out there and just serve and make an impact. That is something that is so impressive."

Other than Brun, both Malaya Jones and Karina Leber set some of their own season bests. Leber had 13 kills while Jones had 14 digs and 28 kills. For Jones, her season best also happened to be a double-double.

Jones makes a big impact, and she makes it known when she's on the court. Against Boise State, she was able to come up with big blocks to help the Rams tie the Broncos in the second set. She got the set-winning point in the fourth and opened up the scoring in the fifth.

"After that halftime, I was really proud that we came back and we kind of found our groove again. I'm proud of the way our team fought and came out of that tight round," Kohan said. "In the fifth set, it's just a few tiny little errors when it really mattered. You look at the stats and we played pretty well, but those errors when is really matters are what hurts."

CSU is one of the top two schools in the conference offensively according to Kohan, but BSU used its strong defensive skills to try and shut it down. They came out and did their best to stop Naeemah Weathers with big blocks.

Kohan thought the team did a good job adjusting to BSU's defensive onslaught. One adjustment was making sure that as a team they were slowing down BSU's offense which attacked at a high clip the first two sets.

"We knew they were a tough team, and we knew the things that they did well were serving and blocking and they came out and blitzed us in those two areas," Stanford said. "I think as we grew into the match, we did a much better job of adjusting to what they were doing there and choosing better shots and being able to cover our hitters a little more and winning part of the serve-pass battle."

The Rams will go into their next game against San Diego State on the road with a 6-1 record in the conference.

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Jones Malaya

Leber Karina

Brun Maria

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Maria Brun

Malaya Jones

Karina Leber

Kennedy Stanford

Jordyn Tynsky

Naeemah Weathers