Rams Kickoff Final Mountain West Season

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Sep 25

6:30 PM

Volleyball

at Wyoming

Sep 27

12:00 PM

Volleyball

vs Nevada

Oct 2

6:30 PM

Volleyball

at New Mexico

Oct 4

2:00 PM

Volleyball

at Grand Canyon

Oct 9

7:00 PM

Volleyball

vs Boise State

FORT COLLINS – The Rams head to Wyoming on Thursday to begin Mountain West (MW) play and will end the week at home against Nevada.

Colorado State (6-4) vs Wyoming (4-7)
Uniwyo Sports Complex, Laramie
Thursday, September 25 // 6:30 PM
Stream: Mountain West Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Colorado State (6-4) vs Nevada (4-6)
Moby Arena, Fort Collins, Colo.
Saturday, September 27 // 12:00 PM
Stream: Mountain West Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

What You Need to Know

The Rams defeated Colorado twice in a home-and-home match in the Battle for the Golden Spike last week, winning 3-0 at Moby Arena and 3-1 at Boulder.
This week marks the beginning of conference play for Colorado State volleyball where the team will prepare its ﬁrst matchups against Mountain West teams.
Saturday's match will not only serve as the annual State Pride match, but it will also be Alumni Weekend as the Rams celebrate the 50th year of Colorado State volleyball.
The Rams will also celebrate inducting Angela Knopf into the CSU Athletics Ring of Honor during Saturday's match.

Scouting the Cowgirls

The Cowgirls' Paige Lauterwasse leads the team with 117 kills, averaging 2.6 kills per set.
Wyoming is ranked third in overall digs in the Mountain West, led by Skyler Erikson, who leads the team with 153 digs this season.
As a player, coach Kaylee Prigge reached two national championships at Tampa in three years before becoming the head coach of Wyoming in 2023.

Scouting the Wolf Pack

Nevada took down Montana State in a quick three sets last week, hitting an average of .333 throughout the match.
Outside hitter Haylee Brown leads the pack with 127 points, averaging 3.53 a set.
Shannon Wyckoff-McNeal, head coach of the Wolf Pack was the first Washington State player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs during her career and is now serving her second year in the program.

Match Notes

Kekua Richards leads the MW in blocks and was once again named Defensive Player of the Week. She totaled 12 kills and 19.5 points across the two matches against Colorado, ﬁnishing with 14 blocks, seven of which came in Thursday's sweep. Kekua enters conference play with 63 total blocks this season.
During the Golden Spike series, Halle Jemeson had 22 combined kills, and Maria Brun had 21.
Across the two matches against Colorado, Colorado State averaged a .208 hitting percentage, while limiting the Buffs to just .124.

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