Colorado State University Athletics

Friday, September 5
Portland, OR
1:00 PM

Colorado State

3-2,0-0Mountain West

3
vs
2

CSUN

4-1,0-0Big West

1
2
3
4
5
F
Colorado St.
25
25
23
22
15
3
CSUN
13
21
25
25
8
2
Kekua Richards Block Celebration

Rams Charge Past Matadors

9/5/2025 4:34:00 PM | Volleyball

Colorado State wraps up time in Portland with five set win

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Colorado State Rams won over the Matadors on Friday afternoon ending their run at the Portland invitational with a victory.
 
Colorado State (3) – CSUN (2) – (25-13, 25-21,23-25, 22-25, 15-8)
 
  • The Rams started off Friday's match in dominant fashion, taking the first set of the day 25-13, continuing their streak at the Portland Invitational. Delaney McIntosh led the Rams on a 6-0 service run, including two aces, giving the Rams a lead they maintained through the set.
  • Colorado State extending their lead in the second set with a 25-21 victory fueled by Maria Brun who added five kills to her tally in the second frame alone.
  • The Matadors came back to take the third set 25-23 despite a late 4-0 Ram run in the redzone of the frame.
  • With a back-and-forth battle in the fourth set the Matadors kept momentum on their side winning 25-22 to force a fifth set.
  • In the fifth set, Zosia Szczotkiewicz led a nine-point service run that marched the Rams to victory with every point within the run either a kill or block from the front row force of Halle Jameson, Kekua Richards and Jazen DeBina.
  • The Ram block had a huge presence in Friday's win with Kekua Richards totaling 13 blocks while four other Rams also contributed a least here block assists for a team total of 18 total blocks.
  • Jameson led CSU in kills with 17 hitting at a .250 clip setting a career-high for herself. Maria Brun and Brenna Rowland also contributed double-digit kills totaling 13 and 10 respectively.  
 
Up Next: Colorado State finishes their Oregon tour in Eugene against the Ducks Saturday with first serve set for 7 p.m. MT.
 

Team Stats

CSU
CSUN
Kills
63
60
Errors
20
30
Attempts
165
174
Hitting %
.261
.172
Points
94.0
73.0
Assists
55
52
Aces
13
0
Blocks
18
13

Game Leaders

Kills
17
Aces
2
Blocks
4
Kills
13
Aces
2
Blocks
1
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
4

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