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Photo by: Nick Monaghan
Rams snap Rebels' home streak
10/20/2018 8:38:00 PM | Volleyball
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Colorado State volleyball team won its fifth-consecutive Mountain West Conference match with a 3-1 victory over UNLV on Saturday afternoon. The win also snapped the Rebel's nine-match home winning streak, dating back to their season opener.
UNLV started the match strong, building a 5-1 lead to force Colorado State to use a timeout early. The Rebels led at 19-13 before stringing together five-consecutive points secure the first set victory.
Both teams battled in the second set as the frame was nearly tied at 14-13 in favor of Colorado State. The Rams held on to their lead despite UNLV tying the score at 18-18 and at 21-21. CSU earned set point after scoring three-straight rallies before a kill by Breana Runnels tied the match at one set apiece.
In the third, Colorado State grabbed a 7-3 lead and led the rest of the way, building its lead to 17-8. UNLV came back within four at 21-17 before Colorado State finished the set to take a 2-1 match lead.
The Rams again took an early lead, scoring four consecutive points to lead 5-2. UNLV cut CSU's lead to two at 12-10 as the Rams took a timeout. The frame was knotted at 17-17 before Colorado State pulled ahead with four-straight points to lead late and finished the match with a kill and a block to earn the victory.
QUOTES
Head Coach Tom Hilbert…
"What is happening is, we play these good teams on the road and we kind of get shocked on how good they are and it always reflects in our serve and pass game because we get uncomfortable. Once we settled down and started doing that part of the game better, we obviously are physical enough to hit with UNLV and that is what we did starting in the second set. We blocked well tonight and created a scenario again where our opponent hit more errors because of our blocking and our service pressure was really good."
STAT OF THE MATCH
Colorado State won its fifth-consecutive match and improved to 8-2 in the Mountain West; currently sitting in second place.
NOTES
- Breana Runnels led the Rams with 19 kills, while again hitting effective with a .375 percentage.
- Kirstie Hillyer followed with 11 kills and had six blocks – two solo.
- Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Jessica Jackson floored eight kills apiece, while Hougaard-Jensen added six blocks – two solo.
- Katie Oleksak dished out 41 assists in the win, while adding nine digs and a season-high three aces.
- Olivia Nicholson reached double-digit digs as the libero with 10.
- The Rams totaled 12 blocks, while holding UNLV to five.
- CSU hit .067 in the first set before posting a match-high .440 in the second.
- Colorado State is now 40-7 all-time against UNLV
NEXT
Colorado State will return to Moby Arena and host San Diego State on Thursday at 7 p.m. MT.
UNLV started the match strong, building a 5-1 lead to force Colorado State to use a timeout early. The Rebels led at 19-13 before stringing together five-consecutive points secure the first set victory.
Both teams battled in the second set as the frame was nearly tied at 14-13 in favor of Colorado State. The Rams held on to their lead despite UNLV tying the score at 18-18 and at 21-21. CSU earned set point after scoring three-straight rallies before a kill by Breana Runnels tied the match at one set apiece.
In the third, Colorado State grabbed a 7-3 lead and led the rest of the way, building its lead to 17-8. UNLV came back within four at 21-17 before Colorado State finished the set to take a 2-1 match lead.
The Rams again took an early lead, scoring four consecutive points to lead 5-2. UNLV cut CSU's lead to two at 12-10 as the Rams took a timeout. The frame was knotted at 17-17 before Colorado State pulled ahead with four-straight points to lead late and finished the match with a kill and a block to earn the victory.
QUOTES
Head Coach Tom Hilbert…
"What is happening is, we play these good teams on the road and we kind of get shocked on how good they are and it always reflects in our serve and pass game because we get uncomfortable. Once we settled down and started doing that part of the game better, we obviously are physical enough to hit with UNLV and that is what we did starting in the second set. We blocked well tonight and created a scenario again where our opponent hit more errors because of our blocking and our service pressure was really good."
STAT OF THE MATCH
Colorado State won its fifth-consecutive match and improved to 8-2 in the Mountain West; currently sitting in second place.
NOTES
- Breana Runnels led the Rams with 19 kills, while again hitting effective with a .375 percentage.
- Kirstie Hillyer followed with 11 kills and had six blocks – two solo.
- Paulina Hougaard-Jensen and Jessica Jackson floored eight kills apiece, while Hougaard-Jensen added six blocks – two solo.
- Katie Oleksak dished out 41 assists in the win, while adding nine digs and a season-high three aces.
- Olivia Nicholson reached double-digit digs as the libero with 10.
- The Rams totaled 12 blocks, while holding UNLV to five.
- CSU hit .067 in the first set before posting a match-high .440 in the second.
- Colorado State is now 40-7 all-time against UNLV
NEXT
Colorado State will return to Moby Arena and host San Diego State on Thursday at 7 p.m. MT.
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Team Stats
CSU
UNLV
Kills
49
44
Errors
18
25
Attempts
113
123
Hitting %
.274
.154
Points
70.0
61.0
Assists
44
41
Aces
9
12
Blocks
12.0
5.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
19
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
6
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
6
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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