PUEBLO, Colo. (October 18, 2018) – After playing just six of their first 22 contests at home, Colorado State University-Pueblo Volleyball will return to Massari Arena for a season-long four match homestand, beginning Friday when they host Dixie State University. The Pack will play Westminster College Saturday. Both matches will start at 7 p.m.

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For Friday's match, the CSU-Pueblo P.E. Club will collect shoe donations for the victims of Hurricane Michael. Saturday's match will be the Pack's annual Think Pink Game presented by St. Mary Corwin Medical Center. Fans are encouraged to wear pink for Saturday's match against the Griffins.

Pack Notes:

- Page Heller (Jr., Vancouver, Wash.) continued to anchor the Pack's defense. Heller averages 5.13 digs per set, putting her on pace to set a school record. She has 395 digs this season, giving her the seventh-highest single-season total in program history (rally scoring era). Heller needs 47 digs to move into sixth in the single-season dig standings at CSU-Pueblo.

- Heller's 5.13 digs per set ranks second in the RMAC. Her 395 total digs also place her second.

- Brooke Schilling (So., Parker, Colo.) ranks ninth in the RMAC with 0.29 aces per set. This average would rank sixth all-time at CSU-Pueblo. With 22 aces this season, Schilling sits just three aces away from cracking the top 10 single-season total in school history.  

- Schilling also leads the Pack with 2.86 kills per set. She has eight double-doubles this season.

- Grace Hern (Fr., Omaha, Neb.) has passed out 9.05 assists per set. Hern ranks seventh in the RMAC in assists per set.

- The ThunderWolves bring a 4-18 record into the weekend. They are 2-11 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. 

Scouting Dixie State:

- The Trailblazers stand 16-4 overall. They are 11-2 in their first season in the RMAC. Dixie State is receiving votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association D-II poll.

- Lauren Gammell leads the RMAC and D-II with 1.63 blocks per set. She also leads the country in total blocks with 109 rejections.

- Thanks largely to Gammell's efforts, the Trailblazers lead D-II with 3.09 blocks per set. This sets up an interesting matchup as the Pack is the least blocked team in the RMAC. Opponents average just 1.64 blocks per set against CSU-Pueblo.

- The Pack and Dixie State have played four times, but this will be their first meeting in RMAC play. Each team has two wins in the previous four meetings. The two teams last met in 2010 with each team winning a five-set match in Gunnison, Colo.

Scouting Westminster:

- Westminster stands 7-14 overall. The Griffins hold a 5-8 mark in RMAC play. They have won two of their last three.

- The Pack leads the all-time series against the Griffins 4-1. The two teams split their two meetings a year ago. CSU-Pueblo won in four sets at Massari Arena 366 days ago.

- Audrey Green ranks fourth in the RMAC with 3.41 kills per set. Sydnee Simmons stands sixth in the RMAC with a .316 hitting percentage.

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado State University – Pueblo competes in 22 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.