PUEBLO, Colo. (October 25, 2018) – Colorado State University-Pueblo Volleyball will wrap up their 2018 home slate when they host Fort Lewis College Friday and Adams State University Saturday. Both matches will start at 7 p.m. at Massari Arena.
Promotion:
The Pack will host their senior ceremony Saturday night. PuaLehua Keola (Honolulu, Hawaii) will be recognized during a ceremony before the game.
Pack Notes:
- Keola graduates with 430 career digs. She averaged 2.46 digs per set. Keola's best season came as a junior when she averaged 3.33 digs per set and 306 total digs.
- Brooke Schilling (So., Platteville, Colo.) received Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors with 4.5 kills per set and 4.1 digs per set. She hit .341 for the week. This was Schilling's first career RMAC Player of the week award.
- Schilling leads the Pack with 3.01 kills per set. Her 23 aces also stand as a team-best.
- Page Heller (Jr., Vancouver, Wash.) has 440 digs this season, the seventh-highest single-season total in program history. Heller needs 19 digs to move into the top five on the single-season dig chart.
- With 5.18 digs per set, Heller ranks second in the RMAC. Her 5.18 digs per set puts her on pace to set a school record. She also ranks 50th in D-II in digs per set.
- Grace Hern (Fr., Omaha, Neb.) ranks seventh in the RMAC with 9.37 assists per set. Hern's average ranks 10th on the Pack's single-season charts.
- The ThunderWolves remain the least blocked team in the RMAC. Opponents only average 1.61 blocks per set.
- CSU-Pueblo stands 5-19 overall with a 3-12 record in RMAC play. The ThunderWolves went 1-1 last week. After taking second place Dixie State University Friday to five sets, the Pack swept Westminster College Saturday.
Scouting Fort Lewis
- The Skyhawks hold eighth in the RMAC standings with an 8-7 record in conference play. They are 8-11 overall, but have won seven of their last nine matches.
- Fort Lewis holds a 37-35 edge in the all-time series. The Skyhawks beat the Pack in three sets Sept. 29. Maddy Wisniewski (So., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) hit .375 with eight kills in that match.
- The Skyhawks allow the most kills in the RMAC. They allow 14.32 kills per set. They also average a RMAC-worst 0.81 aces per set. Tye Wedhorn ranks fourth in the RMAC with a .365 hitting percentage
Scouting Adams State
- The Grizzlies are 9-14 overall. They are 6-9 in RMAC play. Adams State has won three of their last four.
- Adams State leads the all-time series with the Pack 43-38. The Grizzlies have won each of the last five meetings. They bested the Pack in four sets Sept. 28.
- Rachael Ringler ranks fourth in the RMAC with 10.41 assists per game.
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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