PUEBLO, Colo. (November 1, 2018) – Colorado State University-Pueblo Volleyball will wrap up their 2018 season with a visit to New Mexico Highlands University Friday at 7 p.m.
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Pack Notes:
- Page Heller (Jr., Vancouver, Wash.) ranks second in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with 5.29 digs per set. This digs per set average puts Heller on pace to break CSU-Pueblo's single-season record, which she will officially do Friday. Even if she plays five sets without recording a dig, Heller will still average 5.02 digs per set this season, which will still break Katie Burnett's school record of 4.91 digs set.
- Despite joining the Pack a libero, Heller will become the first ThunderWolf to average over 5.0 digs per set in the rally scoring era. She needs 25 digs to break the school record for digs set by Burnett in 2016. Heller's 492 digs this season rank as the second-most this season.
- Brooke Schilling (So., Platteville, Colo.) averaged 4.25 kills per set and recorded three double-doubles during the Pack's four-match homestand. This rampage has vaulted Schilling into eighth place in the RMAC with 3.10 kills per set.
- Mallorie Post (So., Federal Way, Wash.), Bayley Ricottone (So., Pueblo, Colo.), and Kennedy Shriverjoined Heller and Schilling on the RMAC's All-Academic Honor Roll. The Pack has had at least five student-athletes earn a spot on the RMAC's All-Academic Honor Roll in each of the last six seasons.
- Berkley Hays (Fr., Dallas, Texas) broke a Pack record in the ThunderWolves match vs. Fort Lewis with four solo blocks. Hays ranks fourth in the RMAC with 13 solo blocks.
- Grace Hern (Fr., Omaha, Neb.) ranks seventh in the RMAC with 9.59 assists per set. Hern's average ranks as the 10th-best single-season average in school history.
- Post had at least two blocks in every match during the Pack's homestand. Grace Miles (So., Parker, Colo.) averaged 11 kills per match during the Pack's four-match homestand.
- CSU-Pueblo has clinched 14th place in the RMAC standings. They are 3-14 in RMAC play.
Scouting NMHU:
- The Cowgirls bring an 8-17 record into the weekend. They are 6-11 in RMAC play. New Mexico Highlands enters the final weekend of play a half game back of Chadron state College for 10th place in the RMAC standings.
- CSU-Pueblo leads the all-time series against the Cowgirls 42-32. The Pack lost to the Cowgirls in four sets in the first meeting this season, Sept. 11 at Massari Arena. Sarah Vang (Jr., Parker, Colo.) had 21 kills in that match.
- Tiffany Matchett leads the Cowgirls with 3.01 kills per set. Matchett has also put down a team-high 22 service aces.
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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
