MWC Volleyball Weekly Press Release No. 11

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Oct. 30, 2007

MWC Volleyball Weekly Press Release No. 11
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CONFERENCE RACE HEATS UP
Second-place UNLV (17-3, 8-2 MWC) swept league-leader and 20th-ranked Colorado State (15-5, 9-2 MWC) in a battle of the MWC's top two teams last Thursday in Las Vegas. With the win, the Rebels inched closer to the Rams in the league standings. BYU (15-6, 7-4 MWC) went 2-0 in conference play to move into third place in the rankings, while New Mexico (15-8, 6-5 MWC) fell into a three-way tie for fourth with its loss to TCU. The Horned Frogs (19-9, 6-5 MWC) and Utah (10-11, 6-5 MWC) share the fourth position with the Lobos. San Diego State (11-9, 3-6 MWC), which was idle last week due to wildfires in San Diego, sits in seventh place (11-9, 3-6 MWC), while Wyoming (10-11, 4-8 MWC) and Air Force (7-19, 0-12 MWC) round out the conference standings.

WEEK 11 PREVIEW
Nine conference matches are slated for this week. League competition begins on Thursday with BYU at TCU, San Diego State at Wyoming and UNLV at Air Force. Friday's action will see BYU at New Mexico, San Diego State at Air Force and Utah at TCU, while Saturday's matches pit UNLV at Wyoming and Utah at New Mexico. Conference play winds up on Sunday with a make-up match between No. 20 Colorado State and San Diego State in San Diego.

The 20th-ranked Rams and Utah also have non-conference matches scheduled for Tuesday. CSU will visit Denver, while the Utes take on Utah State.

COLORADO STATE AT SAN DIEGO STATE MATCH RESCHEDULED
The No. 20 Colorado State at San Diego State match, originally scheduled for Saturday, October 27, will now be played on Sunday, November 4. The battle between the Rams and Aztecs was postponed due to the wildfires that plagued the city of San Diego last week.

MWC QUICK HITS
Air Force -- Senior Kim Kallabis' 589 assists this season currently ranks ninth in the Academy's Division I single-season record book...She has 1,400 assists for her career, which ranks 10th in the program's history...Senior Rebecca Gerton is third in the MWC in service aces, averaging 0.37 per game.

BYU -- BYU had a season-high 13 service aces vs. Air Force...Senior Chelsea Goodman had four aces, while sophomore Stephanie Lau and junior Rachel Dyer had three apiece...The Cougars held the Falcons to a -.072 hitting percentage, which is the first time this year BYU has held an opponent to a negative attack efficiency...Sophomore Ashton Hansen had a career-high 12 kills vs. Wyoming.

Colorado State -- Colorado State was swept by UNLV in its only action of the week...The loss to the Rebels was the Rams' first three-game loss this year...CSU is now 10-1 in three-game matches in 2007...Colorado State's next win will be the 650th in the program's history.

New Mexico -- Junior Gayle Tripp picked up 20 digs against TCU over the weekend to up her career total to 1,060 and move her into third place on the UNM all-time career digs list...Her digs total is also eighth all-time in MWC history...The Lobos' next conference victory will be their seventh, which will be the most by a UNM team since joining the conference in 1999.

San Diego State -- SDSU's match vs. Colorado State was postponed due to wildfires in San Diego last week...The Aztecs-Rams match is rescheduled for Sunday, November 3, at 11:30 a.m. PT.

TCU -- Freshman Christy Hudson collected her second double-double of the season vs. New Mexico (16 kills, 12 digs)...As a team, the Horned Frogs had 72 kills vs. the Lobos, which is their third-highest total of the season.

UNLV -- The Rebels pushed their winning streak to six matches with their sweep of then-No. 18 Colorado State last Thursday...Matched with UNLV's win over then-12th-ranked BYU on Sept. 13, this marks the first time in the program's history that the Rebels have knocked off two Top-25 teams in the same season.

Utah -- As a team, Utah hit a season-best .355 vs. Utah Valley...Junior Lori Baird had a season-best hitting efficiency of .632 vs. Wyoming, which ranks as the third-best individual hitting percentage in the conference this season (min. 12 kills).

Wyoming -- Senior Rachel Smith tallied 32 kills in two matches last week, giving her a total of 1,475 for her career, which moves her into third all-time in school history...Smith also currently ranks third all-time in MWC history in kills.