Mountain West Volleyball Standing

Wyoming – 7-2

Colorado State – 6-2

Boise State – 6-3

UNLV – 6-3

San José State – 6-4

Nevada – 5-4

New Mexico0 – 5-4

Fresno State – 6-5

Air Force – 4-7

SDSU – 2-7

Utah State – 1-3

 

 

 

Beach’s 13 Kills Lifts UW over Northern Colorado

LARAMIE – Despite dropping the opening frame, the University of Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team rallied for a 3-1 (26-24, 27-25, 25-17, 25-10) victory over Northern Colorado on Saturday night in the UniWyo Sports Complex.

Junior middle blocker Laura Beach notched a match-high 13 kills for the Cowgirls (7-2 overall), who finished with a 2-1 tournament record for the second weekend in a row. In addition to Beach’s 13 kills,

UW received 11 from junior outside hitter Kayla Slofkiss, nine from senior outside hitter Bridget Shanahan, and seven from redshirt freshman outside hitter Emily Hines. Senior Kayla Henderson added six for Wyoming as well, to go along with her six blocks.

Sophomore Lily Austin had a great night defensively for Wyoming. She finished with a season-high 12 digs for her second match of the season in double-digit digs.

For the third time in four matches, junior Courtney Chacon and freshman Cori Aafedt each recorded 20-plus assists for the Cowgirls. Aafedt had a team-leading 24 assists, while Chacon contributed with 21. They each also had six digs during the match with UNC. Chacon has now led UW in assists in five of its nine matches this season, as Aafedt has led the team three times.

Senior Allison Waldvogel finished with her fourth match of the season with more than 20 digs. Tonight against the Bears, Waldvogel had 23 digs. Reed Copeland finished with her second-career match in double digits blocks. She had ten total tonight in addition to four kills. Beach added five blocks for the Cowgirls as freshman Mattison DeGarmo notched three.

 Both teams exchanged 6-0 runs in the second set, but it was ultimately the Cowgirls who pulled out late points to ensure a 25-27 victory. A kill from Beach, assisted from Chacon gave UW the final set point.

Wyoming got things rolling in the third set, as Shanahan had four kills. Slofkiss added three kills for UW, as senior Allison Waldvogel had 10 digs in the third set. Behind stellar serving, the fourth and final set ended in a 10-0 run for the Cowgirls as they were able to secure their ninth victory of the season.

Chacon contributed with two-straight service aces during that stretch before an attacking error from UNC sealed Wyoming’s victory.

Wyoming will host the Wyoming Invite for the final nonconference tournament of the season next weekend. UW will welcome Idaho State, Pepperdine and McNeese State on Sept. 17-19.

 

Cowgirls Split Friday Double Dip

Shanahan’s season-high 18 kills lifts UW over Marquette

 

LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team concluded the opening day of the UniWyo Pistol Pete’s Showdown with a 3-2 victory (25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 24-26, 15-12) over Marquette University.

It marked the first of two matches on Friday before a three-set defeat to No. 22 Kansas later in the evening.

Wyoming went to five sets for the first time this season in its tournament opening match. After jumping out to a 2-0 set lead, UW defeated the Golden Eagles for its second win against a BIG EAST opponent this year.

“I thought we had our best week of practice so I wasn’t surprised with how we started. Once we got into that fifth set, I thought we kept our composure very well. It was three-straight sets we had started from behind, but we kept working and something finally started to go our way.” – UW head coach Chad Callihan

Led by senior outside hitter Bridget Shanahan with a season-high 18 kills, three total Cowgirls finished with double-digit kills against Marquette. Junior outside hitter Kayla Slofkiss had her team-leading fourth double-double of the season with 14 kills and 12 digs. Junior middle blocker Laura Beach joined Shanahan and Slofkiss with 10 kills for UW.

Including Slofkiss, two other Cowgirls finished with a double-double. Freshman libero Cori Aafedt and junior setter Courtney Chacon each recorded their second double-double of the season for Wyoming. Aafedt finished with a team-high 24 assists to go along with 10 digs, while Chacon had 22 assists and 11 digs.

Back-to-back MW Defensive Player of the Week Allison Waldvogel finished with 12 digs for the Cowgirls, as Wyoming was once again led by freshman middle blocker Reed Copeland with six blocks. Redshirt freshman Emily Hines and senior outside Kayla Henderson each had eight kills for UW, and Lily Austin contributed with six digs.

In the day’s final contest, KU was able to get ahead early and never looked back. The Jayhawks took the first set, 25-17 behind six kills from Kelsie Payne. Copeland had all four of her kills against Kansas in the first set to pace Wyoming.

UW fought hard in the second set before a 25-21 decision fell in favor of Kansas, and then UW dropped the final set to a score of 25-12. Slofkiss, Beach and Shanahan each had three kills during the second set.

Beach was the team leader with six total kills in the second match of the day. Slofkiss finished with nine digs and four kills. Chacon and Aafedt again had double-digit assists. Chacon recorded a team-high 13, while Aafedt had 10. Copeland recorded three blocks against the Jayhawks and has led Wyoming in every match this season in blocks.

Wyoming will return to action for the final day of the UniWyo Pistol Pete’s Showdown tomorrow night. UW will face Northern Colorado at 6:30 p.m., for the final match of the tournament.