LARAMIE — The Wyoming Cowgirls begin a four-match homestand this week with a two-match series against UNLV at the UniWyo Sports Complex. The teams meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Saturday.
Wyoming (12-11, 5-7 Mountain West) is coming off a two-match sweep at Nevada last week. The Cowgirls swept the Wolf Pack on Thursday before earning a five-set victory Saturday in a match that lasted 2 hours, 42 minutes and featured 50 ties, 25 lead changes and three sets that went beyond the standard 25 points.
Paige Lauterwasser and Sara Quigley each set career highs in Saturday’s victory. Lauterwasser recorded 26 kills, while Quigley finished with 62 assists. Emma Winter tied her career best with 19 kills.
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Lauterwasser was named the Old Trapper Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week Monday, earning the honor for the second time this season. She averaged 4.50 kills and 4.81 points per set while hitting .349 in Wyoming’s two victories.
Lauterwasser ranks ninth in the conference with 3.0 kills per set overall and fifth in league matches with 3.36. Quigley ranks sixth with 6.22 assists per set. Peyton Carruth ranks eighth in service aces per set at 0.32, while Anna Melgren is ninth at 0.29.
As a team, Wyoming ranks third in the Mountain West with 1.42 service aces per set. The Cowgirls are fourth with a .209 hitting percentage and fifth in both assists, at 11.61 per set, and kills, at 12.58 per set.
UNLV is led by Basia Latos, who ranks third in the Mountain West with 3.31 kills per set and eighth with 3.65 points per set. Jaida Harris ranks seventh with 3.14 kills per set and sixth with 3.66 points per set. Jada Ingram ranks ninth with 0.91 blocks per set and has a .285 hitting percentage.
Kamryn Scroggins ranks fifth in the conference with 6.98 assists per set, while Caleigh King is fifth with 3.59 digs per set.
As a team, UNLV ranks third in opponent hitting percentage, holding opponents to .190, and fourth with a .232 team hitting percentage. The Lady Rebels also rank fourth in kills, at 13.07 per set, and blocks, at 2.36 per set. UNLV averages 14.88 digs per set, fifth-best in the conference.
