Oct. 15, 2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – San Diego State will wrap up its latest conference road trip with a match at league-leading Colorado State this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. (MT) at Moby Arena in Fort Collins.
The Rams, 12-5 overall and 6-0 in the Mountain West, are coming off a three-set win over Nevada on Thursday that left them as the lone undefeated side in the conference. It was CSU's sixth straight victory and eighth in its last nine outings.
San Diego State, meanwhile comes into today's match with a record of 12-8. The Aztecs' 4-2 mark in league action sees them tied for fifth place in the MW standings.
SDSU suffered a heartbreaking five-set loss at Wyoming on Thursday that saw them fight back from two sets down only to fall two points short in the fifth set.
Deja Harris paced the Aztec attack against the Cowgirls on Thursday as she finished with 18 kills, one shy of her SDSU career high. She hit .448 over the five sets and also recorded five blocks.
Three others finished in double figures in kills for San Diego State including Alexis Cage and Alexandra Psoma with 16 apiece and freshman Ashlynn Dunbar with 10.
The 16 kills by Cage represented a career best for the senior who completed a double-double with 12 digs while also adding a service ace and a block to her final stat line.
Alexandra some continues to pace the Aztec offense with an average of 3.26 kills per set while senior Emma Fuzie's 10.6 blocks per set leads the team in that category.
After today's match vs. Colorado State, SDSU swill have a short turnaround as they return home to get ready to face conference foe Nevada on Monday, Oct. 17, at 5:00 p.m. on Aztec Court.